Healthcare. Dozens and dozens of ipads that they HAVE to have and are barely used.

Let me introduce you to how depressing that is.

Yeah on PC I have only had to pay for the original skyrim and skyrim vr.

The rest have been free upgrades.

Orrrr if we built dense urban housing instead of cookie-cutter suburban sprawl that literally doubles the size of metros over a few decades and comes with a litany of other issues.

The amount that you can reduce costs on modern builds is limited. Mostly by the combination of what materials and methods are approved for building by municipal codes, but also based on several other factors. Realistically you wind up with a lot more fees for inspections and permits, mello-roos or the local equivalent, and lots of other cost structures municipalities throw up. New building is a huge revenue generator for municipalities. So they do their damnedest to make sure that the property taxes are as high as they can get them on new construction.

One of the gadgets.

That still won't fix the underlying issues of commoditization. That just improves population density. You've watched some videos talking about suburban sprawl problems. Now get to the ones that talk about price-fixing for apartments and investment firms buying up entire developments en-masse.

I have an iPhone, an iPad, an HP work laptop, a cheap Asus laptop for the few times I need to print or download something, and a Samsung Chromebook. Aside from my iPhone, I love my Chromebook.

wut

I must say, I adore my Lenovo Duet 5 w/ 8GB of RAM. I enjoyed Stadia on it, thank goodness for Xbox Game Pass cloud 😅

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I'm overdue for an upgrade and rebuild. Stop jacking the prices so high and this artificial problem goes away.

the problem lies in the massive R-1 zoning where you can't build small apartments , business/apartments. we have too many single family homes and not enough medium density housing, technically anyone can build up to a quadplex with a standard mortgage.

the biggest problem is that you can ONLY build single family homes

Depends on how much the carrier's subsidizing; sometimes, even with interest you come out ahead of an upfront purchase because of the amount knocked off the top, sometimes it's more expensive over the long term. You have to look at the specific deal you're being offered and decide for yourself if it's a good one or not.

Low end tablets tanked or supply issues?

I feel like there would be a huge market for Sony phones if they pump out quality hardware (as Sony often does) while using clean, bloatware-free Android.

That’s why I said it’s like a macbook

I don't know of any companies that use iPod Touches for that, they all use cheap chinese knockoffs that barely work lmao. I worked many retail jobs as a young person and never once saw any brand name devices, much less Apple products. Didn't stop them from taking $500 out of your paycheck if you broke/misplaced one though, even though it likely cost them ~$150.

Good point, I was thinking from a mixed use stand point where Photoshop stability and performance is very important whilst OP and her hubby are likely focused on gaming. Quality suggestion friend.

I've put over 100 hours into a random indie game called Into the Breach that could probably run on a SNES.

Isn't that usually more expensive than buying it unlocked?

My new work laptop is ridiculous. i9, 4k UHD screen, big honking battery. Especially since it's primary function is just to remote into my office desktop.

Let me introduce you to a nine year old kid.

There are more empty houses than homeless people.

Again, if you knew you needed to download something for a test, KNEW THE CHROMEBOOK CANNOT DOWNLOAD APPS FROM THE WEB, and still chose to use a chromebook, that's a problem on you, not on the chromebook.