I’m into
gadgets, as I’ve said before, but my days of being an early adopter are long
gone. I know enough about gadgets to understand that the first versions are
seldom problem free. So you won’t see me out the door in line waiting for a
release.
I do,
however, believe in buying a quality gadget, and perhaps going for the more
expensive gadget versus the economy model simply because a premium product will
have a longer lifetime.
I’ve had a ThinkPad
T61p for over seven years, and simply by having one of the better processors
and upgrading the ram over the years, it still functions just fine. Sure I’ve
had to replace parts here and there and upgrade operating systems, but it still
trucks.
At least,
it has been. I can sense it nearing the end of its life as I continue to push
it by watching HD movies and surf with a dozen browser tabs open. I’ve squeezed
out about as much as I could from the old machine, and I couldn’t be happier
with its performance.
For that
reason, I’m already eyeing my next machine, and opting for the higher-end
processors and graphics cards in anticipation of the future needs of computers,
and because I want to keep my next machine for at least seven years again.