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javachik - Jan 05, 2009 12:54:19 pm PST #8576 of 25501
Our wings are not tired.

Yeah, but I want these games in my home. I know I can visit friends and play with them, but I don't really want to go to someone else's house to work out. :)

I still haven't even opened the Roku!


megan walker - Jan 05, 2009 12:58:40 pm PST #8577 of 25501
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist

It's really the tragedy of my housemate's life that I have no interest in these things.


javachik - Jan 05, 2009 1:04:57 pm PST #8578 of 25501
Our wings are not tired.

He's had a pretty good damned life, then!


Kristen - Jan 05, 2009 1:09:34 pm PST #8579 of 25501

A possibly very dumb question: When did the black Macbook go away? I could've sworn I was looking at it online recently but it's entirely possible that I may be losing my mind.


amych - Jan 05, 2009 1:22:20 pm PST #8580 of 25501
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?

When did the black Macbook go away?

October, when the new models came out. You may still be able to find them as refurbs.


Kristen - Jan 05, 2009 1:24:11 pm PST #8581 of 25501

Okay, losing my mind then. Thanks!


amych - Jan 05, 2009 1:24:47 pm PST #8582 of 25501
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?

Sorry about the mind thing!


Kristen - Jan 05, 2009 1:26:21 pm PST #8583 of 25501

I wasn't using it much anyway.


NoiseDesign - Jan 05, 2009 2:17:28 pm PST #8584 of 25501
Our wings are not tired

that has more i/o then I could hope to use. I don't even have my cassette tape deck hooked up anymore, or turntable, since I never use them.

For me the i/o was all about the video. There's an HD Tivo with HDMI out, PS3 with HDMI, Apple TV with HDMI, Wii with component, XBox 360 is connected to the TV via VGA since I don't have one of the newer models with HDMI, then there's optical connecting the 360 to the receiver. The PS2 is also connected via component and optical.

Yeah, I might have a game system problem.


Jessica - Jan 05, 2009 2:51:13 pm PST #8585 of 25501
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

There is no way in hell I could ever justify the cost of a PS3 just to get the B-R deck. Or a $400 A/V reciever for that matter.

I also can't see myself needing more than 2 HDMI inputs in the foreseeable future (Cable/DVR & DVD player), which is what most of the $150 models I'm looking at come with. My current game system is a GameCube (composite).

[eta: I don't mean to sound snotty - I really do agree with the general philosophy about getting the best value rather than just the best price. But I work in public television and DH is a journalist, so the reality is we have to be bargain shoppers even if there are better values out there for "just" a couple hundred bucks more.]