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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

If only they were made such that they could be easily cleaned and upgraded. I got an old laptop for free because it was extremely slow which made it unusable.
After removing the dust carpet it ran pretty well again. (although I still later upgraded RAM, CPU, and HDD to SSD) Unfortunately it finally gave out, but it got me 3 extra years, in total going 16!
Edit: That is not a factorial:)