> Those things are still fast enough today that you don't need anything newer for most practical daily tasks.
A 13 year old CPU should definitely struggle to keep up with just the basic electron based chat applications we use today, which is only one piece of software that most need to use. There is still no incentive for startups/VC funded companies to make their software more performant.
My mom has a i5 2500 ThinkCentre, for her needs that cpu it's good enough, she mostly browse the web and use basic apps like office or Spotify.
I'll say the biggest bottleneck is the old igpu, but I solved that using a cheap 1030. The performance it's a lot better than a current low end intel (with the main drawback being the power draw).
A 13 year old CPU should definitely struggle to keep up with just the basic electron based chat applications we use today, which is only one piece of software that most need to use. There is still no incentive for startups/VC funded companies to make their software more performant.