A Word About Hardware Upgrades
Before we look at how you can save money, you should know something about upgrades. For many people, some kinds of products seem more appealing because you can upgrade them somewhere down the line. This may work for old tools and kitchen appliances, but the computer industry doesn't think that way. They want you to buy something, use it for a year, throw it away, and then buy the newest model because they wouldn't make any money if they actually had to offer upgrades for the dinosaurs of the past. Really, computers just aren't designed like the Stanley #5 jack plane, which was offered in the same basic form for 115 years.
If you see something advertised as being upgradable to some future specification with some extra ...
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