In this day of technological advancement, of new, bright, shiny. In this era of faster, bigger, smaller. Where do we draw the line between, good enough and not good enough? When do we say, yes, I could get X but mine works ok. Or alternately, my X isn't fast enough...
Is my monitor big enough? It's a 19" monitor, I'm happy with it. Would I like a 22" monitor? Sure. A flat panel or plasma? Of course.
Will I go out and get one? Nope.
I have a 60GB hard drive, companies are releasing 250GB drives. Could I find uses for the space? Probably. Would it be nice to have? Sure.
Will I go out and get one? Nope. Although another 60GB would be nice...
When does, "it does what I need" become just too little?
I spoke about my window shopping a little while ago. This is sort of related. That looking to see what is hot out there, what is cool, what is the epitome of geekly desires... women of sci-fi shows not included.
TVs, watches, cellphones, digital cameras, software even (one version or another), shoes, etc.
I try personally to stay within a few generations of the leading edge, give things time to settle down, without getting caught behind the curve. But in some things it doesn't pay to do so. Because the newest is sometimes also the best, and when it comes to some things you want the best.
TVs, I don't really care about. Good is just that, good.
Shoes, you use every day, they should be the best you can reasonably afford. The best for the individual of course. So the newest, trendiest is sometimes also the worst.
Digital cameras... well, why would you want an older model that takes lesser quality pictures than the newest and best? I can't think of a reason. Again, it's about finding the best combination of benefits versus costs.
Easier said than done in some cases. With features crawling out of the woodwork and affixing themselves to products in different combinations and styles, it can be a very sticky comparison of benefits and costs. Not just two lines meeting somewhere that points to the best of X.
All of this to say, I have something that works, and I'm probably going to go out and get a newer and better one.
I hope to be on the right side of `good enough.'
Posted by hugin at Enero 31, 2003 02:04 PMFlat panel LCD displays sure are nice though. I just got one, and if I would have known how much easier they are on the eyes I would have bought one years ago.
I have bad eyes and sometimes get bad headaches from CRT monitors, and the flat panel put an end to all of it!
Posted by: stacey on Enero 31, 2003 03:39 PMoh, i so agree with stacey on this!!
Posted by: nikki g. on Enero 31, 2003 04:40 PMHmm, maybe I should find a way to get Munin one.
Munin tends to `pigeon' when looking at the monitor. Placing the neck in an odd position, head closer to the monitor, that I liken to a pigeon. It can't be good for the neck and I do worry about that.
Will have to see. If only they weren't so darn expensive.
Posted by: Hugin on Enero 31, 2003 05:16 PMI am not a pigeon! Humph!!!
;o)