When is it time to junk your computer?

[bucolic_frolic]

9. I believe in running things until they drop

But I do have other computers. I even have a twin of this one. So it's easy to remove the hard drive, connect it to the new one, and up and running. Linux so easy up, easy to run.

But this HP 2009, whiich I use every day, has lost 3 keys. I'm not seeing replacement keyboards anymore, and they coast about 40% of an old working model of this same system. And I definitely don't want to take this apart again, did in twice about 2012. I glued a cap onto one of the keys, but don't have any more caps.

Also it's embarrassing to take this out in public.

I see Best Buy accepts junk now, no fee. Might not always be like that.

So this computer is in Computer Hospice.

I was just wondering what others might view as too long to keep a PC, like an eccentricity.