Yes, and how many use the computers in the local library or post from whatever job they have? Our computers here at home date back to before I retired -- one was purchased in 2000 and it still works okay. My car is 11 years (chronological, not model) years old and still gets about 35 mpg on the highway and around 28 in town.

You SHOULD build on the past so that you have something in the future. The "throw-away" society idea should be buried with a stake through its black heart.