I've never understood people who spend £££££s on brand new gear when older top-end stuff still works just as well. It might be obvious to forumites where bikes are concerned, but elsewhere (hifis, cameras, etc) it's really bizarre. The only things that could have genuine redundancy issues are PCs (I run old ones but I accept most people need to use Windows), very few other things genuinely improve drastically in function over short periods of time.
Actually, scrub that, I DO understand why people would rather be seen to have the very latest, shiniest stuff rather than an equally good, but slightly dated, cheaper alternative. Maybe I'm the daft weirdo for not embracing the whole consumerist ethos. Hell, I'm still listening to vinyl.