• laughterlaughter@lemmy.world
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    9 months ago

    What made it long overdue for replacement, though?

    Because I bet a mom or pops who only browse facebook could (technically) still use it for five more years*.

    *Though facebook is not the best example because they are constantly bloating their own product.

    • elephantium@lemmy.world
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      9 months ago

      For me: I like to play games. It was still fine for games like Dwarf Fortress or Civilization, and it could handle Factorio decently well (enough to launch a rocket, not enough for a megabase, heh).

      For my mom? IDK, I was already pushing it with how long I stayed on Windows 7. I’m not sure that this particular laptop would have been a good hand-me-down in 2021.

      Finally…I have to repeat: I bought the laptop in 2010. I got eleven years out of it for a type of device that most people replace every 2-3 years. Why isn’t that good enough for you?