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<p>Your view of your D is very similar to perceptions my parent’s, older relatives, and even some hardcore techie friends have about my spending habits. </p>
<p>Granted, my hardcore techie friends are the types to spend themselves into debt for the latest/greatest computers/tech gadgets whereas I only buy stuff when I feel I actually need it and to use my computers for way more than 5+ years. </p>
<p>It’s one reason why I’ve ended up accumulating a nice collection of older, yet still usable computer in good condition to the point I’ve been giving computers away to those in need or selling them off at low-cost(notebooks) over the last decade to maintain adequate space in my apartment. </p>
<p>That and I’ve been very lucky on the free section of CL. </p>
<p>Got plenty of free computers off CL…including a supposedly broken intel imac this past week. Previous owner even left a retail version of Snow Leopard DVD in the optical drive though I didn’t know about it until I took it out of the thoroughly taped makeshift box, popped in a spare hard drive, and booted up the DVD to start the Snow Leopard installation. :)</p>