10 Future-Proof Gadgets You’ll Still Love Next Year
Oct 9, 2012 01:02 PM EDT by When it comes to tech shopping, sometimes it pays to wait for a new-and-improved model. But this fall, too much procrastination will turn you into a high-tech Hamlet wondering whether to be or not to be a Galaxy S III owner while your digital Denmark rots. Here are 10 products you can pull the trigger on today, without regretting your decision six months or a year from now when the next big thing arrives.
Monitors
Even if you use a laptop all day, you need not just one but two or full-size monitors on your desk at home and at the office. The more pixels you have, the more productive you’ll be, so grab yourself two 1080p screens for each of your work desks.
You can find inexpensive 23-inch, 1920 x 1080 screens for as little as $130. However, I recommend spending a few bucks extra to get an LED-backlit monitor ($150 and up) or around $300 to get a 1920 x 1200 resolution monitor, if you can afford it. Though we may see more touch screen displays in 2013, today’s monitors will serve you well many years after your PC goes to the recycling bin in the sky -- and they’re not getting any cheaper.
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October 12th, 2012 at 2:30 pm
Unless your specific piece of equipment can’t do a specific job, all you electronic gear can be “future proof”. All you have to do is keep doing what you’re doing. And as long as you can keep that up, there’s no need to get rid of any device until it actually fails. The problem is the copy and past opinion pushing bloggers that have a vested interest in the tech world.
Make no mistake about it, tech writers DO have a vested interest, they MUST push the latest gadget, and if they stop pushing and you stop buying … well, they’re out of a job. Keep that in mind the next time some IT guy tells you to be sure and get the latest update, the latest hardware or the latest whatever. He needs you to spend your money on anything, just something! That’s the only way he keeps getting paid to tell you how and when to spend your money.
November 9th, 2012 at 7:07 pm
What the heck are you talking about? I’m an “IT guy” and I get paid to solve problems, not push some software update on to people (which, by the by, are usually free anyhow.) Most devices used in the corporate environment have already been tested to work in that environment before being distributed.
Moot point.
Tech writers, well, you’re probably right on that one. Saying “some IT guy” just doesn’t sound like you know what you’re talking about.
December 3rd, 2012 at 6:27 pm
Man no wonder why nobody knows about this site… it’s all crap articles. The iphone 5 is far from future proof, it was outdated right off the assembly line. Please either write good stuff or don’t even write wt all. I swear if hackers spent their time taking down sites like these, we would have such a better internet
December 4th, 2012 at 5:19 pm
Why is the i5 so special and not any other phone, I see ppl with 2 year old phones everyday that do everything they need them to. They’re all going to work for years and if you really want to get technical about it, the android phones are more future proof than any Apple phone. With a micro SD slot and swappable batteries you can turn your battery life into as good as new or better than new a year down the road for $10 and you can expand your memory if you need.
May 18th, 2013 at 7:57 am
Hmmm… How to say that… No windows 7 laptops are not future proof, simply because M$ products are not!!!!!