> On Aug 17, 2020, at 8:19 PM, Larry Colen <[email protected]> wrote: > > A pretty base level mac would set me back between half a month and a month of > my gross income, before I pay taxes, food, mortgage etc. You’re idea of > “little money” bears little resemblance to the reality that I live in.
I didn't realize you were so financially strapped. My new computer cost me about 1.2 months of my gross income. I'd planned to buy it for three years, so distribute that cost out over 36 months and it comes out to being about $60 a month that I put aside to purchase it. > I’m glad that it works nicely for you. It’s nice when you can afford to > apply Sam Vimes boots theory to computers. Sam Vines' theory has been well proven and not only for boots: Good stuff costs more money to begin with but is cheaper in the long run. People who are wealthy practice this kind of economy all the time. I can afford a few pricey things but I'm not particularly wealthy. I get good stuff that addresses my needs and don't buy too much of it. Good stuff lasts, and I use it a lot. My 2012 Mac mini cost me something like $1700 and I used it for eight years, that's a little more than $200 per year or $16 per month. The new one should last about the same time. I find pulling the money together to buy one good, new computer and then just using it for as long as I can manage to is the least expensive and most useful strategy. And if I can't afford it right away, I start saving and wait until I can. I consider a good computer for my image processing to be an essential part of my photographic equipment, it's a necessary expense, and know that I have to keep it up to date, at least minimally, to achieve my goals. So I plan for these expenditures as part of my annual budget. Other pricey things, like the Hasselblad 907x Special Edition, are basically "once in a lifetime" expenditures. I can only buy stuff like that once in a very long while, and debate it for years before purchasing. I'd pre-debated that one as I'd heard rumors of its development as long ago as 2015. I expect I'll be using that camera until I stop pressing a shutter button. My other Hasselblads (500CM and a few lenses) cost far less than a Pentax K-3 system does: I bought ancient and used in good condition. These old Hassies are some of the best equipment out there at any price, IMO. In order to afford any of this gear, I don't spend a lot of money on what various friends of mine do. Priorities… :D G -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
