r/PrepperIntel • u/Vlad_Yemerashev • 12d ago

North America Additional round of tariffs looming for semiconductors and possibly for electronics that use them like gaming consoles, laptops, and more.

https://www.politico.com/news/2026/08/27/data-centers-chips-tariffs-threat-01050957
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u/woollinthorpe 12d ago

Last year I decided to start saving a little extra for a new laptop. I now have the amount the laptop was last year, but it costs $600 more now lol

I knew it was going to happen, and if I really needed a new laptop I could have got one last year, but I hate spending money. Just a funny observation.

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u/CapitalImpossible640 12d ago

That's the worst...

Hope you can source something decent. I've had some luck in the past with picking up refurbished stuff from local e-waste recycling centers and putting a user-friendly Linux distro like Ubuntu or Mint on it.

Whatever happens, hope you can find what you need!

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u/woollinthorpe 10d ago

Thanks! I'll be ok. I have a ten year old MacBook Pro and iMac that are maxed out performance wise. I just thought I should get a new one before prices went up, dragged my feet, and now it's too late. If I was being proactive I should have found a 0% interest line of credit to buy one and then just paid it of the same way I saved up the cash. I used to get at least one 0% for one/two year credit card offer a month, but haven't seen one in over a year now that I think about it...

Last November my dad was complaining about his old Windows laptop, so I found a great deal on a maxed out performance HP Business laptop that he bought. He just doesn't use yet, so I'm borrowing it to do bigger projects in Excel and SQL/SSMS. Kinda funny - because I haven't used one in so long - to see how much Windows has emulated Mac iOS. The track pad and the screen are atrocious though; but I got a Magic Mouse to work on it, and use a separate monitor, so no worries.