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Originally Posted by dickloraine
That is not necessary right. Technology adavances so fast, that it is often best to just buy the mainstream. Say you pay 1500 for your advanced pc. I buy one for 500. In 3 years mine is a little bit outdated, but now Chances are good, if I then spend another 500 my new pc will then be better than your 1500 pc. And I can do that even again, matching your starting price.
Keep in mind, cpu power doubles every two years.
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Laptop prices are not quite as you think. The problem is that because the most common scree used is 15.6" at at poor resolution of 1366x768, only laptops with those screens will be cheap. And if you go 17.3", most are 1600x900. So a laptop with a 17.3" screen at 1920x1080 (full HD) is going to cost more than $500.
Then you have the hassle of having to start over. That means moving all your data, installing all of your programs, configuring the OS and the programs how you want them. Overall, it's a hassle you can avoid if you buy a really good laptop now that will last for longer than 3 years before no longer being good enough. a $500 laptop will maybe last 3 years if you are lucky. A 15.6" with 1366x768 resolution isn't even going to last 1 week here. if I'm going to bother to spend the money, I might as well get something I want be complaining about how lousy it is.