Yes, if you live close to a library or college which has computers, DVD players, TVs, and other electronics for everyone to use to look up information, and watch older movies based on books like "The Hobbit".
There are also cheaper Linux and Android netbooks and tablets which people can buy for $99 or less.
I think a lot of people also just enjoy reading about tech like robots, cyborgs, tablets, and smartphones instead of celebrity gossip, food, and finance in the local newspaper, but have little interest in owning tech written about in newspaper articles to use themselves, so if you mainly enjoy reading about electronics, you don't need to spend any money on tech.
I know some people resell their old electronics to buy new electronics, and certain brands of Electronics made by Apple have higher resell value than other brands like Acer, so once they buy their first one, and resell their old one, they won't need to spend as much money to buy their new one.
In some cases, old electronics are worth a lot of money because they are so old and valuable that they are considered antiques/collectables like Record players, juke boxes, film projectors, and old game consoles like the Atari, and 1st Nintendo which can be worth thousands.
The internet is also making electronics more cheaper because there are people who lost their job, can't pay the bills, etc who are desperate for money who sometimes cheaply sell new and used electronics on eBay, Craigslist, and Classified Ads websites to quickly earn some money to help pay their bills.
I agree, a cheap laptop, and a cheap internet connection, or free wi-fi at the library, or a restaurant is pretty much all I need since I mainly just watch online video, go on forums, blogs, social networks, and play a few older PC games which don't need a fast PC.
A lot of cheap laptops are also good enough to use to run websites, forums, and making Apps if I know how since uploading files, and writing Java apps don't require a fast PC.
