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Originally Posted by robz
I guess it's a bit like computers????
Forget that your mount is obsolete a few months after you bought it due to a ''new upgraded version'' that's better, more accurate, now does this or that etc. 
I was once in to ''Home Theatre P.C's'' and fell in to that trap of B.S ........spending money on top of money to keep up. 
A good mount is a good mount...............there are better ones........sure...........but do you really need to spend so much to obtain so little benefit ?(scope size/weight unchanged)  |
I dont think so Rob, computers are totally different from mounts and mounts normally only get upgraded (firmware in hand controller) when required.
Most mounts have: Goto/non goto - old style hand paddle/new style and for the rest some upgrades on the mount itself or firmware in the hand paddle.
You cant compare mounts with computers, because computers and pheripherals are updated at an alarming rate.
At the moment most people have an EQ5/pro - EQ6/pro or Losmandi G8 or G11 etc and they are kept for years or for lifetime.
Computers are upgraded because programmers write large programs and then memory has to be upgraded or the cpu is too slow or the graphics card cant handle it.
Mounts only get upgraded when someone wants it to handle a heavier telescope or to be sure it will handle a heavier scope later on.