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Originally Posted by QuantumIguana
If you don't purchase because something better will be coming along, you will wait forever, because there is always something better just over the horizon. It's been a familiar theme with computers, there will always be a faster model on the market later. But if you want a computer, you have to buy at some point. If you want what the device does, then get it. My Kindle 3 performs its tasks just fine, I will only replace it when it breaks.
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We tend to think this way because computers, TVs, and gadgets never seem to stop getting better. I have, however, purchased products which were on the verge of getting worse.
My popup camper is a good example. The 2003 Coleman Cheyenne had a reliable roof that was about to change and an attached trunk accessible from inside or outside.
I loaded up on incandescent lamps earlier this year. In my attic and garage, they last decades while the 'improved' CFLs and LEDs fail after only a couple years, cost more, and do not illuminate as well.
I enrolled in a verizon data plan in time to be grandfathered into the unlimited scheme.
I bet people can think of many more things that have gotten worse over time. It won't be long before we are reminiscing about cars that could fir passengers AND groceries.