Unfortunately thats the mentality of a lot of people these days. My Dell Dimension 2350, P4 Northwood/2 Ghz is a fine computer, which does just about everything I ask of it. With the Radeon 7000 PCI i'll be adding on the weekend, it should even run Vista ok-ish. However, I hear quite frequently about machines of this vintage being scrapped, simply because the owner doesn't believe its worth much.