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How often do you switch laptops?

post #1 of 19
8/16/05 at 3:20am
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??????????
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post #2 of 19
8/16/05 at 3:39am
Hmm this is a good question...

I'm on my first one so I couldnt tell ya, but hopefully it will last me until I need to get something that supports 64 bit.
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post #3 of 19
8/16/05 at 3:53am
In the last 3 years I have gotten a new one every year, so basically once a year.
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post #4 of 19
8/16/05 at 3:57am
once a year, or two is about the norm for me
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post #5 of 19
8/16/05 at 4:00am
If you dont mind me asking, what do you guys do with your old laptops? Sell them or just keep them?
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post #6 of 19
8/16/05 at 4:06am
I have had about 8 laptops in a year and half.

I keept the old laptop, that´s why I have two now.

I am still wondering if I really like the T41p more than the M60 to be honest.
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post #7 of 19
8/16/05 at 4:20am
my old laptop is still good and in working order so i gave it to my little sis for use at college.....paid $2000 for that sucker when it was new 1 1/2 years ago....
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post #8 of 19
8/16/05 at 4:31am
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Iv had my first computer in 1998, a desktop...Then got a IBM laptop in 2000...Then a Toshiba Sattelite P3 Laptop in 2001 and then a Mac Mini in 2005 and now im getting The Asus Z70v refresh...So I just get a new one once the old one gets slow...Except the Asus, thats a gift since i needed a PC
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post #9 of 19
8/16/05 at 5:51am
lol, I'll let you know. I've had the same Dell since like 1998!!
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post #10 of 19
8/16/05 at 6:14am
alot of u switch laptops like underwear lol (yes i switdch my underwear once a year, jk) but i think once i get it that ill keep this laptop for AT LEAST two years
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post #11 of 19
8/16/05 at 7:01am
4 laptops in 5 years... old ones are saved as backups for emergencies or for little projects like recording radio shows.

Mainly I upgrade to get a better GPU... hoping my next unit will last 3 years if I get a Sager or Dell XPS as far as games are concerned.
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post #12 of 19
8/16/05 at 9:31am
I've bought three since last November but kept an old HP N3110 I got in 2000 until then. I just can't resist these prices! I need to get rid of a couple of them, they're stacking up on me.
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post #13 of 19
8/16/05 at 2:16pm
well i just bout by first notebook a few months ago, but i change my desktops every 2-3 years.
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post #14 of 19
8/16/05 at 2:25pm
Not very often.

I had a Sager 5690 before this i9300 I have now. I wasn't to impressed with the Sager so I sold it and bought a SFF home PC. Outgrew that because I needed something more mobile, so I bought this i9300 and have loved it so I don't plan on selling it for a good while.
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post #15 of 19
8/16/05 at 5:45pm
I've always been poor so, I change laptops whenever I can get something better. When I started college (1994) my dad gave me his old toshiba T1100 I think it was (not even a 386 in it). Then I got a packard bell statelsman with a 486 in 97 when I graduated. Then in 99 I bought a refurbished Toshiba with a 166MHz Pentium, and August about two years ago I got another Toshiba with a P3 600MHz. But now that I'm finishing my PhD in a month and will get a real salary I plan on getting a brand new laptop, and will probably change it as I feel the newer tech is worth the upgrade. The first one probably won't happen until 64bit goes mainstream in a year or two (AS I SEE IT. Please I don't want to start another 64bit argument).
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post #16 of 19
8/16/05 at 7:22pm
Once a year.
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post #17 of 19
8/16/05 at 7:23pm
As often as the WIFE permits it.
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post #18 of 19
8/16/05 at 7:54pm
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Originally Posted by onapartyrock
4 laptops in 5 years... old ones are saved as backups for emergencies or for little projects like recording radio shows.

Mainly I upgrade to get a better GPU... hoping my next unit will last 3 years if I get a Sager or Dell XPS as far as games are concerned.
Heh, you'd be lucky if you're not chafing to upgrade after 2 years.
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post #19 of 19
8/16/05 at 7:55pm
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Originally Posted by smilepak
As often as the WIFE permits it.
Time to get a new wife! May be cheaper in the long run!
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