03/11/2005; I hate buying technology...

Bloody hell. It seems as though as soon as I buy something, something better and more appropriate for my needs gets released about a week later...

Take, for example last year - I bought a Virus C synthesiser, back then the BMW M5 of virtual analouge synthesisers. It took months for Digital Village to get it into stock, and it cost an absolute fotrtune but I rest assured knowing I'd be getting a quality instrument with the latest technology. I finally took delivery of the thing, and 2 weeks later they announce the Virus TI - an instrument with three times the polyphony, an obscenely fat HyperSaw mode not to mention computer audio host integration by means of an Audio Unit plug-in. Sigh.

Anyways, back to the present day - I've managed to develop RSI through my day job as a pixel pusher, so I thought I'd treat myself to a Wacom Intuous3 A5 tablet. I know how good Wacom tablets are from many moons ago when I worked at EastWest, and though the Intuous3 is a fabulous piece of kit, I wished they made a model that was more suited to my Apple Cinema Display's wide aspect ratio screen.

Well, lo and behold, a week later they launch - the Intuous3 A5 Wide edition, ideally suited to... Apple Cinema Displays. Bastards. Seems as though I can't win the technology race...

Tech of the week Nikon AF-S DX VR Zoom-Nikkor 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G IF-ED - the ultimate travel lens!

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