I can certainly empathize with anyone who restricts purchases to "need" instead of the far more common motivation: conspicuous consumption. Personally, I'm more

I can certainly empathize with anyone who restricts purchases to "need" instead of the far more common motivation: conspicuous consumption. Personally, I'm more motivated by spite - I hate the idea of rewarding the consume-product industry; which is why I've been using the same, now thoroughly hot-rodded, W520 for a decade. Anyway, I'm fairly confident that IBM is determined to destroy any instance of goodwill that pops up - so it isn't as if I'm recruiting in the hopes that enough demand will ensure continued support... POWER10 is a pretty clear declaration of their intentions. I'm just saying that I'm a happy owner of a Blackbird, only because I figured the cost over a much longer useful life relative to competing alternatives.