> When your laptop dies

I assume you have when in italics to show this is a “when, not if” scenario.

Some anecdotal evidence for you:

I’ve been buying used laptops of a certain brand for almost 20 years. I buy when they are 2-3-4 years old, keep them for 3-4-5 and then sell. Usual buy price is around $1000, sell around $300.

I tote them around the world. Writing, light dev, photo and video editing. Thousands of hours of use, plenty at +40C in the dust.

I’ve never had a single failure of any part, selling the laptops 100% functional. I’ll let you figure out the brand.