This Is How You Buy A Computer

Despite the billions of dollars my acting career is making us, I also work a side job at an Apple store.  It's a great side job and I've actually met lots of career contacts here, but there's one other thing about working at an Apple store that's great: I know how to freaking buy a computer.  Really well.  And here's how you can, too.

So this past week new iMacs came out.  They're shiny and fast.  Don't get too excited though, because we're not buying that.  We're buying the previous generation iMacs that just DROPPED WAY DOWN IN PRICE.  Oh yeah, and Apple gives employees a pretty good discount on one computer purchase per year.  Since both mine and Ellen's computers are from 2006, it goes without saying that I hadn't used my computer discount this year.

Now you've bought your new(ish) iMac.  Congratulations.  Now we need to sell your old computer.  There are a million websites where you can do just that, even if your old computer doesn't even work.  Google that.  I did, and I sold our two laptops.  Now I'm going to amaze you with some math.

Original price of iMac: $1200
Price I paid after discount and previous generation pricing: $824
Price I sold our laptops for: $875

I'm not great at math, but even I can tell that those numbers are pretty good.  Now let's add in the tax.  How much did we pay for our brand new iMac?  Drum roll please....

$37

So here's what you can learn from this: A) I'm really cheap. B) Even seemingly expensive computers could be really cheap if you time the purchase right, take advantage of every discount, and sell your old stuff.

*takes a bow*