I couldn't do that.
I mean for whoever wants to collect what they want, I say throw your mad money down on what you like. Enjoy it for everyday that you own it.
Now for my own sanity I'm going to put my own personal spin on it. I myself couldn't see my self even spending nearly that much at all for the an Amiga system. Especially if I wasn't going to use it to make a living off of it. That's basically what has dictated all of my purchases lately, if I can make money off of it, or if I really need it.
I might think about spending some cash like that if someone were to actually start producing some PPC cards in substantial numbers. In that case my wallet would be a little more inclined to crack open a little bit. Just thinking about the sheer age of the hardware scares the stuffing out of me. Not to mention that most of that stuff is near impossible to get back, and it's considered some of the most fragile hardware available for this system.
The whole Minimig idea is kinda nice, but for my that's still close a really fancy video game console though. That's fine for those that want that, it's all good and good, I just need more power.
Maybe all these years of being near completely broke have had some kind of effect on me. Many of the years had me having to scrimp for 2 hours to get enough money to buy only 1 gal(3.78 l. for those of you of the metric world) to get job interviews that weren't going to hire me in the first, dealing with credit collectors,taking the city public bus filled with sick screaming children, eating ramen noodles and hot dogs,choosing between rent or lunch for the month and shameful acts of near poverty.
So for I've had to sell the Amiga 4000 board I was going to actually use in a PPC tower project to one of the worse sellers on eBay, for what was in my mind "whore money". Then the loss of my one Amiga 4000 unit wasn't all to pleasant. Not to mention all the Amiga and Commodore stuff I had to let go of.
Thoughts like buying a candy piece cross my mind, but then I think back to dirty, crazy (that's an understatement!!)men screaming at me and other people on the bus while fondling themselves inappropriately. Peddling 20 miles(32.18km bleh, more metrics) after an ice storm because I have no ride to work. Having to literally work 3 months without any personal money to pay off medical bills because my job doesn't pay enough to offer up good benefits.
Maybe that's the reason I still am keeping my A4k and my A2k, in hopes things "will get better". Some material icon, a placeholder for thoughts and feelings for which I'm in too downward of a spiral to feel. The shining optimism that I too will be able to collect stuff. I'm actually doubting it though anymore.
I speak not with a cupidinous tongue. It is my view that avarice and covetous yearnings are the values of bloodthirsty corporate power mongers. I guess I'm just speaking in a numb fashion of disbelief. I've done the same thing when certain people I know like to watch that "My Sweet 16" or "Cribs" on MTv. Many times I do that at my job when I see people literally spend thousands of dollars on home decor, only to spend more in the next 5 months because it's "not in fashion"
To each his/her own I guess. As for me, I truly see it in a different light now..
