We always let our ex-employees keep their laptops because a. why not? and b. I don't need laptops for positions that no longer exist.

I was at a company that let people keep laptops (after they were wiped) largely because the severance was so meager it seemed they expected people to sell the laptops for some extra cash. :p

“Welcome to your new job at HighSpeed TopFlight. Here’s an old, used laptop.”