I often get this question:
"I have this old computer. Can you fix it?"

My brother is a helicopter pilot, and he will probably never get this question:
"I have this old helicopter, that is literally falling apart. Will you fly it for me?"

- Why it's so slow? Can you make it faster?
- ...you bought it in 2004... I'm not a magician!

@JS96 You *could* make it faster by replacing some (if not all) of the parts, though that's probably not worth the effort/money

I know more people who own computers than people who own helicopters.
Also, a broken computer usually does'nt end with people falling from the sky and dying (maybe in stallites?).

try downloading more ram

Do it and bill them for all the new parts
Make sure to buy top of the line components so they never ask you again

I got this question once, I was being sarcastic when I said to run a Linux os and it will be as good as new :/

So they said, OK do that.

And I did.

And they were happy.

OK, then

@amcorrigal huge success?

@ElectricCoffee the sarcasm was only because I thought they wouldn't care for that. To my surprise, x2, they went with it and yeah, it was a huge success... They're still using it 2 years later. Its a laptop and battery has gone, but with the power plugged in it works just great.