Businesses had deferred purchases of servers during the economic down times to save costs, extending the replacement cycle for products that tend to have a working lifespan of about five years.

在经济低迷时期，企业推迟购买服务器以节省成本，延长了产品的更换周期。服务器的使用寿命通常为5年左右。

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Do I plan and save for big purchases or do I buy on a whim?

我买大件商品的时候，是有计划的、并且会为此存钱，还是凭着一时冲动？

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While some children quickly learned how to save up an allowance for major purchases, most kids learn a more immediately-satisfying method: Spend your allowance on whatever you want to buy right now.

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Bodge implores consumers to save receipts from purchases, as some states offer tax credits for education costs.

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By contrast, the young parents, living on only one income, or if the wife has a part-time job, one-and-a-half incomes, of which the take-home portion, after deductions for tax and pension contributions, are economizing, avoiding major purchases, trying to save a little while making ends meet.

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