I was able to get my mom a “new” computer for free because a friend was upgrading from his 2020 mac mini. Probably the newest computer she has had since the 90s. That has felt nice. She already had a cheap refurbished iPhone and iPad so it felt nice to give her the full Apple experience with a newish mac with an M1 processor. Bonus: my first chance to play around on Apple silicon while getting it prepped for her. We are both poor so this is a pretty big deal for us both. (My sister, who is doing a little better than us, had bought her the phone and iPad.)