Originally Posted by
Photocyte
I constantly find myself wishing that society appreciated and valued the most elegant solutions to life's problems instead of the most heavy handed . . . It's true across the board be it laptop capabilities, television size, cell phone specs, camera megapixels, or driving choices . . . the sledgehammer solution is perceived as superior to the most efficient one.
It's good for me, though. I can buy tech that's two generations old and it's still better than the best of the best 5 years ago, right? And the 20" 4:3 SDTV I bought before my 23-year-old son was born still works fine with the old satellite box. Why do I need something bigger/better? A lot of people pride themselves on being early adopters of technology. Let 'em blaze the trail, work out the bugs, find out what works and what doesn't, and I'll buy those same things when the shift from being "high tech" to being "commodities". Even with my bicycles that's true. I don't need the latest 11-speed Campy; 7-speed SIS does the job perfectly well, day in, day out, without having to change the chain every 500 miles.