How often do you BUY a replacement tower/desktop/laptop

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How often do you BUY a replacement tower/desktop/laptop

every year
3
8%
every two years
5
13%
every three years
11
29%
every four years
4
11%
every five+ years
13
34%
never - i use THE tablet - you know, the ten commandments one
2
5%
 
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How often do you BUY a replacement tower/desktop/laptop

Post by Rave » Thu Apr 15, 2010 9:12 pm

Just wondering :)

Normally I buy one every significant chip upgrade E.g. P3, P4, C2D etc... (once the prices have died down)
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Re: How often do you BUY a replacement tower/desktop/laptop

Post by ChiDJ » Thu Apr 15, 2010 9:14 pm

and so it begins... 8)
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Re: How often do you BUY a replacement tower/desktop/laptop

Post by anybody human » Thu Apr 15, 2010 9:26 pm

Wow. What a great question. I've got an mbp that's almost 2 years old, 2.6ghz 4 gb RAM. Works well but the stuff that comes out now is better. I can't run a ton of high end stuff at once, but I don't know exactly what the performance difference would be and I spend money a lot less freely since the crash. Almost as much as cost is the authorization code nightmare it would be, which is an argument for dongles/iLok keys. Most plugins are just a keyfile and that would scare the hell out of me when it comes time to get a new computer.

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Re: How often do you BUY a replacement tower/desktop/laptop

Post by distaudio » Thu Apr 15, 2010 11:14 pm

I usually buy a new laptop when the warranty is about to run out on my old one.

I use Asus notebooks so that gives me 2 years.

Lucky I did only just replace my notebook as the left mouse button on my trackpad of the old one has just died on me.

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Re: How often do you BUY a replacement tower/desktop/laptop

Post by H20nly » Thu Apr 15, 2010 11:28 pm

ChiDJ wrote:and so it begins... 8)

no shit huh*..





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Re: How often do you BUY a replacement tower/desktop/laptop

Post by TRS80 » Fri Apr 16, 2010 12:01 am

When I can afford it. If money was no issue, probably about every 3 years.

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Re: How often do you BUY a replacement tower/desktop/laptop

Post by H20nly » Fri Apr 16, 2010 12:09 am

^ don't be sorry for drinking. Its okay.
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Re: How often do you BUY a replacement tower/desktop/laptop

Post by nathannn » Fri Apr 16, 2010 4:47 am

i have had my laptop for almost a year now, and i am ready for something new.
i really dont see a point in buying something else until they start selling cheap quad core's.
if it wasn't for u-he's ace i would have never thought i needed another laptop.
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