@orthorim: different users have different perspectives. I've held off from several appealing portables because they didn't have an optical drive.

@HiddenCommenter: [laptops.toshiba.com]

@mojoald: "The Portégé R700 also features a light, yet durable magnesium alloy casing reinforced with a new honeycomb rib design incorporated within the palm rests and base of the laptop. Similar

@Zordon: I think you were looking for this: [laptops.toshiba.com]

This seems like it could be great if you're stuck somewhere with just a laptop with an integrated graphics card.

If it didn't make me feel like I need to simultaneously vomit and shit myself, I might be a fan of 3D.

@ninjacrusader: The last sentence doesn't make him a fanboy - he touted 2 other companies and praised sony's past.

@tedknaz: I'd say you gave a very accurate and objective summary of the industry over the last decade.

Frankly the PS2 wasn't ever great hardware either. It merely had a good lineup of 3rd party developers.

@ithyphallus, 13382: good point.

@mxpxboy: you think this paragraph:

@f0rge: I'm on the edge.

@Incindre: I don't know a single American who blames England or British people for this. We all blame negligent panny-pinchers at a particular company.

This type of product has been around for years.

@Dallifornia: I saw the image as totally sexual too.

@yantelope: indeed.

@Sockatume: hahaha

@doyleman7: Me too, but then I have an affinity for wood & metal, and things that remnind me of night clubs.

whoops - double post

Adding in the second part of the contoller, plus controllers for a 2nd player will quickly run the bill way past the Kinect.