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16. I wait

Fri Oct 12, 2012, 12:41 PM

Oct 2012

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Hi,
It sure does. What I try to do is just wait and not get the newest and biggest right away. Many years ago I put off getting a digital camera because they would come out with new ones with more pixels every six months. I eventually got one that wasn't the most advanced for a very reasonable price, but was a heck of a lot less than a camera with the same specs would have cost a year earlier. I did the same thing with HDTV. So, I may be behind in technology, but at least I'm not paying so much for the newest when the newest will be outdated in six months.

Peace

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Ah, technology, obsolete as soon as you buy it. [View all] Denninmi Oct 2012 OP

Dude. I've still got a VIC-20. HopeHoops Oct 2012 #1

Nice, I still use my 8-bit Atari computer too. nt qnr Oct 2012 #3

Ah, fun, fun, fun. Denninmi Oct 2012 #4

1980 at least :) nt qnr Oct 2012 #5

About when I got my Apple II. HopeHoops Oct 2012 #9

So do I, Epson laptop with 20 or 30mb of hd space whistler162 Oct 2012 #6

Megabites? MEGABITES? I installed a Corvus hard drive with 5 MB the size of a microwave oven. HopeHoops Oct 2012 #10

These young whippersnappers don't know whistler162 Oct 2012 #11

Hah, allow me to show you my KIM-1. 8-digit, seven segment LCD display, 256 bytes of RAM, and a hex qnr Oct 2012 #13

You forgot "barefoot". HopeHoops Oct 2012 #15

I still have an iPod nano from 2006 or so. geardaddy Oct 2012 #2

I still have mine, too. mwdem Oct 2012 #7

Yea! geardaddy Oct 2012 #12

Thanks! mwdem Oct 2012 #17

Yes, obsolete. Ptah Oct 2012 #8

I think in the opposite direction with my technology: kentauros Oct 2012 #14

I wait hibbing Oct 2012 #16