[AtomicLabMonkey]

Originally Posted by sperry

Oh well, I got Richard Burns Rally and I'll have the parts I need to get my computer working at ass-kicking speeds on Friday. It'll be nice to have a good racing *sim* on the PC again! Who want's to run a rally league with me?!

Is this the same guy who wrote:

Originally Posted by sperry

Let's face it... the PC as a gaming platform is going away. Consoles are getting the horsepower, and more importantly, the support, to completely replace them. When the next generation of consoles come out, I hope to be able to ditch my PC in favor for a tiny, light laptop and a wicked console that I don't have to think about since it will simply run cool games, fast.

and:

Originally Posted by sperry

All I'm saying is... in a contest for bang/buck, a $150 console *destroys* a PC, considering the video card alone in the PC costs 3 times the console... I used to rule out consoles for gaming because the hardware was nowhere near my top of the line PC. Now that I'm sick and tired of dropping $$$ on my computer and hate maintaining it, and now that consoles are coming with pretty much the same hardware as PCs, consoles are truely viable systems for 100% of your gaming needs. Which also means, you no longer need a $2000 computer... a $1000 laptop will check email, browse the web, and display porn just fine, all in a mobile package.

Just a scant few months ago?