> "On point two, it is absolutly possible that a 5 year old machine still runs fine. [...] A 5 year old acer laptop that you got at a black friday sale... not s

> "On point two, it is absolutly possible that a 5 year old machine still runs fine. [...] A 5 year old acer laptop that you got at a black friday sale... not so much. [...]" If you take good care of your computers they can last a very long time, even cheap ones. Still, the person that bought that acer laptop on a black friday might be one of the people that fall into door one.