Hello all,
I don't consider my BN out of date! Yes, I had to pay to upgrade it but I
am still using the same unit I purchased some four years ago. This will
change once I upgrade to the M-power and the only thing left of my original
unit will be the braille display! At least, I never had to buy new units
each time there were improvements. That would have been prohibitive! A
friend of mine bought the competition unit. It was two weeks later when
their new product came on the market. He couldn't do much of anything but
trade up! He was rather put out and didn't do much of anything about
it! At least Humanware found a way to allow us to use what we purchased as
long as humanly possible! It is really up to you or me whether we upgrade
or not! I think they have a good deal going here so I intend to upgrade my
BN 32 to the M-power when that is possible!
Jim
At 05:34 AM 07/28/2005 , you wrote:
The concept of current vs "out of date" equipment is a hard one to get
your head around let alone your emotions. ANything you can buy in the
computer field is already out of date by the time it has gone into
production and been put on the market for you to buy. You can't be on the
cutting edge of technology unless you are there making the cuts, and then
someone else is ahead of you doing something else. The computer I bought
in January for $1100.00 was selling for $600 in May. Did they cheat me by
not telling me the price was going to go down and there was going to be
something faster and bigger and maybe even better in five months? Not at
all. That's the nature of the field the nature of technology in these
marvelous times.
The alternative would be for what you buy to stay the best in its field
for your needs. When you pay a price for technology, that price would be
the same price no matter what, there would be no new models, no
improvements,no changes. If that is the case, you'd be happy with what you
bought and what you paid for it. Well, you have what you paid for at the
time you paid it That is what was there then. The fact that it didn't go
out of date for a year or a month or a week is just a matter of chronology
in the field of tecnology. You just pick a point along the continuum of
development, agree on a price you're going to play at and jump in with
both hands and both feet and enjoy your choice. Even in the blindness
market it's pretty safe to say those buying equipment today are going to
have something that is out of date within a year give or take siz months.
The units we had in June ane were great. They didn't all of a sudden
become less so because there's a new model year now.There is just
a new model year and it's got even more to offer those who want the new
features. That's called progress and we have always paid for it in all
areas. Improving a product and keeping as close to state of the art as
can be done is what keeps a company competitive. Progress, improvement,
development, and growth are what we demand because they are what makes it
better for us as a group, and what keeps a company alive as a provider.
We can't have it both ways.
I for one will enjoy listening to everyone telling about their experiences
with the new capabilities of the new products and look forward to the
time I'm ready to jump in along the continuum again.
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