Thanks for validating my comments about people with privilege.
On Feb 4, 2006, at 11:50 AM, chasm wrote:
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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