In article , Hamish Macbeth Hamish@bu
ddenbrooks.fsnet.co.uk writes


Digital equipment will hold its value relatively well in the short term
but rapid developments in technology make it quickly outdated and
virtually worthless in the same way as computers and printers.



I doubt that digital cameras will retain much value, at least the basic
models. I am already on my third and the older two are in the loft not worth
anyones use.
I have a mate (pro photog) who changes all his photo/computer gear every
year no matter what condition it is in. He still loses money on it
obviously but it is not too bad and the upside is there are few if any
repair bills to pay.

Handy bloke to know actually as I have bought a few bargains from him
over the years. He offered me a 2.0 Pentium 4, 512 mg ram, 80 Gb hard
drive, CD Rom writer, DVD player with 17 inch monitor for 400 quid inc
VAT just before Christmas. Kicking myself for not getting it really but
I didn't really have the spare cash at the time.

One is too poor resolution and the other eats batteries.
A loft full of computers, video recorders, hi-fi all as good as new but
outdated. What do you do with it all??
Don't know but I suffer with the same problem

Cheers
Dave

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