It's not that I have a lot of extra money. As a matter of fact, poser sales have been blaek for me this last year. We are far from rich by ANY means, but we also watch every penny so we can indulge ourselves.

What that DOES mean though, is that I can write off any hardware I buy this year towards tazes, so I can either give the money to Unce Sam, or use it on a hardware upgrade.

We don't have any real expensive hobbies or vices, so this is where our exrta income goes.

Plus we also donate our older systems to local charities when we have the oppertunity.

Heck, some people are dumping more then $700 in a freakin video game console this year! IMHO, a few hundered more for a faster up to date PC is a better value.

(Though I gotta admit, watching people play with Wii is pretty fascinationg, and the wife is a BIG Zelda fan.)

Way too many people take way too many things way too seriously.