Comment Re:I get it.. but I won't get it (Score 1) 304
No, you don't... but there does come a point where you're just being silly...
Reminds me of an old farmer... had a very old (40+ years old) truck that just drove around the farm, moving hay and other stuff as needed. It was old and beaten up, but it still started and still drove. Mostly, the farmer had to kick it sometimes and had to tinker on it from time to time, but he just wouldn't give it up, it was like old Bessy, no one wanted to put it out to pasture.
Yea, it is heartwarming and all that, but at some point, recycle the damm thing and get something reliable, efficient, and low maintenance.
There is using equipment for its full useful life, then there is taking it beyond that for bragging rights. There are people who will drive 25 year old cars, not because it continues to make any financial sense, but because they want to claim they are getting "full use" out of them.
Full use was obtained some time ago, now they are just old crappy cars.
A 15" monitor on a workstation that isn't actively used, that may only need to be checked every so often? Sure, no big deal.
A 15" monitor on a computer that you actually use every day? For productive work? Yea, ok, there are probably use cases where it makes sense. They would be rare indeed. Most people, maybe not all, but most, should recycle that and move on with life.