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I'm a serial bike changer. sometimes I get an idea and go with it, sometimes I'm just not happy with what I've bought.
I've not bought a new complete bike for many many years, so often don't lose much money changing things around.
There have been a few notable hanger on bikes that have resisted the urge to change for quite some time. 1st gen Cotic soul, I owned for about 2 years. the longest in a while. such a nice handling bike, sold as I thought I'd benefit from something lighter to compete on.
had a Cannondale CAAD5 hardtail with lefty for an age, that was nice, then dabbled in FS with a cannondale prophet. at the time that was a really nice bike, too good really, for most stuff i felt overbiked (oh how things change).
stuck with a fisher 29er, one of the originals for ages too. I was one of the early adopters back in 2005, sold that on after a few years, but ended up a couple of years ago buying the same frame and building it up. superb bike.
However, peer pressure and changing fashions meant that I moved to various more up to date 29ers, hardtails and FS.
I recall back with my first 29er thinking that it would be a bad idea to have the added FS acceleration lag to 29er lag. Some of my riding buddies confirmed this to be the case, however recently technology has meant things are lighter and more agile, but I also think that generally people want different things from their bikes now.
I think I'm fairly set in my ways riding style wise. the trails have got rougher due to the popularity of our sport, but I'm still not convinced new style bikes suit my xc tendencies, so have been going through bikes quite often over the last couple of years.
Currently have a Cannondale CAAD4 26" hardtail as a do it all bike, with a set of 700x28's for road use, and a whyte T-129 that I'm still in two minds about. It's a great pedaling 29er FS, but it's still maybe not quite what i'm looking for, so may go back to 29er hardtail instead, I don't know..