Why do people feel the need to have the highest end of technology?

[tube517]

I remember the Tandys, TRS-80 (Trash 80's)....Commodore VIC-20.

Timex Sinclair in 1982 selling for $99. Alot of hype but after a while, they dropped to $49 and then couldn't give them away.

I miss the good ole days.

 

[lunatic59]

Remember the Tandy Radio Shack keyboard computer that used a ...

Yep. It was the Tandy "Color Computer" called CoCo by those of us who owned one.

 

[Deleted User]

Well one reason is that manufacturers stop supporting products, so people feel the need to upgrade. I have a Nexus 5, which is a lovely phone, not that old, yet it will not get the next release of Android (N).
But I hardly ever buy a newly released device at launch. I'll wait a few months until the price has come way down, and the bugs are ironed out of the software.