How do I beat this obsesssion? I have OCD.
It's also my only laptop.
If you think about it as a luxury item or or something that is fragile, you'll always be OCD about it. Perhaps because it is your only laptop, your more careful with it.
If tomorrow, it fell down a flight of stairs and you had to replace it, could you on the spot? How long would it take otherwise? How much work would you loose if it happened?
I was this way a long time ago and probably to a certain point, still am with my primary laptop / phone. To me, they're just tools now to get the job done. A couple months ago, my laptop died and fortunately, I was in a position where the only thing stopping me from getting a new one was a 20 minute drive to the Apple Store. That's not to say that I'm careless with my laptop, but it's just a tool, and tools break.
I remember breaking my fathers Snap On Ratchet once. Fortunately, they're tools are warranted for life, but it was just a tool easily replaceable.
"The things you own, end up owning you"
You have to keep tools in good shape, but tools are for work.
Hardware is now a consumable. Works for a while and then it breaks down. You don't buy it. You just rent it for a couple of years. So there is no need to care for your laptop. You will have to get a new one anyway. It's just the cost of doing business. You may not like it, but it's how things are now.
I'm not afraid to take my laptops apart these days. It's my hardware and I've seen it naked.
Maybe it's about seeing "for yourself" that your machine isn't quite as delicate as you had led yourself to believe? I don't even know :)
I can be ready to work in about 5 minutes on a brand new machine.
It's basically a screen and a keyboard for me, nothing more. Lessens its importance.