So I'm working on an AI character concept and I'm faced with the dilemma of how to apply the lifestyle costs (to maintain and upgrade a home device) without too much handwaving. After all, it's a bit hard to install the latest set of chips in your deck when you don't have hands...
Obviously, one could have a Contact with the Hardware skill at a good level and you just pay them to do it - hop into your back-up 'link while your home device is in the mail, and be done with it. Though that leaves you open should anyone connect you and your Contact together.
I was thinking that maybe the Renraku Job-A-Mat, with a Hardware Autosoft, would be a better choice, since all you have to do is pay for the parts and let the Job-A-Mat do the work. I would think that some version of this should be available, since it would make sense to have one even in a regular electronics shop for routine work.
Thoughts?