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Tom's Holiday Buying Guide

Thoreau writes "With the holidays just around the corner, it's nice to have some help in finding just the right gift for your gadget hungry friends and family. Tom's Hardware seems to think they have the answers for this year's holiday season. Everything from Swiss Army memory sticks, to monitors that Bill Gates couldn't even afford!"

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  1. My TRUE desire by Guitar+Wizard · · Score: 1, Funny

    All I want for Christmas are my two front teeth.

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  2. Ha! by mfh · · Score: 5, Funny

    FTFA: Sex And The Sidekick ???WTF??? How blatant is that????

    Christmas buying guides are nothing but adverts anyway, and this article is nothing but a slash-ad. GRRRR. Did you see the boobs on that model holding the side kick? She could sell me SCO stock, if she was holding it like that, petting it gently! (*passes out*)

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    1. Re:Ha! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      Because chicks really dig guys who know how to spell the names of foreign dictatorial regimes? That surely hasn't been my experience...

  3. Mrs Claus by se2schul · · Score: 5, Funny

    Wow! Mrs Claus is skankier than I had imagined, but for some reason, I just have to buy a T-Mobile Sidekick II.

  4. Well if Bill cant afford it by Timesprout · · Score: 3, Funny

    Larry Ellison is definitely putting his name down for one.

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  5. Pictures in article by jawtheshark · · Score: 5, Funny

    Why, oh why, does that fat-bellied-white-bearded guy get all the sexy chicks? *sniff*

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    1. Re:Pictures in article by NardofDoom · · Score: 3, Funny
      He uses Unix. Chicks dig that.

      At least in my fantasy world they do.

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    2. Re:Pictures in article by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny
      One word: "presents". That, and the pick-up line: "You've been a very good girl this year!"

      Of course, his sex life isn't really that great -- he only comes once a year!

  6. Bummer... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    They don't list a price for the one thing I'd really want...

  7. Not sure what they're selling by LabRat007 · · Score: 3, Funny

    ...but how do I buy the chick in the santa costume?

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    1. Re:Not sure what they're selling by phaze3000 · · Score: 2, Funny

      Judging by the look of her, I reckon $100 should do it.

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  8. something gates can't afford by MoFoQ · · Score: 2, Funny

    can't also be afforded to be built, especially if the US govt expects to award it to the lowest bidder.

    1. Re:something gates can't afford by empaler · · Score: 2, Funny

      Yeah, I'm only looking thru the article to find these mythical monitors...
      (let me beat the replies: Yes, I'm sure it's not to look at mrs. Claus... not that I'm complaining...)

  9. Sidekick by macdaddy · · Score: 2, Funny

    Does the T-Mobile Sidekick II come with a fully licensed copy of Mrs. Claus? 8-)

  10. /.'ed by mfender9 · · Score: 2, Funny

    Looks like Tom's Hardware has closed early for the holidays this year...

  11. Tom's Post-Recession Buying Guide by Dr.+Dew · · Score: 2, Funny

    Didn't realize anyone considered a $94 widget that won't be allowed through the security check at U.S. airports a "stocking stuffer." (I'm talking about the Swiss Army Knife + USB)

    In my household, items of that size and price are wrapped in progressively larger boxes to draw attention to their, well, size and price. (Still talking about the Swiss Army Knife + USB here.)

  12. The Gamer's Seat by hcob$ · · Score: 3, Funny

    If Mrs. Clause is the gamer, I'll be the seat... I even come with a stick shift for those really intense.... games

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  13. Re:Argh! by nomadic · · Score: 5, Funny

    Kind of hard to read this article at work with dumbass geekboy-Mrs. Claus fantasy pictures plastered everywhere.

    Yeah, but I like a challenge.

  14. Link is wrong by gorbachev · · Score: 5, Funny

    It'd be nice if the link pointed to the FIRST page of the holiday buyer's guide rather than the page where the submitter was spanking his monkey while submitting the /. story.

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  15. Re:Is that Santa helper chick, German? by AvantLegion · · Score: 4, Funny
    >> That Santa helper chick picture on the page. I didn't know German chicks look so feminine and sexy? Unless she's not German..

    She's not German. You don't see many German women. In fact, they are so alike in voice and appearance, they are often mistaken for German men!

    And this in turn has given rise to the belief that there *are* no German women. And the Germans just spring out of holes in the ground! Which is of course ridiculous.

  16. Re:All I want... by DogDude · · Score: 2, Funny

    Mr. "I Love My Mac", you're one of the people he's talking to.

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  17. Re:They need a warning on this Slashdot article .. by Odin's+Raven · · Score: 3, Funny
    ... "NOT SAFE FOR WORK".

    No kidding! My boss walked by while I was looking at the page with the $1,999 OQO, and damned near fired me on the spot for using company resources to view obscene material.

    ;-)

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  18. Remember guys... by Coppit · · Score: 3, Funny

    she's already married. To the fat guy.

  19. "Bill Gates couldn't even afford" by messiuh · · Score: 1, Funny

    Are you kidding me? The most expensive display I saw on the site was $7,999.. not only could he buy as many of those as they sell, but he can buy the company that makes them, the companies that make the components, and the companies that make the toilet paper that go in the bathrooms of all said companies.