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I am fortunate enough to be able to afford a high-end laptop/PC and would have no issue paying $6,000 USD for such.
Is it worth it? Hell no!
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Yeah... I mean... I won't go broke... but.. ya know... that's also the price of a car or one hell of a weekend with a call g*** (can't say and be kid sister friendly).
Jeremy Falcon
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Jeremy Falcon wrote: that's also the price of a car
Really? They sell cars that cheap? Very, very used I am guessing. Wow, I have shown my ignorance of such things. Ugh.
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Yeah, like a starter, teenager car. Then again, I might be showing my age. Cuz you know, back in my day...
Jeremy Falcon
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Kids on your lawn Jeremy?
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None that I saw. None of them getting a car though if I do find one... I got computers to buy.
Jeremy Falcon
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Jeremy Falcon wrote: that's also the price of a car or one hell of a weekend with a call g***
I'm guessing "goat."
Will Rogers never met me.
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You must be a graphics designer. That's the only reason I can think to have that much memory in a laptop. The price you're seeing is a result of the memory and SSD, nothing else.
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I do like me some multi-tasking and future proofing. When it comes to laptops especially, since most are non-upgradable with their parts, better to go large once every 5 years because the next few versions of OSes to release will always take more umph.
Jeremy Falcon
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In case you're not familiar with Framework Laptop, they allow you to easily open and change things. I thought their original 13.5" screen was too small. They now have a 16" version. Unfortunately for me, it doesn't ship where I live...
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That's cool. Thanks.
Jeremy Falcon
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In March of 2018 I purchased my next 5+ year desktop. I sprung for an AMD ThreadRipper 1900X. I like the idea of the extra cores to run virtual machines.
Two and a half years later it was obsoleted by Windows 11.
Still runs great with Windows 10 which I will run on it towards October of 2025 when mainstream support ends and try again. So I guess it will last me 5 years, it was just dissapointing to be shut out half way through.
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If you mean just not showing on the supported hardware lists, it'll likely work just fine all the same.
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I'm a software developer. Everything runs in Docker, plus I need at least 1 VM (at once) to connect to customers systems. That, plus Eclipse running, I can easily eat through 32Gb+, and on a 32Gb machine, that just causes swapping and terrible performance. Right now, with Chrome, Docker, VMWare and Eclipse running. I'm at 63% of 64Gb.
There's still no way I'd pay 6k.
I've got an HPZbook, 6 core/12 thread i7, 64Gb RAM (comes with 32Gb, added an extra 32Gb), 1Tb + 2Tb NVMe (added the 2Tb), and was (from memory) circa £1600. Only got an Nvidia Quadro, so about the same performance as a GTX1650. Happily plays Far Cry 6 on medium.
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Jeremy Falcon wrote: computers getting too expensive?
yes.
So are 3 egg omelets.
pre pandemic: 3 egg omelets, home-fries, toast $8 US.
post pandemic: $15+
pre pandemic: groceries for my family and I approx. $250
post pandemic: $500+ (for the same damn things we have been buying for the last 10 years)
Everything on planet earth has doubled or tripled in price, maybe even more for some things.
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Slacker007 wrote: Everything on planet earth has doubled or tripled in price, maybe even more for some things. Totally agree man. Seems everything has gone up but salaries and rates. Real talk man, it's time to think about raising mine... which means I'll need to find a new contract, etc.
Yay governments robbing us with a hidden tax called inflation while they line their pockets and lie to us while we're dumb enough to believe anything the TV tells us.
Jeremy Falcon
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Slacker007 wrote: Everything on planet earth has doubled or tripled in price, maybe even more for some things. It's called inflation. Without that, governments cannot pay their debts.
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My wife wants a new laptop -- she said her current one cost about $600 USD, and that she expects to pay around that.
I told her I would expect to pay about $2000 USD if I ever buy one for myself (I have no plans to buy myself a laptop).
I might build myself new desktop (mini-tower) PC soon, and probably $2000 USD would be about right, but I have no idea now that Fry's Electronics is gone ( ) -- I suppose NewEgg may be in my future.
Edit: My needs are simple, I'm a developer, I don't game, I don't watch video on a PC, I can make do with the on-board graphics just fine.
modified 20-Aug-23 11:51am.
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I'm considering upgrading my GPU (From an ancient GTX660Ti to a RTX 4060), and NewEgg want £10 more than Amazon for the same card, from the same manufacturer ... shipping is free on both as well.
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PIEBALDconsult wrote: I might build myself new desktop (mini-tower) PC soon, and probably $2000 USD would be about right, but I have no idea now that Fry's Electronics is gone ( ) -- I suppose NewEgg may be in my future. A lot of the price is the GPU. Apparently the price gouging that happened during the pandemic hasn't reverted back to sane prices. Probably never will. Starting to think you might be onto something since I don't need the latest and greatest GPU and a desktop gives you more customizability.
Funny thing about laptops... I love them but never really haul them around. Only if I'm changing office locations, but that's not a daily thing. Can haul a tower too.
Jeremy Falcon
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Jeremy Falcon wrote: A lot of the price is the GPU. Apparently the price gouging that happened during the pandemic hasn't reverted back to sane prices. Probably never will. Not really. I paid 1015€ for my AMD Razer 6900XT and today I saw the 6950XT (following model) for 599€.
And SSD M.2 have gone way cheaper too. 4TB WD Black 850X PCI4.0 for 198€ and I paid 225€ for my Crucial P5 PCI3 2TB (in an offer)
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Then, I dunno how the price breakdown is. I just know that for the laptop I want, what used to be a $3k laptop is now is $4k for the same thing (high end at the time of purchase).
Jeremy Falcon
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I don't know if Europa vs US has something to do with the price...
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Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you
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I have enough monitors, drives (internal and external), network accessories, cases, etc. I can get by with a new motherboard and cpu, for starters.
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Right. And maybe new/more RAM. And probably a bigger M.2 drive.
Right. And maybe new RAM. And probably a larger M.2 drive.
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