So from my viewpoint there are a few things that I own that are basically perfect for what I need the device to do and there is really not a lot of point in improving them.
And the funny thing is that is really a subjective viewpoint.
Take TV’s for example. I don’t watch a lot of TV, and all the TV’s that I have in the house are pretty basic 1080p devices that are all several years old. They have a few HDMI ports that I can plug into for various devices, and that takes care of everything that I need them to do.
Would a 4k TV be cool?
Sure, but I don’t have much 4k media, and I don’t sit in front of the TV long enough for it to really matter. For movies and such I still do like hitting a movie theatre for “big” movies so having a huge TV to watch stuff at home really isn’t a priority for me.
TV’s are generally upgraded when they die off, not because they have become obsolete by some standard.
I’m sure that some people would look at the Panasonic TV sitting on my wall and consider it a relic but it’s working for what I need it to do.
I know that there are a lot of folks out there that are always chasing the latest and greatest tech, tool, toy, or thing that they can get their hands on. I guess I can understand some of that but I also don’t agree with that mentality. Unless there is a reason for the upgrade, either performance improvements or new functionality, I tend to pass on upgrades.
Take the laptop that I’m working on right now, it’s a couple of years old at this point but it is still a decent machine that does everything that I need it to and more. Yes it’s a M3, and the M5 based devices will run laps around it, but how much time would that M5 save me when writing a post here, or when rendering a photo that I’ve shot?
About the only thing that would make me push for a upgrade would be a upgrade in the storage on the device, and given the cost of storage right now that’s something that’s going to be on hold for a long time.
Now if there’s some shift again, like we saw with the introduction of Apple silicon, sure I might be enticed to look at something more. However we are probably several years away from that happening again unless there’s something huge under wraps from a existing CPU manufacturer that’s not been released.
In either case it’s kind of relaxing not to have to be worried about picking up the newest thing every time that something’s announced.