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It's interesting and very sad how all the comments seem to ignore completely the positive impact of repairing on the environment :(

No wonder why we are in such a bad situation now.

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For me, this is one of the main (subconscious) reasons why I stick with old tech for as long as I can. It is really frustrating to imagine a computer I would "throw away" to literally land on a landfill and rot there. In reality, this is not quite how it goes -- some parts get recycled; students in my country (Estonia) are currently refurbishing donated laptops for Ukrainian war refugees, etc.

But there still is a lot of electronic waste in junkyards. Thinking about this always makes me feel like a loser -- because I have neither the skills nor the time (nor even the need, considering that I already have all the necessary gear for daily life!) to repair as much of that stuff as I could. Junk is nasty and embarrassing. We have a lot of junk.

If it's not broken, my stuff goes to ebay.

An advantage to buying better hardware in the first place: it will still be worth enough for someone else to buy it from me.

I sometimes also donate my stuff and repairing issues before. Like my two last laptops

> An advantage to buying better hardware in the first place: it will still be worth enough for someone else to buy it from me.

Yep, a great source of inspiration for this line of thinking: https://forum.thinkpads.com/

Not very surprising on a tech-focused forum. Most won't bite the hand that feeds them. But look, here we are, you're not alone :)

Have you read his hardware specs?

I do a lot of things which just wouldn't be possible on his setup at all.

Well there is a difference between "purchase a computer that is good enough for your needs and keep it as long as it's good enough" (which I assume is the case for OP) and (quoting parent comment) "Buy the best tools you can" (which for some people here would mean purchasing a new phone and a new computer every year).

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