I generally buy products when I need to than when I want to. For other products I usually wait 3 months or more for all of the tech reviewers to get in their 2

I generally buy products when I need to than when I want to. For other products I usually wait 3 months or more for all of the tech reviewers to get in their 2 cents on each product. Although, waiting for longer periods of time might be more beneficial because then you know more information about the devices long term durability. I have started to buy used Macs due to a bad experience with buying a Macbook Pro 2017. I think I may have had some processor issues at that time. The other problem was that during repair my laptop was lost for a few weeks. I had other concerns on the long term durability so I sold it for a large loss. I have a Desktop computer that I use as my "lab" computer. I generally use it for video games but I have also used it to do some freelance work in the past. I try to avoid version one of any product that I could own also.