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Poll: How much do you set aside, or usually spend, per year, for hardware related to your work?
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Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
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Португалия
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Usually Jul 13

There's no usually! It depends on how the system works... or not.

Angie Garbarino
WolfgangS
expressisverbis
Philip Lees
Christine Andersen
 
Christine Andersen
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Last year I bought a laptop Jul 14

Probably the last time I will spend money on hardware.

My desktop computer is nearing the end of its life - still works fine, but updates will no longer be provided. But it is more than 10 years old, an I am not sure how old my previous laptop is/was. My son is revamping it completely for someone else to use!

The idea is that at some point I will go over to only using the new laptop.



[Edited at 2026-07-14 12:20 GMT]

expressisverbis
 
Samuel Murray
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Нидерланды
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This year Jul 15

This year I bought a laptop. EUR 900. But in other years my hardware costs related mostly to buying the odd external hard drive or flash drive, or replacement mouse or keyboard, so I usually do not spend more than EUR 300 per year.

e_marisa
Christine Andersen
 
Gregor Trebec
Gregor Trebec
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a little Jul 15

I spend about 400 EUR on a laptop that lasts for 4-5 years. Than i buy new one again and the cycle goes for on and on.
 
Michael Beijer
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laptop for €2,000-2,500, every 5-6 years Jul 17

I usually get a laptop for around €2,000-2,500 every 5-6 years.
 


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