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Gaming PC Makers Take Aim at Lucrative Niche
Cymage writes "Yahoo (Reuters) reports that gaming PCs are now a high profit area, and that the bigger players (Dell, HP) are trying to get into the market: 'In an age when a new PC can cost just a few hundred dollars, an adolescent need for speed is creating a profitable niche for souped-up gaming computers at the ultra-costly end of the market.' How many people really spend $5,000 on a gaming machine? Mine cost less than $2,000, and I can play UT2k4 and others on it just fine."
Well mine cost $1000 and will play UK2k4 just fine... so there! :p
How many people really spend $5,000 on a gaming machine?
It takes a lot of horsepower to run TuxRacer at full speed...
Perfect timing for that "Hardware will be free" rhetoric of Bill and Scott to take form.
:)
You can also get an Atari 2600 for around 10$. Whats your point?
"Have you ever thought about just turning off the TV, sitting down with your kids, and hitting them?"
A lot of people have Windows on their PC... :P
Murphy was an optimist.
The small-penis crowd needs to validate itself through what it owns.
Well I have a small penis and I don't care what kind of car *I* drive, so THERE!
I admit, I've bought two Alienware computers in recent years. They're stylish and after years of building and tweaking, I just wanted something cool out of the box.
But I got a link to their new ALX line in my mailbox yesterday and about fainted when I got to the bottom line.
Price: $4,799.00
As low as $144 per month!
For that price it should not only run games well, it should go ahead and finish Half Life 2, Duke Nukem Forever, Doom III and go ahead and port over Halo 2 all while I sleep.
I'll probably spend $10000 on my gaming machine, then mod-chip it so I can emulate the $5000 machine.
My new 10MB hard drive sure beats the hell out of my Tape Drive, and the 64K ram upgrade should be all I ever need, especially since my 8088 comes in at a whopping 4.77 MHz - kick ass! I get 2 FPS on Ultima I, and I just found the EXOTIC ARMOR. Not to mention Zork is as smooth as silk.
Where?
I've never seen this strange breed of "gamer" you speak of.
- It's not the Macs I hate. It's Digg users. -
Exactly - as soon as they come out with a console that can play Nethack, maybe I'll be interested...
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And mine is HUUGE, and I drive a sportscar! And I have a sweet-ass computer.
-Jesse
Nothing says "unprofessional job" like wrinkles in your duct tape.
Bet I can find a post where this guy claims Macs are too expensive, though.
But he's right. I have a TiBook for the same kinds of reasons I drive an RSX Type S.
"We have nothing in common, your attitude annoys me, and your political views are appalling."
Who needs a hummer?
Every single male on this planet.....
oh wait... are you talking about the truck with that name?
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My last PC was only $700 and it smokes. The $750 model comes with a heat sink and so doesn't have that problem.
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What those who are ignorant of the subject matter think; usually wrong.
Gamer's penis envy.
A friend of mine spent closer to $10K on his gaming rig, buying not only a completely new system from the ground up using only the newest and highest-end (read: most pricey) hardware, but also the highest end set of 7.1 surround speakers he could get.
I believe he's running an Athlon 64 FX processor but other than that I don't know too much about his system.
Here's the best part:
We're having a LAN party at his place this weekend and he's not even going to be playing. He very rarely uses his PC at all, let alone to play games.
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Well my G5, and indeed my pBook G4 runs MAME perfectly well. Which I find beats most current games out these days.
This seems to be mostly about the graphics engines rather than gameplay.
Not having a wife can save you 5K per year, I'd bet.
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So that's the key to the mysterious toxins building up on our computers - chain smoking!
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They DO exist. You are right.
We have a word to describe them: RICH.
Simply put, rich folk buy these gaming PC's. Geeks and wannabe geeks get very good systems, for gaming, for under $1k (not incl. monitor).
Those gaming PC's are for people like Jack Osbourne when he decides he wants to be a wannabe "Gamer."
chain smoking? that's when you fry a Beowulf cluster, right?
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Think "lizard". Look in dark, damp areas, such as the basements of middle-aged couples.
They also congregate in large groups searching for mating partners, often called "Con"s. Unfortunately for the males, only 1 female shows up for every 100 - 1000 males. The species only survives because of mutations in the offspring of otherwise "normal" breeding pairs.