I've been thinking I should get a new laptop. I don't need one right at the moment because my desktop is still doing fine (though it's several years old -- already exceeded it's expected lifespan by several years). But what I've done is get solar panels for recharging things -- we have a solar-powered water pump for the well, and a couple of small rechargeable ones for lifting water out of buckets; rechargeable lights, a fan, and a couple of rechargeable lighters for starting fires. This is in addition to the phone, and my tablet. Plus I have several rechargeable tools now, that could be charged with the solar panels, too. I'm sure there is more stuff that could be useful that can be recharged. But my desktop computer needs AC power from the grid, and I do enough stuff on it that it would be hard to go without. So I'm thinking about getting a laptop, loading the programs I use most often on it, and setting it aside -- I could also use it as a storage device, come to think of it. I got a little sticker shock looking at laptops the other day, though. The one I last had cost around $400, and I think I can find a decent one for that, but the good ones are two to four times that much. (Way out of my budget.)
Kathleen