I thank God for the immense opportunities to do something that I like and/or passionate in. These opportunities express the gifts He has given to me graciously.
Just been reading the new stuff that have just come out of the Mac production lines and while I thought everything was cool, I was also a bit annoyed. This is also synonymous with the time when I got my iPhone as well. Just when every store dropped their price about 2-3 weeks before the iPhone 3GS came out, I took the opportunity thinking that a) it is unlikely that the new iPhones will be kept at roughly the same price as it was now and b) they wouldn't be selling it to more mobile providers. Lo and behold, both my assumptions were wrong. The iPhone 3GS came out with just a few dollars more on the plan than what I got for the regular iPhone 3G. That was quite annoying.
Now coming back to the new iMacs that have just been rolled out fresh from the Apple oven (or rather orchard). Just barely 2.5 months after getting my iMac, the new iMacs boast of higher specs at an even more affordable price. I got mine at a 2.9GHz Core 2 Duo, 24 inch screen, and a upgraded graphics card to a NVIDIA GT 130. Now for the price I paid for that, I could have gotten a 2.8GHz i7 Quad Core, 27 inch screen, 8GB RAM and a ATI Radeon 4850 on the new iMacs. And that's the full price, not the student price I got for my iMac. Don't get me wrong, I still love my iMac to bits but the sudden upgrade in specs and sudden drop in price is quite painful over a span of 2.5 months. That was really quite annoying.
It somewhat goes to show that I will not make a good financial analyst, stock broker or actuary despite my so-called love for math and numbers. I can't act well according to the market or maybe that I can't predict the market well enough to make an informed decision. Regardless, I always seem to miss out on every market conceivable and not just on tech goods. Education, relationships, food and the list goes on. Gives a whole new dimension to the term "loser"...
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