r/Frugal • u/The0Walrus • Sep 24 '24

How long have you kept your laptops for? 💻 Electronics

I have a 2019 Dell XPS 15 and it's slowed down and at times has started at times to crash for certain sites. Still, altogether the laptop is fine. I go online, I play old NES, SNES, Sega games, do some work. Altogether it's good so I don't plan on getting a new one. The new laptops & new phones also seem like there's nothing all that new to them. The only thing I had to do was get a new battery for my laptop because it started dying in about 2 hrs. Now it's back to avg of 6-7 hrs per charge. How long have you kept your laptops? When did you decide it was time to get a new one? Thanks in advance! Really grateful for a community like this one.

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u/FlyinDanskMen Sep 25 '24

Never use a machine online past their end of life. It’s a security risk that outsizes any frugality of keeping it around. That being said a computer should last 5-7 years, especially if you upgrade the OS and possibly upgrade some hardware.

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u/TheDaoOfWho Sep 25 '24

Thank you! I’ve been waiting for someone to make that point. I don’t know how anyone can feel ok with connecting to the internet without updated security.