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I often hear, "You should never cheap out on a good office chair, shoes, underpants, backpack etc.." but what are some items that you would feel OK to cheap out on?

This can by anything from items such as: expensive clothing brands to general groceries.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I don't think that off-ease laptops are very good as they are sold. The batteries are often on their way out and so that's an additional expense (and some, like Macs, are very expensive to replace).

There are some incredible deals on off-lease desktops, though. Most modern computers are way overpowered for what the average user needs. You can get a perfectly serviceable machine for doing email, serving the web, and office work, for $100 or less. Just don't expect to play any games released within the last five or more years.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

My off lease laptop is literally my three year old work laptop. It is a very sturdy HP laptop with 16 GB of ramm, a 512mb SSD and a pretty decent i7 processor. The body is very sturdy and the screen is excellent. I paid about 180 dollars for it.