[olug] OT: poll question

[Bjones]

well it's funny yall bring up the saving aspect of it.....
as this article is on msn.com today.....
http://articles.moneycentral.msn.com/SavingandDebt/SaveMoney/HowToSaveTwoHundredThousandInSixMonths.aspx

~Bryon



Kevin wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 19, 2008 at 12:10 PM, Luke Dashjr <luke at dashjr.org> wrote:
>   
>> On Tuesday 19 August 2008 10:35:10 Will Langford wrote:
>>     
>>> The jist of it is, if I don't spend the $12 a week on ciggies, I'd spend
>>> that $12 a week on something else.... not pocket it for a big item some
>>> day.
>>>       
>> (intentionally taking this to third person)
>>
>> If somebody has this problem, he should really work on self
>> discipline/control, IMO. I would suggest he stop spending any money except the
>> real necessities (food, bills mainly).
>>
>> Myself, I tend to make one or two non-necessity purchases a year, max.
>>
>> My newest computer is an Athlon64 3200+ from 3 or 4 years ago, and it has
>> worked fine up until recently (dead PSU), with no need for a new machine. And
>> the interesting part is that I don't really even need it-- I do most
>> everything on my 1 GHz laptop. Anyhow, this is my view on necessities. :)
>>     
>
> I agree with you here. Many computer purchases are made because
> they're cheap/cute/etc. Myself, I've managed to inherit 6 computers
> and not pay a dime for one of them(unless you call my time
> deconstructing the computer network something, which I don't because
> it's now on my resume(1 computer)). 4 of them(the desktops) are still
> usable, and the laptops are usable if you're willing to use them as
> desktops and work with old enough OSs.
>
> In my experience, the hardware goes out of date before any piece of
> the whole setup dies.
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