See, it’s about choice again. Yet choices force you to other choices. Like chess. If you make a move, you’re forced to make another one, and that’s where it cascades into having to make a lot more purchases than you initially thought of. A house is the biggest avalanche of custs one can decide on. Yet, if you have enough money you can also just rent a place. Financially, depending on where you are, it’s actually better not to buy a place outright because the admin council and sewage/garbage collection fees stack up to higher than rent. the only thing smarter would be to make sure the house will rise and go beyond inflation, and you might have a granny flat or room to rent out. My point again, choice.
Here’s a good roundup of recommendations from various people about the watch: http://www.businessinsider.com.au/the-truth-about-the-apple-watch-2015-4?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%253A+businessinsider+%2528Business+Insider%2529 <http://www.businessinsider.com.au/the-truth-about-the-apple-watch-2015-4?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+businessinsider+%28Business+Insider%29> Again, yes for a device that extends the capabilities of the phone, but I’m not sold on this fat toffee of a first try at watchmaking which is actually not very slick and I truly believe people will hit themselves on the head when the next one comes out, with either a new battery tech that can slim the thing down to actual superb rendition or enough kinks and design flaws will have made the actual watch statement valid. Because for now, even if I couldn’t see the dial, I would much prefer walking around with my seiko or one of the tag heuuers I still have in terms of statement than this thing which reminds me of the weird talking watch someone purchased for me once. Read the article and you will see each of the comments echo my initial points when I walked into that store yesterday. Yuma Antoine Decaux "Light has no value without darkness" Mob: +61 410732547 Skype: Shainobi1 twitter: http://www.twitter.com/triple7 > On 11/04/2015, at 12:20 pm, The Believer <ancient.ali...@icloud.com> wrote: > > Yuma, > When the iPhone first came out, I had a hard time believing a blind person > could use a touch screen when it eventually began to be made accessible. > > But at some point, I began to consider the merits of an iPhone. Then the > time came for me to replace an old cell phone and I got the iPhone 5. Its now > just over 2 years old and I am far from needing to look at newer models. I > can see still using it 2 years from now, barring any unforseen incidents. > > The Apple Watch may well meet the needs of some people., Its not in my > future. It sounds cool but that is as far as I go with it. > > If I out some thougt into it, I could come up with many products I was > "forced" to buy but that was not my point. > > What you are saying is like buying some ground beef. Oh now I am forced to > buy a skillet so I can cook it. (smiles) > > From The Believer. . . > By way of the Chariots of the > Gods cameth the Aliens who > dwelt amongst the humans, > and bringeth much knowledge. > > On 4/10/2015 6:57 PM, Yuma Antoine Decaux wrote: >> Hi Believer, >> >> Rightly said, however here’s a few points. >> >> there’s a product called usb to thunderbolt converter I’m forced to buy >> because i bought an apple product. Not saying this because I don’t like >> it, but its a design decision against standards that one or other >> company forces which forces me, the end of the food chain, to buy >> because I have other products which I use which are not compatible. All >> a matter of choice, and choice we have yet don’t have. you know why? >> Simply because we’re visually impaired and are restricted to what is >> available. I’m sure if you or i were sighted, we could very well be >> happy with a chromebook or an android. >> >> I reported this via mail because I was actually infuriated by the big >> gap between what was presented to me during the apple keynote and what I >> felt touched and heard from the apple store. And the freaking price. >> Same price as an iphone 6 64 gigs. Food for thought. And if you look at >> the reviews, they are mixed already, not unanimous like other quote >> unquote revolutionary products such as iphone or the good iteartive >> outings of macbooks and airs. So its more of a warning to others than my >> personal I think yada blahbbling. >> >> Cheers, >> >> >> >> Yuma Antoine Decaux >> "Light has no value without darkness" >> Mob: +61 410732547 >> Skype: Shainobi1 >> twitter: http://www.twitter.com/triple7 >> >> >> >> >> >>> On 11/04/2015, at 10:59 am, The Believer <ancient.ali...@icloud.com >>> <mailto:ancient.ali...@icloud.com>> wrote: >>> >>> What I find so very interesting is how these types of discussions go >>> on and on about new products, how some people state they would never >>> buy it, yada yada yada. >>> >>> At the end of the day, what is the point? Don't like it? Its too >>> heavy. Too big. Too expensive. Too small. Too cheap. >>> >>> Name a product that you are forced against your will to buy. Name one. >>> >>> I am not going to buy the Apple Watch simply because I have no need >>> for a watch. Who cares? No one cares. Right and I don't care if some >>> of you do not want to buy it either for any reason. Its not important. >>> >>> The Apple Watch may well be a nice product. But it sure as hell is >>> not a "must-have" product. Mankind has survived without it for >>> thousands of years. (smiles) >>> >>> From The Believer. . . >>> By way of the Chariots of the >>> Gods cameth the Aliens who >>> dwelt amongst the humans, >>> and bringeth much knowledge. >>> >>> On 4/10/2015 4:41 PM, Barry Hadder wrote: >>>> Comments below. >>>> On Apr 10, 2015, at 5:55 PM, Sabahattin Gucukoglu <listse...@me.com >>>> <mailto:listse...@me.com>> wrote: >>>> >>>> Come on, guys. It’s a small device that you can wear on the wrist. >>>> Don’t you see any potential there at all? The remote control you’ve >>>> always wanted? >>>> >>>> Doesn’t a new remote control interfere with the narrative that >>>> people are sitting too much? >>>> >>>> The around-the-house communications device for the friends and >>>> family while your phone is docked and not weighing you down? Even the >>>> need for an iPhone is not so much of a deal, if the watch proves >>>> useful outdoors, because any place that you would go already sees you >>>> needing the phone for phone functions, regardless; your watch will >>>> always tether to a local phone, wherever you happen to be. >>>> >>>> So, we are supposed to want to buy a new iPhone, but we aren’t >>>> supposed to want to have to touch it. We need to git a watch so we >>>> don’t actually have to directly use our new iPhones. I still am >>>> finding their messaging confusing.. >>>> >>>> So I preordered. I’ll take the leap. Why not? It might just be my >>>> imagination, but even now I have more fondness for my iPods than my >>>> iPhone as a music player—what’s to say the watch won’t make some of >>>> the things that are made clumsy by the need to pull out my phone and >>>> that I do all the time more enjoyable? >>>> >>>> You don’t want to have to handle your new iPhone. >>>> Actually, I think that there are applications that a wearable would >>>> make easier to use. But, I think those applications are limited. >>>> >>>> , yes, I do think something has changed in the way Apple prioritises >>>> things; this product seems far more strained, for lack of a better >>>> word, and that may well be the result of executive decision-making >>>> that tends towards company growth rather than user satisfaction. >>>> >>>> It looks to me like Apple trying to emulate Google. >>>> >>>> Well, anyway, I’m especially looking forward to handling incoming >>>> notifications while I’m on the toilet. :) >>>> >>>> Wow! 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