Has someone here bought an "old" gadget on purpose?

[Otis Driftwood]

Has one of you ever kept his eyes on gfx-card, mp3 player, phone or whatever 'til it's price dropped after a year on the market?
Or do you buy only the newest stuff?
Old stuff tends to vanish from memory. And graphics quality or storage space seem tiny nowadays?
Supposedly the N-Gage sales are booming...:cool:

[Junker]

Nope. I usually buy "old" gadget by accident.

[abcdefz]

I'm pretty big on last-year's-big-thing, especially software. It's so much cheaper than the latest release...

I wouldn't go out an buy, say, a laserdisc player or anything, but it's cool to get second or third generation models because they're cheaper and usually the bugs are worked out.

[QueenAdrock]

I rarely if ever buy new gadgets. I bought my N64 in 2002! $50!

I usually wait until there's a second generation so I know most of the kinks have been worked out. However, when DVD players first started appearing, I bought an Oritron for $99 (cheapest on the market) because the Beastie Boys' Anthology DVD was coming out and I really wanted to see it. But that's the only case where I've bought new technology as opposed to waiting to get a decrease in value and increase in quality.

[Otis Driftwood]

There should be an info site on this shit. Oh wait, I think it's all in those "X % savings" e-mails from amazon. Buck for a zip-drive? I don't think so. But there must be sweet deals on phones, mp3 players and even PMPs by now...

[Dorothy Wood]

my ipod is from ebay and it's 3rd or 4th generation from 2005. it works just fine so far. it froze once, but I reset it. it was a gift, but it was around $300 new and I'm quite sure my mom didn't pay more than a hundy for it.

I got a portable CD player new when they were hot. it was like $75 and soooo shitty, no ESP at all. I loved that thing though, and drove carefully. even taped it shut when the clasp broke. I still have it, I should see if it works. it looks ancient.

[bigblu89]

I did that with the PS1 and PS2. Bogh them the Christmas after they were released.

ANd I rarely buy games for PS2 unless they're under $30.