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Originally Posted by xg4bx
because, to put it bluntly, people are status and trend whores who wouldnt be caught dead with last years model. its far more about fashion than the tech itself. all that matters is that its new and popular. you want to be cool dont you?
technology=penis size. theres no real reason to buy an 80" tv other than bragging rights: look what I have.
i hate to be so blunt but thats what it boils down to. peer pressure and fashion shape more purchases, especially in tech, than anyone cares to admit. theres no real reason to buy a kindle 4 if youve got a kindle 3 but plenty of people tripped over themselves to do so.
maybe 1 in 10 actually care about specs. personally i like to know what something can do now right out of the box rather than what the specs say it can theoretically do.
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This is just anecdotal. I have 2 wealthy friends using ipad 1's My wife and I use kindle 2's, the first available outside the states. I know loads of people using old tech because it still works.
My belief based on my anecdotal evidence is that tech savvy people become annoyed when they find themselves out of step with what the majority of people actually want and so they resort to calling them names.
To resurrect Steve. He was well known for saying "it just works". It was not Apples advertising this concept that made it popular. People really do want something that just works. For a lot of us tech is a tool not a hobby.
I use Apple as an example here. I am not interested in another apple bashing vs apple fanboy debate.