Hello, Levi Wallach. On Fri, 11 May 2007 15:30:52 -0400 you said:
> 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. But they're only spending that on the new hardware, and maybe an included new version of the same OS. It's like switching between Windows and Mac, not a system with an Intel PIII to a system with an AMD Athlon64. Are you prepared to purchase replacement software for everything you do all at once? > 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... I needed to buy a new cradle when I switched from a Kyocera 7135 to a Treo 650. But I did NOT need to buy any replacement software. I'm not saying that you must feel obligated to a particular system because you have a bunch of software for that system, I'm saying that the software you've purchased to run on that system should be one of several factors in the decision to switch systems. -- 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.
