Your PC Builds - Battle of the Rigs

[Marco]

@okonomiyaki

@Marco

Resale value is the last thing on my mind. Utility is first. Cost of ownership is a close second.

I do think resale value is a plus, though. You never know what you’re gonna need, when. In my life, I’ve randomly moved countries for various reasons a couple of times. In all those cases I hadn’t planned it too far in advance. So I’ve found myself needing to sell off tech items just to cut down on baggage and simplify my life.

Here are the results:

• iPad mini after two years of use for 70% of what I paid
• iPhone 5 after four years of use for 50% of what I paid
• iPhone 7 after two years of use for 60% of what I paid
• iPod Touch after 2 years of use for 70% of what I paid
• Windows laptop after two years of use for 30% of what I paid
• Windows desktop after one year of use for 30% of what I paid

So based on these experiences, I also feel more secure buying Apple stuff knowing that if I need to ditch it for whatever reason, I can get most of the money back. This is a huge advantage over Windows/Android gear that really has always lost value super fast (at least for me).

It’s not a bad point, but
It’s a plus for some people. For me, no. I just like being comfortable in my tech. I also hoard data. I took my desktop with me to Taiwan, sold the case in Canada, bought a new one and rebuilt it. I buy among the high value high end and expect to run it into the ground.

All my stuff in the same place.

Beauty. I really like this case. When I upgrade. Gonna keep it. I painted the sun on it.

Reselling stuff is basically…whatever I get from it. No plan, no budget. I run it until the perceived amortised value is 0.

@okonomiyaki

• Windows laptop after two years of use for 30% of what I paid
• Windows desktop after one year of use for 30% of what I paid

So based on these experiences, I also feel more secure buying Apple stuff knowing that if I need to ditch it for whatever reason, I can get most of the money back. This is a huge advantage over Windows/Android gear that really has always lost value super fast (at least for me).

Here’s another side of the coin for me. I could also get used previous gen Windows/Android gear for dirt and have a perfectly well-oiled machine for nickels on the dollar and resell it for similar to what I paid for it because it doesn’t suffer from driving-off-the-lot syndrome.