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I squeezed almost 25 years, the majority of my adult life, out of my old Dell desktop. It was my first 64-bit processor. It ran Fedora for a few years, then Ubuntu, then Windows 10 during the pandemic so that I could game, then back to Ubuntu before the SSD finally called it quits.
It saw one RAM upgrade, three HDD replacements/upgrades, and the SSD addition.
It was showing its age right up until the end.
It's life is not over. I'm going to format the HDDs and make it a NAS until the drives or the board taps out.
The fact that I've recycled an Apple laptop, several HP laptops in the same span as my desktop is a true testament to their longevity.