@MrSquished - Cats are a lot smarter than we give them credit for and part of that is that they do, on some level, understand human behavior.
So it knew that you spend a lot of time on the computer and the lappie sure looked like one so since the old one gobbled up so much of your time, It was obvious to the cat that the new one had to go.
Say I'm crazy, but I guarantee that's what happened. Cats are basically sociopaths. If something is interfering with their happiness, well, it must die.