Ha! No. For some users, their PC is just a tool, a white good, like their washing machine or their car. Do you think every car owner also knows how to change oil, brake pads or fix fender benders? No, they pay a profesional service to take care of it and once they see it doesn't run like they want it to, if they have the money they sell it off or take it to the junkyard and buy a new one, not keep it going forever through endless fixes and tinkering.

If a new washing machine is $200 do you spend $70/hour on a handyman to fix your broken one? Same with computers.

>Tell that to a musician I know

Exceptions that prove the rule. Without any context and what exactly a "old and slow" laptop means and what a person's income is we can talk here all day, as that skews from person to person.

If someone is broke AF then it's normal they'll keep their HW going for as long as possible if and less $20/month means skipping on food. But if someone makes a healthy income, they'll chuck the 6 year old laptop in the trash/ebay once it starts to be too slow for their standards and get a new one, instead of spending precious time learning about installing Linux and alternative foss apps, when they'd rather spend their precious time tinkering with their Harley or going to the beach and spend $1000 on a new laptop that works the way they like it out of the box.