Yeah, I feel your pain. I just sold a bunch of old computers that I had
laying around, a Sun Ultra 5 and a old DEC Alpha among them, that I had
purchased used from clients over the years to mess around with at home. I
figure about $1800.00 worth of stuff when I bought it. Got about $175.00 for
it. At least I'll be able to get that nice Lie-Nielsen block plane I've had
my eye on.

Kevin


"Rick Cox" wrote in message
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I am a long time wreck lurker. and a recent post by Jim Laumann "A
'puter
in the shop" got me thinking.

In 1994 when I purchased my first house I wanted to buy a RAS to help with
some of the fix ups needed. My father who lived close by talked me into
getting a tablesaw because he already had a ras and said it would be nice
to
have both between us. So it was off to the local sears and I purchased a
contractors table saw. I purchased the saw for $449.00 and I could not
believe that I spent that much on something I didn't event know how to
use.

About a year later, my wife and I decided to purchase our first computer.
I
am a CAD tech and I did not want anything less than I was using at work at
the time.
So I went to the local computer shop and had one built to try to save
money.
I had to have that new HOTTT Pentium chip. I was really excited to get
the
Pentium 90 that ran so hot it needed its own fan. I paid $150 bucks extra
to double the RAM to 16 megs, and I got a huge 15" svga monitor. Final
price for that computer was $2300 but man was I styling......AOL at a
whopping 14.bps ...... life doesn't get any better....


Now 2004, I have a used $449.00 craftsman table saw that I still
thoroughly
enjoy, and that $2300 computer is darkening some corner in a land fill
right
now..... what I wouldn't give to has that $2300 in tools now,
Funny what we are willing to spend money on.