When is it time to junk your computer?

[bucolic_frolic]

23. It finally happened. It's a goner.

Keyboard went belly up. I think a RAM flaw and Google overreach polluted keystroke travel. Some days O,L,M, and . were not working. Other days it would shift. I took it apart last week, and it was better for a day. Then worse. Had to take it apart, remove top and keyboard ... keyboard has a clear flex plastic back under which crumbs and hair abounded. No way to remove them. Finally the running lights went out, and keyboard wouldn't work well enough for login. So off to recycling this week! I'm running exactly the same model, and it's a Core 2 Duo 15 years old. It's 95% or better new. Bought it on eBay for less than $50 about 4 years ago, it was a backup. I can't afford downtime. Just swapped over the hard drive, and ready to roll.

PS Now I won't bother with bad PC OPs!