Comment by theteapot
8 days ago
The difference is watches and corvettes typically appreciate in value, where as computer hardware typically drops like a rock.
8 days ago
The difference is watches and corvettes typically appreciate in value, where as computer hardware typically drops like a rock.
> The difference is watches and corvettes typically appreciate in value
Both of those things' value drops like a rock as soon as you buy them and, at least for cars, they don't all appreciate. Most don't. Even so, they appreciate at an incredible slow rate.
I can't speak for watches but I'd be surprised if it wasn't the same situation.
At least the gpus can create value after you buy them before they are worthless.
> watches
Some, and the market fluctuates a ton.
> corvettes
Only the oldest, most unique model years: nobody is buying (C4-C5-realistically C6) mid-90s or early 2000s Corvettes for more than what they paid for them, and they never will.
Also LLMs are mainly used for work and if you can spend 6 digits on watches your likely financially independent.
Corvettes don't appreciate in value, and high end data center hardware isn't dropping in value anymore. A100s are more than 2 dollars an hour, more than they cost in 2023.
hmm ok let's build a state of the art from 2021 homelab using 2x Epyc Milan chips + DDR4 RAM and lmk how much it costs...