are cheaper laptops disposable items?

[timwilky]

At work we write all IT stuff off over 4 years, it used to be 3, but in these penny pinching times you have to make sacrifices.

Ironically though, the financial planning behind it went astray, as we were no longer buying in the quantities the price went up.

Originally Posted by timwilky

At work we write all IT stuff off over 4 years, it used to be 3, but in these penny pinching times you have to make sacrifices.

Ironically though, the financial planning behind it went astray, as we were no longer buying in the quantities the price went up.

I'm working on three years at the moment, it doesn't help that the machines that were bought before I arrived there was no logic behind so it was whatever was cheap, so I am constantly repairing or re hashing to get by.

Anything from the office over three gets given to a site manager so if it gets lost or stolen or left on the train its no big deal!

[Richie]

Sorry to hijack this thread but :0)
back in 2003 I paid just over a grand for my laptop I bought tax free in Bosnia in 2003.... worth about £20 today if that...Compaq Persario 2572 (the American version) running XP Pro. Then got a 2nd hand one for the missus from the Falklands (in 200 for £50 running Vista (hate it...) thats an 2005 emachine...

Looking at getting a new one for my 12 year old daughter for school home work, What would you folk reccomend :0)

Originally Posted by Richie

Sorry to hijack this thread but :0)
back in 2003 I paid just over a grand for my laptop I bought tax free in Bosnia in 2003.... worth about £20 today if that...Compaq Persario 2572 (the American version) running XP Pro. Then got a 2nd hand one for the missus from the Falklands (in 200 for £50 running Vista (hate it...) thats an 2005 emachine...

Looking at getting a new one for my 12 year old daughter for school home work, What would you folk reccomend :0)

Looked at a good netbook?

Originally Posted by Jdubya

Looked at a good netbook?

no cd/dvd drive = crap

Spend double the money initially and buy a Macbook. You can pick up as-new refurbished laptops from Apple with quite a hefty discount. Keep it for 3 years and you'll still be able to sell it on Ebay for nearly what you paid for it. It's much more of an initial investment but, unlike PC laptops, Macs hardly depreciate.