IT Asset Lifecycle: When to Upgrade Your Hardware

The typical business laptop has a useful life of 3–4 years. After that, battery degradation, slower performance, and security risks start costing more than a replacement.

Plan a rolling refresh: replace 25–30% of your fleet every year instead of everything at once. This smooths out capital expenditure and keeps your team on supported hardware.

Track warranty expiry dates and end-of-support schedules for your operating system and software. Upgrading before support ends avoids emergency purchases at premium prices.