Micro Four Thirds keeps GAS under control (for now)

Oh, and on topic... I don't think I suffer from any serious GAS, researching hardware has always been as much a part of my hobbies as anything else; whether it was gaming + building & optimizing the perfect desktop (even aesthetics played a role there, if you get into case mods and cable management), or music + figuring out good headphone and amp combinations, or smartphones and a never ending tinkering phase playing with ROMs etc...

Lately it's been photography and I probably spend as much time reading about gear and techniques as actually shooting, so what. If you can manage your budget, live within your means etc etc then there's nothing wrong with research and lusting after cool stuff IMO. I wouldn't call that GAS, if anything getting into photography pushed the relatively tame cost of my other hobbies into better context (and vice versa)...

The opposite probably kept me from diving in too deep too quick, my UWA is most expensive lens or piece of photography gear I'll probably have for a long while. I think there's some common lessons I've picked up along all of it tho, certain things (lenses, displays, keyboards, headphones) age a heck of a lot better than others (any internal desktop component, amps & DACs, camera bodies)... So prioritizing what's REALLY gonna be most satisfying to own has become easier.

Doesn't mean I won't drop $800 on a pair of video cards or a GX8 that will outdated in 2-3 years, just means I'm less likely to do so without knowing full well why/how/when I should.