A few takeaways for me here: I'm kind of weird in that having the latest shiny technology makes me unreasonably happy. Which means there might be an arbitrage

A few takeaways for me here: I'm kind of weird in that having the latest shiny technology makes me unreasonably happy. Which means there might be an arbitrage opportunity for companies to pay slightly less and cater to weirdos like me. A lot of this is not unlike personal finance: if what you have now is fine, do you really need to upgrade? And also a lot of costs are just sort of non-negotiably baked into the budget (e.g. payroll, mortgage), and what's left is relatively small and carefully spent. I could see how tight cash flow could make this even more of an issue. The more-frequent-replacement requests I've had have more been around new capabilities rather than raw performance. Like being able to charge off an iPad charger in a pinch, or being able to run iOS apps natively. Lastly I'd point to The Joel Test[1], which has mixed results in terms of how well it has aged, but mostly that some of the items are even more "table stakes" than they were at the time it was originally published. But a lot of it still rings true, and number 9 is Do you use the best tools money can buy? [1] https://www.joelonsoftware.com/2000/08/09/the-joel-test-12-steps-to-better-code/ https://www.joelonsoftware.com/2000/08/09/the-joel-test-12-s...