I have an old Toshiba laptop from 1997. It still works, and I'm writing this post on it now. I have to run a very special selection of software on it to make it usable, and I only really use it to browse the internet while I watch TV and eat dinner. But I do still use it a bit. Almost anyone else would have thrown it away.

I also have an old mp3 player (it only holds 64MB of files) that I still occasionally use to listen to music and stuff in bed.

It's nice to keep and use things, especially in today's culture where people usually throw away and buy new. But I can totally understand why people do it. Making this old laptop function nicely was a lot of work, and even after all that work it's still very slow. Not a problem for me because I'm an enthusiast and enjoy playing with computers, but it would be painful for someone who doesn't share the same interests.

Topic title: "Do you keep and use old stuff?"

Sorry, I put my nickname into the title field by accident.

I've got a Packard Bell desktop from '98 sitting here in my room. I hooked it back up and used it while I waited for a replacement charger for my laptop. It was too old to play any games from the 2000s, but at least I could get online.

After my replacement charger came in, I copied all my old stuff to an external then installed Xubuntu on it to try and learn Linux.

I keep an old 2.1MP point and shoot camera around. They make them smaller and more powerful these days sure, but this one runs on four AA batteries. No matter where you are in the world, you can power this thing. No need for power adapters or anything like that...

I am sitting in front of 12 years old monitor, watching you guys.