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I understand, that is my policy as well but I was wondering if I should instead start saving more money in order to be able to keep up with newer tech in laptops or money saved is better spent in other ways. Thank you for sharing your opinion!
"Newer Tech" is not progressing rapidly. Sure there is improvement, but it's not at an exceptional rate. Which is why a 'good' laptop holds its usability for quite a few years.
If you have an urgent need for a new laptop now, then go out and buy the best one you can afford and 'get your feet on the ladder', so to speak.
Then keep that machine for as long as possible while building up a cash balance that will get you a machine in the future that is 5-10 times as good. Don't buy a replacement just because it is just a little bit newer and better, and you can afford it, but only buy a replacement machine that is a whole lot better.
It may be that it takes you 10 years or more for a replacement machine to reach that level. Hence my reasons for keeping my 10-year old ThinkPad T410s. I keep looking for a replacement these days (Lenovo keeps emailing me teaser ads), but I haven't yet found one that is leaps and bounds better than that old T410S.
EDIT. Did I mention the great connectivity of the T410S? It has all these connectors built-in (4x USBs, RJ-45 Ethernet, Express card, Firewire, eSATA, SD Card, DisplayPort, RJ-11 Phone/Modem) with a removable battery pack and a DVD writer as icing on the cake. All the newer machines don't have those. They expect you to plug in a whole bunch of USB adapters, instead. ... Now do you understand why I'm having so much trouble finding a replacement that's better?
