How and Why I Stopped Buying New Laptops
solar.lowtechmagazine.com
As a freelance journalist – or an office worker if you wish – I have always believed that I should regularly buy a new laptop. But older machines offer more quality for much less money.

It’s not specifically linux but I think there’s a lot of overlap between people interested in linux/unix and the type of people who use old/used laptops either out of necessity or just because they prefer to.