New version purchase
#4
Senior Member
Join Date: Nov 2011
Location: SE Michigan
Posts: 551
I do not buy the new version of a sewing/embroidery machine. Usually wait for three new versions before it has some feature I can't live without. Usually each new version of embroidery software has a new feature I can't live without.
#6
Super Member
Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: kansas
Posts: 6,407
interesting question! On big ticket items I usually delay until it's a must. But over the years, I've been willing to "splurge" when it's something that basically makes life much easier--like better lighting, etc.
#7
Super Member
Join Date: May 2017
Location: Sunny Florida
Posts: 4,431
Yes, I do and without guilt. I don’t understand why someone would feel guilty. It just doesn’t belong in my sewing room or my sewing world.
I bought a new scan/cut model last summer. The dealer had a great price and rebate too. I sold the older version to another quilter. It was win-win for us. No guilt at all.
The new magnetic hoop and upgrade is on order for my machine. No guilt either.
I bought a new scan/cut model last summer. The dealer had a great price and rebate too. I sold the older version to another quilter. It was win-win for us. No guilt at all.
The new magnetic hoop and upgrade is on order for my machine. No guilt either.
#8
Super Member
Join Date: Sep 2011
Location: Carroll, Iowa
Posts: 3,487
I don't ungrade every program but only those I think I'll get some use out of such as the EQ series. Once I upgraded to EQ8 I decided to take classes online to better understand how to use the program to its max. I'm so glad I did. My Quicken program on the other hand is still 2011 as it does what I need so I don't upgrade. Some with my Microsoft Office program. I don't use all the fancy things you can do with it but what I do use of it is enough. If the program has an update feature, not an upgrade feature I will update it when it comes up though such as ZOOM since we use that so much these days. Of course when Windows updates I don't think you really have any choice so I just let the PC do its thing, some for my laptops.
#9
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Join Date: Jun 2012
Location: Southern California
Posts: 1,046
I bought a new serger -- great price -- even though the one I had, probably 25 years old, was a workhorse, but difficult to thread. I did feel guilty because it still worked. Then I used the new one and felt as though I could fly. What a difference! I gave the old one to a friend who was thrilled to get it, so it was also win-win.
With technical things, I hang on to them. My computer crashed two weeks ago, hard drive was unfixable. I had been thinking about getting a laptop to replace the desktop, and aside from the crisis of having to get a new computer, of course the new one is so much better. And that's what I usually find -- the new one is so much better than the old, I shouldn't have waited.
With technical things, I hang on to them. My computer crashed two weeks ago, hard drive was unfixable. I had been thinking about getting a laptop to replace the desktop, and aside from the crisis of having to get a new computer, of course the new one is so much better. And that's what I usually find -- the new one is so much better than the old, I shouldn't have waited.