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[personal profile] dewline
I'm not going to name the item in question at the moment, because the issue's bound to come again with something else later. I figure that this is going to be an "evergreen" sort of question.

Anyway.

There's a piece of software I'm considering buying an update for tonight, because severe discount on offer, limited time offer.

Complication: I don't have the hardware needed to run it right now. I don't know when/if I'll be able to get that hardware. I *do* like using the software's older version with the hardware I *do* have at the moment.

Thoughts?

Date: 2024-06-25 10:09 am (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] andrewducker
Doesn't sound like a terrible idea, if you know you'll update at some point, and there won't be a discount on offer before then.

(Of course, there may be an even newer version by then...)

Date: 2024-06-25 11:30 am (UTC)
armiphlage: Ukraine (Default)
From: [personal profile] armiphlage
I have OCD, and hoard things if I don't deliberately restrain myself, so my rule is not to buy it until I need it. I may pay more for individual items, but I don't spend money on things I might use in the future but end up not using.

Doesn't apply in your case, probably, so no need to follow what works for me.

(exception: unless it is an item that I constantly use, and I have no more than a year's worth stockpiled [i.e. toilet paper], I don't buy it until I need it.)

Date: 2024-06-25 11:58 am (UTC)
malada: Canadian flag text I stand with Canada (Default)
From: [personal profile] malada
If it ain't broken don't fix it?

Date: 2024-06-25 03:56 pm (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] warriorsavant

Who knows if by the time you get the hardware upgrade, if that software will still be the latest, or even if it will work at all. Besides, it's very rare that an upgrade actually works better.

Date: 2024-06-27 01:37 pm (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] madamoiselle_sambuca
So vague Dwight. :(

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