my purchase cycle
2010 - 2011: Lenovo V series (broken because of car accident in 2011)
2011 - 2017: Dell Vostro series (broken too)
2017 - present: newer Dell Vostro series (cannot upgrade to Win11 because of the gen 7th chipset)

Now I wonder, how long can I still keep my Dell...

If it works fine then hold on another few months to see how good is DDR5 and Intel 12th gen. Windows 11 is not worth upgrading your laptop for. Give it another six months to iron out its issues too. None of the latest AAA games are exciting. Similar to Vostro's price range, you won't find many laptops that is worth your money.

Every year, midrange gaming laptop like Acer nitro 5

2003-2008 - some clone pc assembled by IT fella.. use until outdated
2008-2013 - HP Pavilion i5 desktop pc. windows 7. use until rosak
2013-2018 - Sony VAIO i3 laptop windows 8... use until rosak,
2019- now - HP pavilion i5 laptop.... hope can survive to 2023

i say 5 years average. i spend 6 months without a pc, but use only android tablet.. i got a intel pc stick (RM400 with intel atom chip & win10), but that one only good for surfing, ms office...

we are quite similar then, change every 5 years averagely... but I wish to have my laptop last longer... maybe 7 yrs above?
I always bought 3k-3.5k laptop...

same here. not aiming for gaming laptop, since i got ps4 for that. can use enough already

For me untill it broke,slow to the point that it is annoying and no upgrade options or maybe stolen.

Previous Dell laptop last me for almost 6 years before it was stolen(my house kena break in). current one I think 4 years? and still good

As I use mainly for light office work only and have a dekstop for heavy lifting

2018 - ASUS FX503 until now
Having fan issue and frequently overheating because of bad thermal cooling, will probably use for a few more years as it still fulfill my daily usage well, although slower than those newer models out there.

could try to replace your thermal paste (if you dare)...
I manually replace my 2017 Dell thermal paste, and getting good result, now the temperature is much stable
(but it does involve some extend of risk ya...)

Last time about 2 years ago, my friend replaced his laptop thermal paste and helped me with it, that time can feel it's cooler. Now the effect has became worse

Still using my 2007 ASUS f8s for browsing and torrenting. Change thermal pad and paste, change to ssd and install linux instead of windows

2009-2012: Cheapo Acer laptop bought at Pikom fair
2012-2016: Acer V15 Nitro
2016-present: Acer V Nitro

I often hear consensus that Acer is crappy don't last for most people, but somehow for me never really had any issue and works great. I was a heavy gamer and often push my laptop to the limits but all ok till now. After this thinking of saving up to move on to Dell's XPS line tho.

2012 y580 used till now, straight changed to ssd and use hdd in cd drive slot when just bought, upgraded the ram to 8gb too.

In between, the ssd died once, changed it 2019. Still going strong till now, mostly using it with charger 100% of the time, didn't plug in the battery since it will only last 1-2 hours.

Now i try to play some recent games(not aaa), need adjust lowest settings and play with 30fps only.
Before MCO still able to play dota 2 with low settings at 50fps iinm.

For my current usage of web browsing and watching videos, still perform 10/10.
Next year gona be 10 years old.

Thinking if I should retire it now and get a new laptop, but at the same time, i don't feel the need to upgrade as it is still serving it's purpose wonderfully..

Used to upgrade every two years. Now no more.

<2016: Dell, Lenovo (all not very good, broken)
2016 - 2017: HP Elite X2 (broken)
2017 - now: Acer Spin 5
2019 - now: Microsoft Surface Go

I am surprise how good Acer and Microsoft Surface Go are. They have so far little problem. My previous laptop from Dell, HP and Lenovo all have major problems. So right now I am considering Acer and Microsoft. But would like to try MSI or Asus for a change. Having used touch screen, my next laptop should also touch screen.

I also have a desktop with Intel 8th generation chip and ASUS ROG motherboard, I can't remember when I bought it but I use that for work and am still using it.

This post has been edited by zack9999: Dec 2 2021, 12:47 PM

i wanted to buy Acer laptop last time... go to the shop see HP Pavilion one, bought tht one... later on a bit regret la... but after change to SSD & add RAM, baru the laptop run smoothly.

Not use laptop, but desktop
Use until many thing cannot handle, or broken only change new

Haha we are quite similar, and I agreed with you lei! Many have doubts on Acer but I use Nitro 5 so far so good lei! I am also 2016 till now. My next upgrade I kinda eyeing on Predator Helios 300. Time to save up

replace my laptop when it spoil which usually take 7-8 years, now using Asus A42J laptop from 2010 till now and can feel the slow so plan to replace soon.

Samsung: 2014-2016
Asus zenbook: 2016 - 2020
Acer Swift 3: 2020 - currently

I think it all depends on your usage, I always have a bunch of tabs on and always let my laptop sleep instead of shutting them down completely. I believe that was one of the reasons to explain the short lifespan of my laptops. Cheers!

5 years