How much is "too much" for a new computer?

In my opinion when having to sacrifice basic purchases over a computer then that's too much. My bet is that this isn't the case in your situation, so it would be perfectly fine. As for myself, my tops is the amount of money I can afford to spend. Fortunately there are those companies who accept instalments against, which is the only downside, high interest, making it possible for those who are rather short of money to have some luxury.

Personally, I'd split the money over two units... one netbook and the rest on the beefed up gaming (aka work) rig. Yes, there are laptops with dedicated 3D graphics cards, but you need to remember that 3D computation comes with a lot of heat and those relatively confined spaces inside the laptop will not be sufficient to keep the laptop cool in extreme gaming sessions. That's where the desktop unit comes in - play those games, compile your sources etc. For me, a portable unit should be just that, portable and convenient which is why my choice would be the netbook to compliment the workhorse desktop. There's plenty of juice in those netbooks to compile code in the field as needed. If I need more power, I'd NX back to my workhorse and run the processing on that... Just my preference...^_^

Well, my opinion on the price of any computer I buy should be under $1000. The most common question people ask is the price, but the most important question you should ask is what is inside! This is because if you know how to build your own computer, you can spend about $700 and get something for a value of $1400 at a retailer!

Another question people ask if they want a mac or a PC. I personally think macs suck, ( my opinion after using it a for a week straight.) because they cost well above $1000 and have very outdated parts inside of it. People are not actually buying the 'Mac' but the operating system,because they don't like Vista. I must admit that macs last way longer, but it is not a good for a gamer.

You can easily get a decent PC desktop for under $700, that is if you don't play games and use it for everyday work or to surf the net.

Well 1800 is definately over my league I built a laptop on the hp website for under 900 dollars, my husband won't let me get it cause he feels that's too much! You can't put a price on a computer there's too many features to choose from screen size intel or amd and the security features the internet virus protection 15 months or 3 years it all adds up. I wouldn't spend over 900 for a laptop only because I know I could get everything I want in it.

1,000 dollar range is pushin it for a new comp but at max if your looking for that super comp and your picky 2,000 is even to much so anything past that keep lookin.

Your friend might not be much of a computer geek like us. We value it more. If you can afford buying the laptop then why not. (when i was buying my laptop, i kept telling myself, if people like me don't get the good computer and use it to its level, then who will?) besides, this computer will probably last longer, if the specs are higher than a normal computer then it will be worth it for years. now some might say if you get an average computer you can get another one in a few years, but with a computer this expensive you'll have to stick with it till death do you part. (death of your computer i mean). I disagree, your husband didn't get a computer UNTIL is old one died, literally. lol. so until the computer is still working, we'll probably won't buy a new one. well we'll try not too. so buy the best one use it as it best. especially someone like you and your husband who study and work on computer. Happy mylotting.

After looking at laptops, talking to our friend who knows a lot about computers & knowing what my mom & brother paid for their laptops through Dell, I thought about $800-900 would get us a decent machine. A co-worker just bought a new desktop computer at Best Buy, said he bought the top of the line machine & it was $895. I'm not sure if that included keyboard, monitor or printer. He said they had to replace their tower, so I'm assuming that is all they bought.

I think $1800 is too much for a computer. Even if you are a hardcore gamer or your profession is in graphic $1800 would be too much. I think $1200 is an ok investment for a computer. I could already buy a very powerful computer with $1200 package. The reason why I don't bother on buying a very expensive desktop computer is because it would eventually be obsolete by the next year.

wow i think it depends among ppl,just 2 me,here in prc,ppl use rmb not other currencies,i donno much about the market,i guess famous laptops in china like lenovo,founder only cost about 3,000 2 4,000 yuan,less than $600.so ur price is 2 much 4 me.

Hi. I think your colleague is right, a $1800 laptop is too much. I usually buy the cheap laptops because price is still going down and next year i might grab another one and won't feel guilty for scrapping the other one. Plus he's going to school so he won't need that much power for doing school work etc. The laptops that are priced at 600-800 dollars will be enough to handle all the school work he's going to be doing.