The difference is watches and corvettes typically appreciate in value, where as computer hardware typically drops like a rock.
The difference is watches and corvettes typically appreciate in value, where as computer hardware typically drops like a rock.
> watches
Some, and the market fluctuates a ton.
> corvettes
Only the oldest, most unique model years: nobody is buying (C4-C5-realistically C6) mid-90s or early 2000s Corvettes for more than what they paid for them, and they never will.
Corvettes don't appreciate in value, and high end data center hardware isn't dropping in value anymore. A100s are more than 2 dollars an hour, more than they cost in 2023.
Also LLMs are mainly used for work and if you can spend 6 digits on watches your likely financially independent.
> The difference is watches and corvettes typically appreciate in value
Both of those things' value drops like a rock as soon as you buy them and, at least for cars, they don't all appreciate. Most don't. Even so, they appreciate at an incredible slow rate.
I can't speak for watches but I'd be surprised if it wasn't the same situation.
At least the gpus can create value after you buy them before they are worthless.
hmm ok let's build a state of the art from 2021 homelab using 2x Epyc Milan chips + DDR4 RAM and lmk how much it costs...