Dear bitches,
I'm in college and trying to find a laptop/tablet to buy. I don't know shit about computers though and have just used chromebooks for a bunch of my life, meaning that all I'm seeing is people online going "buy an ipad! It has apps you need!" Or "if you can save up $200, you can save up $1500 for a basic laptop. at least." and I don't know wtf is up with that.
I know what i want from it (basic functions of a chromebook but also works as a good tablet for notetaking) and all the advice around seems to be for hardcore people.. I don't have much money and it seems like it's either "get a kindle, poor person" or "go into debt, you poor bitch" and all that makes me want to do is either avoid it entirely or impulse purchase the first thing I get recommended and spend too much. What am I supposed to do when I feel like I'm a clueless buyer at a cars sales lot with 200 sales people
My darling child, this is so annoying yet stressful. Sorry you're going through it!
Here's our advice: find what you want, then look for a "refurbished model." This is literally a way to buy a used computer, and you can get steeply discounted but perfectly fine computers this way.
I got a refurbished MacBook Pro for about $900 a few years ago. It's still going strong. $900 is a lot of money... but it's way less than what I would've had to pay to get that computer brand new.
Also, keep in mind that a lot of folks who write about computers on the internet are fanatics. If all you need is internet access and MS Office... don't worry so much about the other functionality. A basic model will do.
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