I also stopped buying new laptops. The full biological cost is hard to fully imagine, just incredible in size. If you think about it, hundreds and thousands of plant, bacterial, animal, mammal, bird, and other lives are laid down for each of these amazing powerful artefacts. If there are previously used alternatives available, I cannot in good conscience vote for the creation of another one. So I started with a couple of refurbs, then I started just getting hand-me-downs. People are constantly getting rid of old laptops, tablets, phones, keyboards, etc.
As a coder, working on something older also gives me perspective on performance of anything I'm working on.
As a coder, working on something older also gives me perspective on performance of anything I'm working on.