Late to the Party
I am currently typing this message on an Acer Laptop (TravelMate 4222WLMi) from 2006, so now somewhat over nine years old. The only thing I ever changed was the memory, going from 1GB to 2GB. Even the little 80GB 2.5" IDE HDD is still the original (I'm touching a lot of wood right now!). It came with Windows XP Pro, got an upgrade to Windows 7 Pro, but now dual boots with Linux Mint 17.3 Cinnamon. Touching a tree full of wood, it's still able to handle the relatively light load I put on it, but even I'm aware that basic HD video won't play properly due to the old processor and graphics. The only reason for not replacing it has been lack of funds (don't ask) but I'm glad it's still working (now giving a forest a woody by how much I'm touching it ;-)
Biting the hand that feeds IT
