Controlling Space Satellites
I had not been in touch completely with the new developments in notebook computers for almost a year and a half, and as can be expected after that amount of time, plenty has changed to where out of touch, was more akin to on another planet… far far away.
So the weekend was spent learning about what notebooks were out there… What they now could do… And how much damage purchasing one was going to inflict on my coloured paper resources.
You do of course get more bang for your buck these days from a year and a half ago, but there are also bigger bangs available for bigger bucks, as the technology roll out spread does it’s best to extract more money from you more often.
I thought I would take my own advice for once, and work out clearly in the first place, what end result it was that I wanted. What did I want the technology to do for me?
This is a crucial base stage for anyone delving into the realms of a technology purchase that we all should know by now, as without having a clear idea as to what you want or need the technology to achieve, then you can easily spend way to much money on technology that does not do what you want it to do… Or on technology that does too much for what you need it to do.
If you do only want to access the internet, write word documents, and play solitaire, then chances are that you do not need a computer that can control space satellites.
Then you need a whole lot of discipline.
Once you walk into that retail super nova you better have your technology aim written down or etched into your forehead with a maximum spend amount locked in. Avoiding the bedazzling bright lights and the all consuming range that is available is not an easy task.
Let’s face it, keep this clear in your mind, there will always be a bigger, brighter, larger, more capable, larger capacity machine and technology with one more blinking light on the shelf.
So I know now what I want to do, what I need to get that done, and roughly how much it is going to set me back, now all I have to do is spend my money quickly before I can be tempted to control space satellites