<Agreed. I've not bought a new computer for over 10 years (!). The last
<machine I bought was a Tandy CoCo3. Everything else (apart from my HP48SX
<calculator, which came in the 'it's a neat toy that I just have to have'
<category) is even older.
The only machines I've purchased new are the Altair, NS* horizon and a
complete TI99/4a when they were having the firesale. It's been a while
since I've purchased new systems. Over the years I think the biggest
purchase was memory and disks!
Some of the most fun machines were free or just about that.
Allison