dear holders of money,

use it well.

case in point: a friend of mine bought a Nikon D90. the camera i want. the camera i need. the camera… that was meant to be mine. it’s a DSLR of a higher quality, however (much like the snapshot brethren below it) it carries a feature to take digital video along with the many still memories it captures. this is what i want.

the video quality is unmatched due to the lens that fits the camera. it’s really the only thing that makes buying the camera worthwhile. there are cheaper iterations below it that do the exact same thing, sans the video. so, why buy a camera that can do a million times what you need it to do?

that’s iLife.

i blame Apple for this. this ‘overpriced = the one you want” b.s. i do know people who have bought an Apple machine and used it to it’s fullest extent. and kudos to them. but, to the rest of you: why buy a ferarri to just run the corner market? what you want for email, music and pictures is going to cost about $200. and if you just spend an afternoon getting to know the machine and what it needs, then “just wanting it to work” won’t be a worry.

it’s technology. not an insurance plan.