I just posted this over on the Anandtech forums:
http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview.aspx?catid=27&threadid=1839459&enterthread=y
http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview.aspx?catid=27&threadid=1839459&enterthread=y
Can you spare $20 a week?
If you can spare $20 a week, you can have yourself a new computer every two years. It's easy, and you don't even have to worry about putting it away for savings in your bank account. Here are the steps:
1. Open an ING Savings account
2. Set the account to pull $20 from your bank account every week
3. Wait 2 years
4. Profit!
Haha, in all seriousness, it's pretty easy to do. I have a really difficult time saving...it's like cookies: if they're there, I'll eat them. So I put the $$ out of sight, out of mind. It's a lot of work to withdraw the money from ING compared to driving to the nearest ATM and pulling it out. There are 52 weeks a year, 104 weeks in 2 years. 104 weeks times $20 a week = $2,080. You can build a pretty nice computer for $2,000, like the one I'm working on right now. Plus you'll get like $70 or so from the interest over that time period (currently at 4%). $20 is pretty easy to save, even when you're working hourly like I am. It's a lot easier to give up $20 a week than $2,000 all at once, know what I mean?
I'm starting Monday. Anyone with me?