I ordered a new decal for my MBP.

@Charonchan: You win at life.

@rustyaries: I honestly think someone just added in the "Xbox 360" at the end as a joke.

When he starts talking about shooting the gun, it reminded me of this video:

@Alessar: How loud did the fan get?

@HowIsYourFlat: Yes, in his D&D match.

How are they going to laser etch a PS3 that doesn't exist? If you win, you will probably get an estimated ship date of 2011.

@Zinger314: Those gaskets on pseudo-Eggman's chest look like udder protectors.

@TheSolarKnight: Nintendo can do this and be fine. Sony cannot. There is demand for Sony's console, but not THAT much. Nintendo on the other hand can restrain quantity all they want to.

@vidhagans: I'm tired of the noise of the 60gb model I have. It's become loud enough to interrupt FFXIII, which is unacceptable. I opened up the system and replaced the thermal paste with IC-7, but I noticed I had a dreaded 15 blade (faulty) fan, so it didn't matter what paste was on there, it was still going to be…

@brettchalupa: There was a new FCC filing recently for two new SKU's. Sony says that the supply shortage is due to popularity. I think it's due to product revision. Either way, I'm ready to move away from my loud 60GB fatty.

It's official. There are no PS3's within 3 states of my location.

@deanbmmv: I definitely see their viewpoint on it being a PS3 series, but the should have cheered at the prospect of winning something they could turn around and sell.

@MaXimillion: Thank you. I had no idea it was like that. Here's to hoping my 5870/i7 was enough to get me into the beta.

I'm confused. If alpha=beta (pun), why wouldn't they want people with older PC's to test it as well? It seems like a biased test if only high-end PC users will be able to run the beta. It's almost as if they plan on optimizing code later rather than sooner. Odd.

@Aara Farshad 'Malik' Davoodi: No. It would have done better.

Reminded me of this:

@LazyMan: Not worth it.

DOOM 4 information should be available at QuakeCon.

Brian,