not rocco related (holy crap)

[roccit_53 at scirocco.cs.uoguelph.ca (C Boyko)]

On 11:46 pm 01/28/07 "Marc Getty" <marc@getty.net> wrote:
<snippage of car droolage beyond my means>

> A friend of a friend came into $10k and spent $8k on an Alienware
> Laptop to play games on. To me, that is foolish. In 24 months that
> thing will be worth 1/4 to 1/8 of its up-front cost. For a guy of
> moderate means this was a complete and utter waste and makes buying a
> sports car look like a good investment in fun to dollar ratio over
> time, and doing that is quite difficult!

Now while we're off topic, anyone got a working Atari game system they want
to get rid of/sell? I would like one, you know, to play Space Invaders and
Tank on? Yeah, I AM serious. (Really, it'll be a b-day gift for my son)
Contact me off list!
cathy