2023-09-10 04:49:00
Tiphaine Dubuard, edited by Gauthier Delomez / Photo credits: Pixabay
According to a study of 60 million consumers, the laptop is the manufactured product which has increased the most with an increase of 18% in one year. A high cost for students, whose spending areas are exploding this fall. However, there are tips for finding more affordable laptops.
After rent, it is the second largest expense for students. The price of a laptop has increased by 18% in one year, according to a study of 60 million consumers. It is the manufactured product that has increased the most, while spending areas are exploding, from school supplies to food, including transport and housing. At the start of the school year, the average price of this essential product has now reached 1,550 euros, or 200 euros more than last year.
This increase is prohibitive for Louise, in her first year of management. “I would never put 1,200 euros into a computer,” says the young woman to Europe 1, who had “a budget of around 600 euros. I mightn’t do my training without a computer because we do a lot Excel, accounting,” she continues.
This advice for finding cheaper new PCs
The main reason for the increase is the soaring prices of electronic components. A situation which alarms Lionel Maugain, of 60 million consumers. “Unfortunately for students, you have to go through refurbished products, or even family solidarity” to find more affordable PCs, he agrees. And added some valuable advice: “For people who really want to buy a new computer, wait until January-February to consider a purchase.”
However, waiting is not necessarily an option and some platforms have understood this. This is why for around fifty euros per month, several of them offer computers for rental.
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