Well, we've just finished 2019, which means this thread is 10 years old, and the Dell XPS T500 is now 20 years old.

It hasn't seen much use since I built a new machine in 2010. I just used it a bit around 2012 when the new machine conked out and I didn't have any modern spare parts. Currently it is sat in the loft, where it has been set up with a few other old computers for a few years. It mostly works, but I fired it up the other week and one of the hard drives sounded like it was dying. Not surprising as I've had my reservations about both the hard drives for some time.

I'm impressed by the CMOS battery though. It finally died last year, meaning I have to set the clock every time I turn it on. Normally CR2032s have a shelf life of about 10 years, so this one did well to manage the best past of 20.