<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