Are Computers the New Automobile?

There was a time when it seemed so cool and neat to have the latest and greatest car. Every few years there would be so many innovations that there really was a difference between a car made five or six years ago and I can see why people would buy new cars. I live in San Francisco where buying a new car is more of a luxery than a need. No salt on the roads to cause rust. Here there are still old VW Bugs driving the streets just fine. Now that car development has slowed down a bit, it's hard to justify buying a new car.

I would never think of buying a new car every two years, but there is a product on the market that has me in its grips... the computer. A couple of years is a night and day difference between computers. I'm of course in the process of buying a new computer so I've got it on my mind day and night as I try and figure out which model to get. Do I really need that extra power? No, but it would be so nice to speed along the computing highways. Do I really need to get the fancy green one? No, but green is so in. And should I get the matching mouse? I could use the old mouse, but that green mouse is such a nice accessory. It's the same discussions that people have about cars, the bigger engine, the fancy seats,.

Computers still have a ways to go till they slow down in their evolution. What else can we expect in the future? What fancy accessories? What will the mom and pop computer look like and what will the speed demon have on his or her desk?

And what is an up and coming technology that will eventually suck the cash from our pockets on a consistent basis like the car and the computer?