LOL! I hear you! When Sims2 first came out, I knew my old PC wouldn't handle it, so I went shopping and saved up for a new computer that I ordered right before my Sims2 preorder came in
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Only time I bought a new piece of hardware just to be able to play a game! When Sims3 came out, I had just fried my laptop that I use for work and I went shopping to replace it, but told the guy, I need it to do more than just work and he's like, yeah, what do you need? So I pulled out the Sims3 spec sheet and said, it has to have all the work stuff, PLUS it has to be able to run THIS!
I am a gadget nut, too. But I never get first generation stuff, always wait a little while. I play on my iPad2 and I downloaded the game onto my Galaxy S4 phone, but I just have that as backup, in case something happens to my iPad game. I play and backup on the iPad and once in awhile I'll download it to the phone, so it's there if something goes wrong with a cloud save.