Put the laptop on eBay or its local counterpart as an auction with the starting price of $1. A working laptop from 2008 is pretty much guaranteed to sell like

Put the laptop on eBay or its local counterpart as an auction with the starting price of $1. A working laptop from 2008 is pretty much guaranteed to sell like that. Whoever cares enough to compete with the other buyers and to pay money for it is likely to have a purpose in mind for the laptop. They may want to use it themselves, give it away as a gift, take it apart to fix other laptops, or (refurbish and) resell it.