I feel like as men we tend to be more materialistic. My girlfriend is always hounding me about traveling and vacations. In my opinion they are a waste of money. if you have the money to spare then sure going on a vacation is great but if i had a choice of getting a new laptop or going to France for a week, I'm getting a new laptop. I look at it as an R.O.I question. That laptop will return way more hours of use than a trip to France will.