Quote Originally Posted by villa1n View Post
I think your missing the point in that not everyone cares about price / performance, i may be taking a stab at your name being 87 the year your born, and thus you being 20 you might not understand that some people are in an economic bracket, where performance is the most important thing, that the satisfaction of having the fastest rig is the reward in itself... Granted thats a smaller segment of the community, but i dont see how one has a right to tell people how to spend their money, or what they should enjoy... people dont buy bugatti's for resale value.

yes, but when you buy a bugatti you will have the fastest car for a long, long time. when you buy skulltrail , you will have the fastest machine for about 12 months, for an absurd price.

skulltrail is nothing more than a proof of concept design. I wouldn't want to be the person who looks at his chassis in Q4 2008 and thinks "I cant believe I spent 3000 dollars on a pair of cpus that nobody would even dream of wanting right now, and omg, nehalem is faster, overclocks more, and uses less power". I think that feeling completely cancels out the "zomg I have the fastest machine ever" feeling when you just buy skulltrail. maybe thats just me, but I work hard for my money.

and please buddy, dont compare cars to computers. we're at the pinnacle of development with the mechanics in cars, when you buy a bugatti you will have the fastest car until you die perhaps. unless all of sudden they make it legal to strap a jet engine at the back of a car. technology is not like that, I dont need to tell you that. so if it makes people happy to own the best for such a very short time while spending a load of cash, then so be it. Im not the one to tell you how to spend your money, but I do have the right to state my opinion on the product, and thats all I am doing.

PS. good guess on the age