What is your personal limit when it comes to spending money on tech?
Mine is that if it cost more than a ticket from australia to Germany and back ($1500) then I just don't buy it and go on a holiday there instead. Unfortunately for Apple this means I can't buy any of their laptops.
The closest that manages to get to what I want out of a product wins.
>>51816791
More often than not though you won't get what you want out of the cheaper product and so there will be a point where you need to draw the line regarding cost.
>>51816839
Cost be damned, I want something fitting my exact autistic specifications.
>>51816771
I buy it if it's likely to increase my overall happiness more than not buying it.
ayy lamo
Consumer buy: cumulative cost of around $400 every year (like gaymes, clothes, tech, etc.) and try to get back 1/2 the cost via ebay/CL for the resellables.
Productivity: depends on the gear but last time I spent $2,000 for certs, new desktop internals, softwares, and study materials. (Buying passes to do your homework? That's absolutely fucked up, where the hell does my tuition go?)
Rest goes to gas, bills, loans.
Though most of what I do is generally free or very low cost to my benefit. If high cost they last over a lengthy period of time (e.g. desktop = 7-10 years.)
>>51816771
Great question.
I try to think of it in terms of how long I'll be using the device, and distribute the cost accordingly.
If I expect my $400 phone to last me 3 years before I get a new one, that's ~$11 a month. So I think about it like a subscription service. Is a shiny new phone worth $11 a month?
Same with deciding on TV's. A 65" 4k Visio I picked up on black Friday cost me $1,000. The last TV I had lasted 6 years. Even If this new one only lasts me 5, that's still only ~$17 a month. Not bad at all.
Anything at about $20 "a month" over an expected lifetime is not worth it for me.
>>51816771
>If it costs more than a ticket i just go on an entire holiday there instead
Why not if it costs more than the ticket AND the holiday?
>>51818369
do you mean less than
>>51818525
nope
>>51816771
>paying $1500 to go get blown up by a mudslime in Germany
>>51818558
germany only really has girls that look this way though
>>51818566
kek, Hitler wanted that, It didn't work.
>>51819580
let's just say he was 60% successful
>>51820023
He wasn't. If they're not kebabs, girls look like this with black eyebrows.
>>51820263
have you actually been there though? I have.
>>51820281
I have yes
>>51820281
Well okay they're not all bad but the "German girl = aryan" isn't real.
>>51820305
you're wrong though.
>>51820329
>>51820326
I nuanced
>>51816771
Not every one has autism like you, where they set actual lines.
And I dont need to, since I'm not poor
>>51820400
>a macfag's justification for spending thousands
>>51819580
>it didn't work
oh but it did
and then it took the rest of the world to get their shit together and stop it
and we are still, and always will be, one of the greatest countries on this fucking dirtball and all other countries want to be with us
>>51820263
pic related
same person
>>51818280
Enjoy never owning a good PC, a house, or a car
You can buy used iMacs for €500
I love buying tech to the point where I will buy it over clothes and food (yes I know I have fucked up priorities - working on it). There really is no spending limit as long as the price is reasonable. If I had $5k right now, I'd be headed to Microcenter.
>>51816771
The Retina Macbook starts at $1299, you stupid nigger. And that's actually a good configuration, with 8GB RAM and a 256GB SSD. It's not the Macbook Air, where the standard configuration has 4GB RAM and a 128GB SSD out of the box and a shitty display. A lot of people overlook this about it when judging its value relative to the MBA..
>>51822949
Those are US prices. He's from Australia.
>>51816771
How many moderate christians have you seen holding a sign telling radical christians to stop?
>>51822996
>checks Australian store
>$1999
HAHAHA, fucking hell. That is an epic butt-fucking. You could probably fly to the US and buy one and bring it back with you for less than that.
