If you have an old laptop or PC or mini pc or anything do not throw it out, it can be turned into a whole bunch of useful things. You can make a home server out of it, a retro game station, you can make a self hosted movie machine out of it and so much more. I can speak from my recent experience setting up a crappy laptop to be a retro game machine, it's quite shocking how much it can actually handle. If your computer isn't fried it can still be useful is my point here. Throwing it out is just wasteful honestly.