dpb

Would you say ?

This is the computer your mainly using , not phones ipads / other toys

RA Dunk

Hmmm hard to say, I tend to do a major upgrade every two/three years or so and just buy the latest of everything, that way I'm pretty upto date for a fair while and don't need to do little upgrades when things start going wrong.

Saxo Boy

Hardware, software or both?

I bought an all singing all dancing computer 2 years ago and wouldn't dream of changing it for a long time yet. It's still lightening quick and works perfectly. I think the key is keeping your OS clean and not allowing your computer and its main drive to become bogged down with crap.

I see so many family members buy fancy new laptops and within a year there is so much junk on it that they take 10 minutes to start up properly and run slow as hell. When new my computer took about 45s from pressing the power button to being fully operational. It now takes about 46s.

Run a tight ship and a well specced computer should last you a long time.

GlesgaKiss

Probably closer to £77, and that's mainly antivirus software, if that counts? Bought this laptop in '09. Might upgrade it in 8 years or so.

Trout

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Why is it that if you spend £1700 on a computer it is bought by your mummy?

boxst

I don't really spend that much per year. I will buy a new computer every 3 - 4 years and that used to be £1000+ but these days is more like £600-£700.

(That is for a Windows desktop, I am typing this from a (Work) Macbook Pro)

sonicvr6

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well my macbook was 1300 3 years ago and just looking at new one now but not that much quick so mite leave it another year or so and the ne one id about 1300

Jaybird-UK

My thoughts exactly! Silly poll

ChefDude

over 8K this year. probably 2 last year.

richs2891

Like some others buy a new lappy for personal use every 3 years or so and look after it. Other than the two x 1TB drives to add into my NAS which I got as payment for fixing two laptops for a friends, I've spent a whole £14 on a new 1G 5 port switch to replace a dead one.

Richard

David_Dickson

I bought this cheapo Acer laptop about 7 years ago for £399 iirc. Since then, I have fitted 1 gig of extra RAM and a larger hard drive (both bought 2nd hand off ebay very cheaply), so yearly spend works out very low indeed.

As Saxo boy says - keep it clean, dont download needless ****e and its performance will not drop noticeably.

sonicvr6

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or get a mac

Frosticles

iTrader: (1)

Had to have mine all upgraded last year due to my boy wrecking the mother board trying to stuff his games controller into the USB upside down
Ended up costing over £1100 as everything was non-compatible with the new MB. Also "Had" to have a 24" HD Monitor.

Leslie

I upgrade my own every so often just to keep up with developments.

Les

dpb

I just meant anybody other than you - cos why would anyone spend that much on themselves , i think the average user user is had over a barrel on cost

Thats probably just my view , i should probably have upgraded mine every year or somthing

Wurzel

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80 odd grand on 3 SUN T5440 LDom servers. And yes they are my daily use

sonicvr6

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can i have one

f1_fan

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1 new PC or latop every 7 years or so! Yes Mac users they do last that long!

corradoboy

My Powerbook G3 was listed at £1350, but I got the company I worked for to buy it and claim the VAT back (government incentive at time) so about £1150, and then they deducted a small amount from my wage pre-tax to cover the remainder. So, no VAT and no PAYE either It's now 12 years old, so I guess the £77 vote is nearest.

Will be getting an iPad and new Mac Mini soon though.

Coffin Dodger

It happens in odd splurges really, this year bought a HP micro server to use a a Windows Home Server box, that cost a shade over £300 for 2TB of mirrored storage (i.e. 2*2TB physical drives). Would like to build a home cinema PC at some point to go with the new plasma. Laptop is a few years old, Dell special I guess it was around £600, and my desktop is woefully out of date but it'll probably be a while yet before I upgrade.

Guess that would make it around £1200 over 4 years, had a few other bits and pieces like a new monitor, Bluetooth keyboard/mouse, etc.

So £300 a year Is that £77 or £700?

CREWJ

I usually buy a new computer every 4 or so years as games and software demands it. I usually spend about £1200 but the current one should last a lot longer.

oobyJu

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build/upgrade them yourself a blind monkey could do it will save you a fortune check this place out
http://www.web-systems.co.uk/?page=Products
avoid the cheap peripherals though especially "Trust" brand but the internals are all top notch

CREWJ

I much prefer Scan.

EddScott

overclockers are my usual puter parts retailer.

I tend to buy every few years. I buy at the same time as work buys so I can sneak a part in here and there.

grovesy

Worked in IT for 12 years, so that would be under £77.... in 10 years.

billythekid

Current desktop at home is getting on for 5 years old I guess.
Still runs ok, nothing to write home about but I dont really play many games on it. Was a good spec in its day. I will probably replace it next year. Will keep it for mixing as I have PC DJ S/W on it.

For work I use a dell laptop. Its about 3 years old now, fairly slow, not really a good spec compared to laptops today. Will keep this till it dies. Everything gets backed up so will just run it till it stops. Last one lasted about 10 years!

I was thinking about buying a laptop for use at home though, but will see.

CREWJ

I've been thinking about buying a laptop too as my work laptop is restricted from installing software.

kingofturds

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Probably works out at around £150 a year as I usually splash out £600 or so buying a new system every 4 or 5 years

dpb

i worked out iv spent 77 a year on this one super duper computer , with stereo , bought 11 years never had an upgrade

Fundamentally the wrong strategy lol


I think a new 300 quid laptop every three years is the way fwd

mamoon2

Can't really answer the poll as computer spend not done yearly.

2005 - bought a Macbook £1000

2008 - bought an iMac £1000

2009 - bought 2 x iMacs for £300 (yes for the pair, nearly new, company went bust)

won't be spending again for at least 5 years maybe 10.