Is it better to buy a cheap laptop and replace it often or to buy a more expensive one to last?

Question

I want to buy a laptop for college and I'm not sure what I should do. Is it worth spending the extra money and getting a good laptop costing approx. $2000 that it could last the whole 4 years? Or do you think I should I save my money and get a cheap one for < $1000 so that I can replace it sooner with new technology.

Answer 1

In my opinion, you're always better off getting something slightly more expensive that is going to last you ages than to get something cheaper and replace it many times.......... buying cheaper usually ends up costing you more in the long-run if you keep having to replace it with something newer (or if the cheap one keeps breaking down on you) than if you buy something more expensive that it going to last you that same period of time.

A non-computer related example I've come up with is this:
imagine you've got 2 pairs of Trainers/Sneakers (or whatever you prefer to call them). One of them is a $60 pair of NIKE's.... the other a $10-$15 pair from a lesser known brand.
Cheap shoes like that, in my experience usually almost completely fall apart after 3-6months.... while the NIKE's last about two-and-a-half years before they're done for.
IF you're having to replace them $15 trainers/sneakers with another say every 6months, then after 2.5yrs that'll cost you 5x$15 = $75

Now.... try imagine doing something similar with something more expensive, like a laptop for instance.

Answer 2

Best buy has some very nice gateway laptops for about $1000. They are available in the store only. Any laptop over $1500 is a ripoff. I recommend checking out laptops between $800 and $1300. You won't need to replace it for a while. Laptops last a while and they stand up better to technology than desktops do. Laptop technology doesn't renew as quickly as desktop.

Answer 3

look the old 1 cost $1000 while the new 1 cost 2000 is't it better to buy new 1.
i have 3 reasons:
1st. it's new
2nd.it has alredy been installed with newr technology
3rd. by installing new technology to the old 1 is more expensive in the run and may often break down.

So there.

Answer 4

An expensive laptop is not garantee to last longer, I suggest getting the cheapest new laptop. Get one around $500. $2000 is way too expensive and for a student, you won't need any laptop that is so powerful.

Answer 5

It depends on your own needs. Another factor you might want to consider: resale value. It's not a consideration for PC laptops but you can get great resale from a Mac laptop.

Answer 6

ok properly the great for school is a macbook professional ($1700,00) or a macbook white ($900.00) in the journey that your prepared to spend $2 hundred extra i advise the macbook white because its all outfitted for school artwork, its were given 24/7 internet get admission to, on the spot, good battery so that you dont desire a powerpoint maximum the time, and its ordinary to apply and it has college classes all put in on it:)

Answer 7

depends on wat else u will be using it for
if u will only be using it for college then a cheap one will surfice.
but if ur going to also use it for games and wat not, i would get a better model, improved technology so u can play latest games.
also depends on periferals uve got or may needing in the future
dell have resonably cheap good laptop

Answer 8

i prefer the expensive one. cuz u don't have to transfer all ur things from one to another again and again.