Technology Obsolescence at Home

If you are not rich and you just bought a computer you aer going to be stuck with it for atleast two years. You may go in for a upgrade, but buying a new computer may just be out of question. What with some one who just bought Core 2 Duo last week and sees a Core 2 Quad 8 core computer the next day in news paper with another 40% improvement in performance. As a user you have to learn to live with technology obsolescence at home . You could obviously come up with a innovative solution, sell the current system to a less needy like Primary School kid and go in for the latest master blaster computer. Or then upgrade or wait for another year before buying your dream m/c , which would not be so after a couple of week or months . What with intel is already working on a new system with 80 cores and research on on new alternate technology and nano technology.