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...hands up anyone using laptops or desktops older than 15 years?.. ...right here, bitches...lol...
I got laptops from 2008 and 2013, still work just fine 😁
I've got a "refurbished" Dell laptop that's about 15yrs old. Some ex-corp model. 4C/8T, 16" 1900x1200-ish display, Nvidia GPU, 20G RAM, and it's still going strong except for the battery which stopped holding a charge. I could get a new battery but I use the system rarely and just for browsing/email so running it off the AC brick is fine. It's been running Linux Mint for as long as I can remember. My phone is a cheapo model from 2021 and it is also fine. The only reason I might replace it is if the battery tanks like with my other phones (planned obsolescence) or if I finally decide it's mandatory to up my security/privacy game and need a phone that runs GrapheneOS, which means a Pixel. An old used one.
Yup got that too. Flipped it to Bazzite, and setting up an old laptop on Mint now too.