• w2tpmf@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    You returned a $200 netbook and only needed a little more money to get an $1100 MacBook?

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      1 year ago

      I paid 430€ for the Eee and I paid 1100€ for the MacBook. Sure that‘s not just a little more money.

      However, the way I calculate such purchases is: price divided by years of usage. I used the MacBook as a main computer for four years until I could afford a more powerful Mac mini as my desktop computer. I continued to use my MacBook intensively for university and for mobile photo editing for another five years. This means a total lifespan of nine years or 122€ per year.

      If I had stalled my decision not to send back the Eee and try working with it ignoring the shortcomings, I maybe would have used it for a year or a couple of months longer. The netbook trend, according to my recollection was quite short so I guess I couldn‘t have sold it for a good price then.

      So what I actually wanted to say is that the MacBook, despite it costing more than double, was by far the better deal for me.