Tech Addict Sighting: The Guy with 18 Tablets!
March 8th, 2006This guy’s tech addiction is even worse than mine—he’s had 18 different Tablet PCs over the last three years.
Wow.
Many addicts who used to be constrained by hard budget limitations are now rampaging; eBay’s secondary market in electronics substantially mitigates the cost of tech addiction. After a few months of using a new gadget, you can sell it and buy the next latest, greatest thing. Sure, there will be some depreciation, but some tech addicts find it to be a tolerable amount.
Still, 18. That’s extreme. Just imagine the enormous cost in time of buying, setting up and later selling 18 PCs.
. . . Wait a minute, if he did 18 PCs over three years and I’ve done 9 over 16 months . . .
I learned about the 18 Tablets guy from JK On the Run, the blog of James Kendrick, another tech addict.