PS3 or $8k CPU?

[MrHat]

Er, DUH!

PC Gamer on a quest to convert the unwashed masses to PC, by giving away a monster of a computer for Falcon Northwest.

Ya, I would've cut my band off too.  I would cut my pinky off.

[NiX]

Seriously, I'm not surprised so many people stepped out of line for that.

[geldonyetich]

Should have made him sign soemthing to make sure he doesn't eBay it for PS3 money.

[schild]

I would've dumped that machine [on ebay] double time. The cost of a computer drops 80% once you drive it off a lot.

Also, ugggggggggggly. Green flames? What is this 1987? Where's my hyper color shirt?

[SurfD]

Should have made him sign soemthing to make sure he doesn't eBay it for PS3 money.

Im not 100% sure, but the article seemed to indicate that whoever won had to sign a contract saying that they were essentially winning that PC on the condition that they never purchase a PS3, ever.  One of the pics down near the end has the discriptor saying it is of him signing the contract, and them mentioning they will be checking in on him periodicly over the next few YEARS to make sure he honours it.

Im with Schild though.  I would have dumped that thing on ebay for as much as i could get, and used the money to purchase a slightly inferior, but probably just as usefull gameing rig, and used the difference to pick up a PS3 later on down the road.

[Krakrok]

That was a pretty shitty monitor for an $8k PC.

[schild]

By posting this from my PS3, I have now done what that 8k machine would be doing 90% of the time.

[Trippy]

By posting this from my PS3, I have now done what that 8k machine would be doing 90% of the time.

Surfing for porn?

[schild]

Well, what else could I have meant?

[StGabe]

*reads contract*

The next day:
"What's that honey?  You bought yourself a PS3 for Christmas?"

See, wives are good for something.