Technology adopter
I would like to consider myself as being hip and on top of things when it comes to technology, but the more I thought about it the more I realized that I came to the game late on quite a bit of new technologies. Case in point:
- I didn’t have a cell phone till my senior year of high school while most of my friends had them two and three years before that. I was never really opposed to them, I just didn’t really see the need for it. I still kind of hate the fact that anyone can come into contact with me at any point, but I’m pretty sure I couldn’t last a couple days without my cell phone.
- I didn’t buy an iPod until the third generation, which is surprising because listening to music is what I spend the majority of my time doing. I was always a “CD purist.” Yes, I am one of those elitist audiophiles who thinks the sound quality on a CD is better than on a compressed mp3. But once I got my iPod, I never parted with it. It seriously changed the way I listen to music. My iPod was stolen last fall and I thought the world was over. I still believe CDs have much better sound quality but the fact that I can take my entire CD collection anywhere and listen to it at anytime has made my iPod basically my most valuable possession.
- I just recently got an Xbox 360 last week and its the first gaming console I have bought since Nintendo 64.
I’m not really sure where this puts me as far as technology adopter goes. I’m not really opposed to new technologies, usually I am pretty fascinated by them. I just am always really skeptical at first. I like to wait a couple months or years and gauge people’s reactions to the new technology and figure out whether or not it is worth my time.
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I think it’s okay to be skeptical and wait things out sometimes. The fact that you are aware of the technology and not oblivious to a lot of new things keeps you out of the “laggard” category. While the rest of us obsess over new technology and waste our paychecks on iPhones, you can sit back with your 401k and laugh at us all the way to the bank!
Yes, but how will he find the bank without the latest GPS system?!
Hey, don’t knock the Nintendo ‘64. I still say it was the greatest gaming system ever made, except for maybe the original Sega. Besides, don’t you miss the feel of a good ol’ cartridge in your hand? Discs just aren’t the same.
I completely understand where you are coming from because I am the same way. It’s funny you mentioned cell phones because that’s what I wrote about in class. I have had the same cell phone for about 2 years. People are always asking me why I don’t get a new one because the one I have is “so outdated” and beat up looking (in their opinion of course) My response is …”I am quite content with it because it still works I can make and recieve calls and that’s all that really matters, at least I have a phone!” The funny thing is, the only reason I even upgraded to that one was because it was a gift. If it wasn’t for that, my phone would be even older and I really wouldn’t care. I wouldn’t necessarily call myself a skeptic, as you say you are, but I just don’t have a personal need for a lot of these newer technologies. Like you, I like to see if it is worth my time and not to mention, my money.