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This is a very bad article. Frugality is a virtue, and stuff ways you down, so buying less makes sense. - Once you start buying less, buying nicer makes sense. - See how an iPad basic gives you 90% of the functionality for 30% of the cost? That's not a rational or helpful way to think about it. What's helpful is knowing how much $$$ the remaining 10% is worth. The decision should be similar if the numbers were all $1000 more. Is the Pro 12.9 worth $700 more? Odds are, if you're a business buying it for a SWE, yes it is. That's 1-2 hours of employee cost. If their productivity goes up by 1/10,000th, it's paid for itself in 1-2 years. - In a business context, adding $1000 to this price is even fair, once you toss in purchasing, maintenance, etc. - Space costs money. In places most SWEs live, or for business travellers, space and weight costs A LOT of money. When I was flying every week, I'd spend a lot of an item was a few percent lighter or a little bit more functional. The way of doing this proposed, though, is horrible. The trick is to do a simple ROI every time. |