From: Peter Webster <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
If it hadn't been for a settlement, I'd still be using recycled Macs;
yeah, it isn't like you spread out the $79 a month over 365 days,
it's the lump chunk that can murder a tight budget. Reminds me of the
people who have privilege and don't realize that privilege is not a
universal.
I'm very aware that different people have very different levels of
income. But there's another expression that comes to mind when people
talk about how they can't afford an $80 purchase made PERHAPS as often
as once a year.
That expression is "penny-wise and pound-foolish."
Obviously if you're living on very tight funds, then most of this
discussion is moot for you anyway. But if you become aware of software
that can do something that you desire to do or need to do or can make
money doing, then it's certainly worth your time to investigate it and
determine if its purchase would justify its expense.
Unless you are in a situation where your income and expenses are VERY
closely matched, I really have a hard time imagining that $80 perhaps as
often as once a year in a non-third-world country is going to "break"
you financially, particularly given that said expense can be purchased
whenever YOU want, not by a particular deadline.
To put some perspective on this, smokers spend more than $80 PER MONTH
supporting their habit. Two weeks of lunches at McDonald's could run
that much. For many of us, that's less than two tankfuls of gas, less
than we pay each month for telephone service, less than our cable TV
bill. Take your spouse and two kids to the cinema and see if you can get
through the experience spending substantially less than $80.
If I *really* thought iLife (or some other program costing a comparable
sum) would improve my computing experience or help me make money or just
give me hours of enjoyment as I learn and utilize it, then it's (modest)
cost is more than worth whatever SMALL sacrifice I might need to make to
afford it (oh dear, I'll have to bring sandwiches to work twice a week
this month!).
If you're truly in a position where $80 could ruin you, then what on
EARTH are you doing wasting your money on a computer and internet
access, which easily has an annual Cost of Ownership in the HUNDREDS of
dollars if not much more! You can buy a deck of cards to play solitaire! :)
Cheers
Chas
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