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Originally Posted by JSWolf
I did with my 500. I told myself I wasn't going to do that and I still did it. Once I saw the Vizplex screen and how better it looked and that it was fast and I liked the layout of the 505 better, I had to upgrade. But since then, I've been happy with my 505. Sony's adding ADE/ePub has made the 505 a current device. I would not dream of purchasing a reader without ADE/ePub.
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The closest I've come is with my netbook. I agonized over buying a netbook. I wanted the eeePC when they first came out, and even had one on preorder, but was scared by all the comments about the small screen and keyboard, and tempted to wait by promises about a "better" Dell netbook coming up, so I cancelled it and bought a used Toshiba that was very thin and light, but not as small a footprint as the eeePC. I took it to a conference where I was speaking and it crapped out on me right before my presentation. I finally realized I would have been better off with the eeePC in the first place, so I bought one. If I had just seized the day and bought the netbook I wanted when I wanted it, I wouldn't have had the issue with my presentation, and the enjoyment of the small size of the eeePC for many more months. I think that was what made me realize that I like my gadgets, and I am just an early adopter and I will have to put up with certain disadvantages. It's worked out much more often than not.