I am not an early adopter

1. A friend once remarked that I was an early adopter. She argued that I fall in that category because while I don’t buy the latest and greatest as soon as it comes out, I adopted new tech earlier than most people. That much is true, but I hardly ever buy anything first generation, I prefer to let other suckers bitch and moan about problems before making an informed choice. Hey, it’s not my fault some people are stupid enough to buy first generation stuff!

2. Take, for example, games consoles. I picked up my first Playstation when the Playstation 2 came out. Mostly because I’ve always wanted one, but also because I couldn’t afford the PS2, so I got the PSone instead. I picked up all my games either 2nd hand or on special, and just dealt with the fact I didn’t have the “latest thing”. My wallet sang soothing melodies to placate my injured soul, a tune that sounded very much like 800 dollar coins falling into a cash register. 4 years later, my love has returned to me. I bought a PS2.

3. I wasn’t my fault. Honest! At $294 with a free game and memory card, how could I resist? The damned dirty apes over at Sony Australia made me do it. Honest, Guv. So what if I’d been lusting after it for years? So what if I’d been dying to play Final Fantasy X when it first came out? So what if Gran Turismo 4: Prologue is at once the coolest game demo and the biggest ripoff? I have a PS2, with a smack of cool games. So screw sense.

4. It’s only money, right?

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