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What are some things you can/should cheap out on? (lemmy.world)

submitted 10 months ago by LunchEnjoyer@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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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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[–] archomrade@midwest.social 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I also prefer cheap laptops. I don't need a supercomputer to work.

I've been feeling this one lately. I recently had a very large, super heavy laptop stolen, and I've been wondering why I even had such a mammoth to begin with.

I have a desktop with all the overhead I need for large tasks, any laptop I get basically just needs to run remote desktop with decent latency.

[–] Saigonauticon@voltage.vn 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Yup, I do the same -- although my remote desktop is just SSH, so even truly ancient stuff is completely fine. I've been looking at getting a portable terminal as an alternative to even a laptop, which is a bit of a pain to lug around if I'm on vacation.

This technique failed disastrously one time though. A billing dispute between the person renting me office space and the building owner meant my AI workstation got seized for a year once. That was a real pain -- I never expected to see it again. Thankfully it did return to my possession. Eventually.

[–] archomrade@midwest.social 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Oh god, that would fucking suck. Glad it worked out though.

[–] Saigonauticon@voltage.vn 1 points 9 months ago

Just another day running a business in the developing world, haha. You win some, you lose some :)