Episode 69 - 2023 Solid State ”How Much Tech Can You Get” Challenge

There’s no easier way to say it… we buy a lot of tech on this show! It is, after all, literally or jobs… but long before that, from childhood it has been our collective passion. We’ve talked on this very show about our earliest PCs, most treasured gadgets, and the genuine love we have for the silly plastic and metal boxes of components strewn through our lives… 

On the flip side of that, of course, is that much of this tech isn’t exactly cheap, either! So in the spirit of the holiday shopping season and hoping to help in any small way to stretch each hard earned dollar every way we can… we set ourself a challenge!

Imagining a world where our respective collections of gadgets, screens, and technical wizardry suddenly disappears in a Thanos-style snap… How would we rebuild? In a series of declining price targets, could we stretch each purchase and hit a budget? Or were we doomed to Solid State style analysis-paralysis and a never ending want for bigger/faster/more powerful? 

Our pile of would-be Monopoly money in hand, we set to every online storefront we could find over the last three days, picking through everything from “Buy it today before it’s gone forever” sales to a seemingly never-ending stream of outright scams and too-good-to-be-true hoodwinks. 

But for professional technology consultants who help others build budgets, procure tech, and make sure it's working properly for years to come… how hard could it be?

Let’s find out…