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For myself; my computer hardware /software is obsolete when it doesnt do what I want it to. Or fast enough. Its been a major topic on my mind these past few weeks as I plan an upgrade. For example, I plan to get a 7900GT graphics card; which I think we can all agree represents great "bang for buck" (please no ATi vs nVidia, just an example 
). Like all the new hardware, what bugs me is the depreciation it will suffer. I wonder perhaps should I go for a card from the previous generation and save a packet? Anouther example, is that I wont be going to Windows Vista for a long time. I probably wont consider it untill 2008 or something. Windows XP, for all its faults; still does everything I want it to. I personally wont accept having a new OS pushed on me (requiring likely better hardware than Im aiming for now) when its features (as far as I know) do not offer any real benefits to me. 3D gui, whoopy do! 
So I ask, what for you defines obsolescence? When there's new kit out; you have some money burning in your pocket or your PC cant run x game as well as you want?
). Like all the new hardware, what bugs me is the depreciation it will suffer. I wonder perhaps should I go for a card from the previous generation and save a packet? Anouther example, is that I wont be going to Windows Vista for a long time. I probably wont consider it untill 2008 or something. Windows XP, for all its faults; still does everything I want it to. I personally wont accept having a new OS pushed on me (requiring likely better hardware than Im aiming for now) when its features (as far as I know) do not offer any real benefits to me. 3D gui, whoopy do! So I ask, what for you defines obsolescence? When there's new kit out; you have some money burning in your pocket or your PC cant run x game as well as you want?
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