Yes I am a gamer, no I don’t want to use the Laptop for gaming.
The Laptop in question is the ‘Lenovo IdeaPad Gaming 3 Gen 7’, I can’t out right purchase it outright as any device is way to pricy for me. So it would be an monthly payment through 2 years.
Why do I want the Laptop?
I’ve been pushing myself to edit videos and have got to the stage that I have registered a company that I’ll be doing this under. Sure my PC would do the ok job, it runs the programs I need such as Premiere Pro but I feel a more portable set up might be needed in the future for as my partner wants to go away to so many places in the future, the ability to move rooms in the house when I feel I no longer can work in the room such as my office to the sitting room as well as if it comes to it I can use the laptop for more ‘high-end’ gaming on the go in my spare time.
Why this Laptop?
Well I saw it on my phone providers website as I was checking when my current laptop is due to finish it’s cycle (The laptop I have currently only have 4GB of ram and can barely open the internet) also it cost like ~£40 a month.
How much would I be paying?
The cost on the website is £42 a month with £10 upfront cost.
This does come with a ‘bonus’ of 2 year subscriptions of Microsoft Office 365 and Xbox Game Pass Ultimate.
@breadsmasher It could be a really helpful thing for the business I’m trying to build, yes ‘unnecessary’ in most ways but could not only advance my editing due to the speed of the laptop compared to my 10+ year old PC chugging along, as well could bring speed to my edits for other people as if I am away I can’t edit and could lose potential clients if I can’t access a machine that can edit, as I mentioned in the post my partner want’s to do a good amount of going away but I feel I need to continue business at least in the evenings well we are away. My potential job (As I am still setting it up) doesn’t have to be done on site or via my home only, I could potentially travel well working as long as theirs an internet connection.
Sure anything on credit at all really isn’t a good idea, my phone has been on monthly payments for the past 10+ years and I really don’t use that much compared to a computer or the possible laptop in question. If I could outright purchase it now, I would just life hasn’t gave me many options when it comes to work or money and I’m trying to explore whatever option even if it seems dumb (As I know it does see, like that, as being stuck in a 2 year contract unless I have enough money to end it early is not a 100% smart move) but really what other option do I have?
Chin up: itll be cool ;)