It shouldn't necessarily be a case of "I've had my money's-worth s out with the old in with the new". If a product still works, or can be made to continue to work by replacing a degraded part, then that's better than consigning a load of serviceable chips, etc. to recycling or landfill.
Repair, re-use,recycle...with 'repair' being the preferred course of action
Biting the hand that feeds IT
