I upvoted you because you presented an alternate view I hadn't heard before, but I disagree. After a few years, a laptop's battery degrades. In well under a de

I upvoted you because you presented an alternate view I hadn't heard before, but I disagree. After a few years, a laptop's battery degrades. In well under a decade, Wirth's Law kicks in to make devices seem slow. This attitude unintentionally suggests that people should turn their entire computers into e-waste instead of just swapping the battery or upgrading the RAM.