Laptop Dying By Inches

Okay, my Dell laptop is dying by inches. So far the parts replaced have been:

• Screen (within weeks of first getting it back about 7-8 years ago)
• Battery (just a few months ago)
• Internal keyboard (just a few weeks ago)
• Hard-drive (waiting for parts)

I'm torn between trying to get the damned thing fixed again or getting a new one and tossing in a new hard drive, so that I can try to use the old laptop to install Linux or something.

Lord only knows what's going to die next.