Tell HN: I used the same computer since 2007 (with minor upgrades)

Re:Tell HN: I used the same computer since 2007 (with minor ... by marttt on Tuesday June 07, 2022 @03:44AM (#31651045)

For me, this is one of the main (subconscious) reasons why I stick with old tech for as long as I can. It is really frustrating to imagine a computer I would "throw away" to literally land on a landfill and rot there. In reality, this is not quite how it goes -- some parts get recycled; students in my country (Estonia) are currently refurbishing donated laptops for Ukrainian war refugees, etc.

But there still is a lot of electronic waste in junkyards. Thinking about this always makes me feel like a loser -- because I have neither the skills nor the time (nor even the need, considering that I already have all the necessary gear for daily life!) to repair as much of that stuff as I could. Junk is nasty and embarrassing. We have a lot of junk.

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Re:Tell HN: I used the same computer since 2007 (with minor ... by Termitiono on Tuesday June 07, 2022 @04:12AM (#31651221)

If it's not broken, my stuff goes to ebay.

An advantage to buying better hardware in the first place: it will still be worth enough for someone else to buy it from me.

I sometimes also donate my stuff and repairing issues before. Like my two last laptops

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Re:Tell HN: I used the same computer since 2007 (with minor ... by marttt on Tuesday June 07, 2022 @05:08AM (#31651651)

> An advantage to buying better hardware in the first place: it will still be worth enough for someone else to buy it from me.

Yep, a great source of inspiration for this line of thinking: https://forum.thinkpads.com/

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