And, after taking a look at the cool new tech, you may consider acquiring one of your own.
But there are two schools of thought on being an Early Adopter when it comes to tech.
Jump in and reap the benefits of being on the bleeding edge
The biggest point in favour of grabbing that shiny new tech the moment it's available is that you have a head start over everyone else.
First off, by getting in now, you've had ample time to learn and benefit (through entertainment, experience, productivity boost, whatever) from your new acquisition. Everyone else has been watching you enviously, and slipping behind.
If you're a software developer, that means you can test and develop your code 'on the hardware'. If you're a consultant recommending tech to clients, you can determine the pros and cons of the platform that much easier!
Which leads us to one of the key challenges of being an early adopter; in some ways, you're a beta tester for the rest of us. Early adopters get to discover flaws and problems in the hardware and software that the manufacturer missed. For some folks that's a minor concern, for others, it's a deal breaker. Which leads us to the next school of thought.
Wait, and reap the benefits of lessons learned
As I mentioned above, there's a lot that the Early Adopters do that the laggards can easily benefit from. These things only get better with time, so odds are that by waiting one development cycle, if you're not in the group that *needs* that new shiny, then perhaps monitoring the unit's development for a bit is in your best interest.
Flawed hardware design can be fixed. Software will be patched. New features could be added.
Yes, there is a lot to be said for waiting, likewise, there's much to be said for jumping right in.
Where do you sit?
