[durasell]

Does it make sense to buy a new $1,000 machine/laptop every three or four years?

[FITZ]

Does it make sense to buy a new $1,000 machine/laptop every three or four years?

If they get made in China, we'll have to buy $500 machine/laptops every four months. Just like all that other cheap crap you find that's brought in.

[Dat Mon]

"Does it make sense to buy a new $1,000 machine/laptop every three or four years?"

Maybe not. Ive been known to buy refurbished stuff..with an extended warranty though. Most bang for the buck.

[Dat Mon]

My desktop unit is a self made unit, and is due for an upgrade.

Right now I have a dual pentium 3 with 1G RAM and a SCSI RAID harddrive config.

Memory and SCSI RAID are more important for overall performance than clock speed...but thats off topic here..

[ninenot]

Does it make sense to buy a new $1,000 machine/laptop every three or four years?

Certainly does to the SELLER...

I have trouble figuring out exactly why I should buy a new cellphone. The new keypads are right-sized for my grandchild's fingers, and who the blazes needs pictures?