The bad news, I told them, was that it's difficult to stay ahead of the technology curve. You'll always be outdated. My desktop PC is in a constant state of flux. A month before that, I installed an Intel Pentium III-700 MHZ processor. Both those upgrades were made possible a month earlier by the purchase of a new motherboard capable of handling the faster components I knew I'd eventually need.
Every upgrade leads to another.
It's natural selection. My PC grows faster and stronger with each generation. Not all parts can make the transition. The architecture for the PCs expansion slots has changed over the years, becoming faster and more robust. Only when your system is relatively new.