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your mother on 27 September 2007
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Avalach21 said:
your mother said:

Machrone's Law:

"The computer you really want always costs $4000."

PC and console games both have their unique places in gaming. As long as they do their job - keep players entertained - and busy gaming - I welcome all things gaming.

Being gamers yourselves, I don't see why all the fanboyism - just enjoy your game, whatever system it's on! It's not like we are all forced to choose sides. It's just hardware after all - it's games that we play...


Did you even read your own article?

I hadn't when I posted, but I'm glad to see that the very first point in the article is the point I was going to make


"That machine will play literally every modern PC game at its super-duper-pretty settings at 1680x1050 (take that, 720p console games!) for less than $1,500."

 

If you build your own PC, you can get much much much better deals. In fact, the ABSOLUTE MAXIMUM I would EVER recommend someone spend on a PC if they were build it is 2000 dollars. Absolute maximum.


Of course I did - btw, not my article - I just linked to it.

Machrone's Law is quite old - I first heard of it about 15 years ago. Basically it states that that dream computer you would love to have will always cost you the same amount of money. If you wait long enough, that price point for that specific computer will drop, but by then all its parts are no longer cutting-edge. Hence, you start coveting anothe computer - which by chance will run you up 4 grand anyhow.

Machrone's Law serves to prove one thing: If you really want a top-end computer, you have to be willing to pay for it. Waiting will do you no good as the components will be obsolete by the time the price drops to a level you are comfortable with.

Of course, we are not talking about our "dream computers" - and the article clearly states so, pegging the entrance fee to PC gaming at a quarter of that cost - and you can still go lower.

But! That doesn't negate the fact I would love to have a triple-screen setup with dual/quad everything to the max. But! that will cost me probably even more than 4 grand! But! I don't need all that to get my game on!