Yes, at work, it's this. three to five years... stretch if you can. But if the machine is struggling to compile, it isn't worth wasting the time of my engineers

Yes, at work, it's this. three to five years... stretch if you can. But if the machine is struggling to compile, it isn't worth wasting the time of my engineers on a problem new hardware can fix. I can usually trust my people to spend some time yak-shaving before they'll ask, so when they ask I take it seriously. But for personal, non-work equipment... different story. I'll use it until I can't anymore.