How can you afford it?

[how.about.another.slice]

After being away several months, I notice many of the same faces are still spending all day posting, despite their assurances that they work. One even spent a whole day waiting until 5.30 pm before posting just to prove she is employed!!! (only people unemployed or on benefits for years would assume the average work day is still from Nine-to-Five LOL!)

My question is, how do you afford to be here so much? Do you live off savings, an inheritance, divorce settlement, or do you simply chat from a library or a second hand notebook on limited internet usage?

To get a decent computer costs at least $2000 and without good internet connection, chatting on a forum isn't even worth it, so are these regulars going into debt over the boards? Would a bank even loan or credit them enough to supplement their activites and time usage here?

It's all very puzzling...

[*crikey*mate*]

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@not_an_eloi wrote:

all held together wit ticky-tacky duct tape.  lol.

btw, ever 'eard of cable ties. 

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and? it works.

divided room in half with bookshelves and screens don't have stands, had to be screwed to a wall - no wall so had to gaffer tape them to the book shelves behind them so they didn't fall off!

you're very mean.

picking on the Mighty Viper is like telling someone their kid is ugly!

[cq_tech]

That may be so, but at least you can always go and buy another keyboard when you get sick of the current one's colour.

[just_me_karen]

I had my first lap top in 1998, it was a ripper. These days a lappy only costs around 600.00 except for apple brand..they have the big screen.

[cherry*135]

What price range was a laptop in, in 1998, just me karen? We had ones supplied by work around that time, so obviously didn't pay for them so don't know what they cost then.

Apple laptops may have bigger screens but do they have ENORMOUS screens? (what size is enormous anyway, OP didn't specify size).

[cherry*135]

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@j*oono wrote:

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@am*3 wrote:

Please stick to the topic of this thread.

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It's her thread 

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Of course it is, but if he/she wants to ask me questions that are insulting and abusive personally towards me,I am not going to be dragged into replying to them.

[cherry*135]

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@joz*garage wrote:

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@am*3 wrote:


I have had my laptop hard drive replaced under extended guarantee recently. It is nearly 3 yrs old.

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techo said to me; hard drives usually live for about 3 years and was surprised mine lasted 6 years (desktop though)

i was interested how long the extended warranty was for and whether the $240 outlay is worth it coz hard drive replacements costs about that.

At least crikey posts photos of her set up. What do we know about the OP's claims.. no brand name, no screen size.......

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Extended warranties we have paid for cost around $80-$100.

Usually 1 yr manufacturers warranty then you can choose a choice of extended 1, 2 or 3 years etc.

One laptop we have here ASUS, had a 2 yr manuf wty and we bought 3 yr extended. It has been repaired 3 times. The 5 yrs is still not up yet, but it is pretty stuffed and out of date.

[*elizabeths-mum*]

How times have changed. 😞 When I was young, no matter how proud you were of your big red snake, it wasn't polite to show it in public. 😛

[*crikey*mate*]

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@*elizabeths-mum* wrote:

How times have changed. 😞 When I was young, no matter how proud you were of your big red snake, it wasn't polite to show it in public. 😛

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LOL

I just thought the OP may like to know what they need in their life.

[just_me_karen]

Actually, now that I think about it, that was my 2nd laptop. I initially had an apple, it was so cute but didnt work very well with the Internet. In those days much of apple software wasnt compatible with anything else. The 1998 laptop was an acer (i think) and it cost around 1800.00 from memory.

Yes, current apple laptops do have enormous screens and they're very expensive. Mostly they're for graphic designers and engineers, I think?

Crikey that's an embarrassing computer, no wonder you need duct taped screens!

[cherry*135]

Laptops

15'' Mackbook Pro - 2.3 ghz  - $1999AU

15''  Macbook Pro -  retina display  2.4ghz - $2499AU

15'' Macbook Pro -  retina display  2. 7ghz - $3199AU

iMac all in one computer (all inside the screen case, external keyboard and mouse)

27'' iMac -  $2199 - $2499

No giant sized screen laptops in the Apple range for $2000. 15'' a fairly standard size.