I have a ThinkPad X220 that recently turned 13, with SSD and RAM upgrades, basic maintenance, and Linux it’s still running great for plenty of tasks.

Plus it’s so well built I could probably stick it in a plate carrier and use it as body armour. Doesn’t seem to matter how much it gets dropped or dropped onto, ol’ Thinky keeps on chugging.

The only computer I have is a 12 year old laptop, it sounds like a jet engine if I try to play a 1080p youtube video, though local 1080p files mostly work fine. I use Shadow for gaming, creative work and anything else that just doesn't work locally and it's crazy how good it is, it never spins the fans much more than its idle speeds when streaming and the input delay is crazy low, unnoticeable 99.99% of the time. Even though I've used this for thousands of hours it still feels like some sci-fi fantasy.

Repost already?

My 11 year old desktop's starting to go a little senile. I need to find it some new(ish) DDR3 sticks, I think.

Turn your old computer into Lemmy or federated servers.

My 9 year old laptop is currently sitting in two pieces... But only because I wanted to pull the hard drive out for easier transferring of old files I wanted to keep.

When I get back to the main part, I'll be removing 90% of the apps on it, doing everything I can to make it run better, and it will be my hobby shop computer. It was going back and forth between my game room and the garage where I kept my lasers and printers.

If and when it finally bites the dust, it will be given a place of honor amongst the modern tech. Like a transparent top coffee table with all the parts disassembled and arranged inside.

I'm weirdly nostalgic about my electronics.

Pretty much what i do with my old desktop since coming out here in the data blackhole zone. That and play old arcade games