Gigapixels

It seems that we're in the era that believes size does matter. It has to be tiny but big with immense capabilities. I have what GD2 refers to as my "olden days" cellphone. It's a comfortable size, it shows the time.When I'm doing important banking stuff it receives my top secret bank code and if my car breaks down or I run out of petrol (been there, done that) I can call for help. I have a camera to take photos, a small, basic digital camera and I take small, basic photos, granny stuff. What I'm getting at is, we don't all need masses of mind blowing capability in our small appliances. My (awesome) iPod has all I need. A few family pics, quite a bit of music and some of my meditation discs as well as my "How to play the djembi drum" CD. When I acquire an appliance I don't need to know how many gigawhatsits it has, I want to know how many CDs it will hold, how many photos. Don't start a sentence with "Well..." just give me a ball park figure.
For most of his adult life my dad was a professional musician so to me a gig is what he went on most Saturday nights. I'm often reminded about an old comedy sketch, it may have been Dudley Moore, where the poor shopper is ridiculed by a sound system salesman. He asks trick questions about woofers and tweeters and causes untold embarassment. I don't care if the saleperson thinks I'm a daft old lady, I don't need to be blinded by science, I know what I want and perhaps more importantly what I don't need.
I'm trying to stay on track, be natural etc. so that the day the electricity runs out I won't be too dependent on these newfangle gadgets.