Oh yeah I'm not advocating tossing them. There's lots of opportunities to repurpose a chip like that.
I just see lots of people saying things like "still daily driving an abacus!" as if there's been no progress on CPU development in the last 10 years, and that's just false. Progress has _slowed_, but a modern Ryzen or i-Series is quantifiably better than older gear.
And if you use the computer extensively and live in a country where electricity is expensive, you could also be paying for that inefficiency in your utility bill.
