[olug] OT: poll question

[Kevin]

On Tue, Aug 19, 2008 at 12:10 PM, Luke Dashjr <luke at dashjr.org> wrote:
> On Tuesday 19 August 2008 10:35:10 Will Langford wrote:
>> The jist of it is, if I don't spend the $12 a week on ciggies, I'd spend
>> that $12 a week on something else.... not pocket it for a big item some
>> day.
>
> (intentionally taking this to third person)
>
> If somebody has this problem, he should really work on self
> discipline/control, IMO. I would suggest he stop spending any money except the
> real necessities (food, bills mainly).
>
> Myself, I tend to make one or two non-necessity purchases a year, max.
>
> My newest computer is an Athlon64 3200+ from 3 or 4 years ago, and it has
> worked fine up until recently (dead PSU), with no need for a new machine. And
> the interesting part is that I don't really even need it-- I do most
> everything on my 1 GHz laptop. Anyhow, this is my view on necessities. :)

I agree with you here. Many computer purchases are made because
they're cheap/cute/etc. Myself, I've managed to inherit 6 computers
and not pay a dime for one of them(unless you call my time
deconstructing the computer network something, which I don't because
it's now on my resume(1 computer)). 4 of them(the desktops) are still
usable, and the laptops are usable if you're willing to use them as
desktops and work with old enough OSs.

In my experience, the hardware goes out of date before any piece of
the whole setup dies.