Jeffrey, what you seem to be saying is that there needs to be some intrinsic relationship due to the added cost of buying a Treo over something like toilet paper. Let's say you spend around $1000 on your Treo and various software and accessories. That might even be a bit high for a lot of people. Typically, people spend more than that on a new computer every 2-4 years. What I'm saying is that sure you can save money by staying with the same platform because you can sometimes reuse some of your old stuff (although sometimes not!), but I hardly think this should keep you wedded to a platform. If you are used to it and learning something new will take too much time to relearn, then these are all factors in your decision, but still, I don't think one should feel bound to a platform just because one has to buy a new cradle if you go to another one... Levi Levi Wallach Blog: twelveblackcodemonkeys.com <http://twelveblackcodemonkeys.blog-city.com/> DVD Review Site: dvdmon.com <http://www.dvdmon.com/> Pictures at: http://wallachexpressions.smugmug.com/Levi <http://wallachexpressions.smugmug.com/Levi>
________________________________ From: [email protected] on behalf of Jeffrey Kaplan Sent: Fri 5/11/07 3:11 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Re[2]: [Treo] Re: 755p Hello, Levi Wallach. On Fri, 11 May 2007 14:40:07 -0400 you said: > Scott, why do you even have to be "loyal" to a company? I find the whole > idea a bit silly. I don't consider myself "loyal" to Palm, however, my Treo > suits my needs currently. If something better comes along, no matter who > makes it, I'll look at it. I wouldn't expect anyone to avoid looking at > other products for some notion that one has to be loyal to a company's > products. That's what capitalism is supposed to be about, right? If everyone > were loyal to some company based on something other than what matters - that > they make products they want to buy - then we would hardly have very good > products at all! There wouldn't be incentive for companies to make better > products than others because they could instead just count on their "loyal" > customers. :-) In other words, I think you're taking this a bit personally. > You should never commit yourself to a product or company and deprive > yourself the ability to look elsewhere at any time for products that may suit > you better. Do That works for things like paper towels, cars and dishwashers. But for computer systems where you have an investment not only in the device itself, but in the accessories and software that won't work with the competition, it's a different story. If I were to decide that a WinMob device fits my needs better than a PalmOS device, unless I get a WinMob Treo, I'll need a new cradle in addition to needing to purchase replacement software for all of the things I do with my Treo: Password safe program, checkbook that syncs to MS Money, better calendar, better contact management, alarm clock/timer, games, etc, etc. I can wait to see what is really going to happen before I even consider doing that. -- Jeffrey Kaplan www.gordol.org The from userid is killfiled Send personal mail to gordol "If I am ever the Hero top 100 list: #61. After knocking out a bad guy, I will kill him silently if I can, cripple him silently if I can't kill him, or disarm him if I can neither kill nor cripple him. If I fail to do any of these, he will come to and jump me from behind. Yahoo! Groups Links [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
