Early Adopters Snookered Again

Ah, this disease I have, this early adopteritis has gotten me into some jams. The latest one? Another Apple jam. Or is that Apple jelly?
I bought a new MacBook Pro this spring, the fancy-schmancy Intel-powered Mac laptop. I was a little disappointed that it didn’t come with a Firewire 800 port like the model it was replacing; it was, as always, chintzy on memory and I had to spend a couple more hundred dollars to bring it up to par. Stiil, it is faster than the original model Aluminum Powerbook that I’d had for three years or so.
But today, boom — only six months since the introduction of the first model, Apple has updated the MacBook Pro. And added memory, a Firewire 800 port, and a faster processor.
And I certainly can’t afford to buy a new one, I haven’t quite figured out how to pay for this one yet.
Lesson learned: it would probably be better to rent your Mac than buy one.