The "Why do I want one" thread :-)

[peterb]

<dream>A shed, a shed of my own, a shed I don't have to share with the garden tools, one that is decorated and has a comfy chair - and a wood burning stove, and my computers - and a section at the back for a server room... and a fridge - with beer - lots of beer... - in fact more than a shed... a space - my space .... </dream>

[malfunction]

<dream>A shed, a shed of my own, a shed I don't have to share with the garden tools, one that is decorated and has a comfy chair - and a wood burning stove, and my computers - and a section at the back for a server room... and a fridge - with beer - lots of beer... - in fact more than a shed... a space - my space .... </dream>

Mmm... Beer fridge. My local sainsbury's was selling off their stock of husky fridges cheap recently. I was on foot at the time and when I went back in the car that evening they were all gone...

*See* ?!? that's why I need a car!

[scaryjim]

a) The Antec MINI Skeleton - no idea who though, and I can't see the missus letting me put it in the living room... ;(

All I want is a TFT than can produce colour and give pictures as good as my CRT does. Yeah it's only running at 1600x1200 (or 1280 x 1024 ) but it looks better than anything I've seen at the moment.

b) stuff the "TFT as good as" - I want a 20"+ CRT to replace the aging Iiyama 17" I'm using at the minute. Either that or a conventional ratio TFT at a similar size: why can't I have a 1600 x 1200 20" TFT?

c) A touch-net-tablet: that is to say, a 9"ish touchscreen device, no keyboards / flips / etc., running a reasonable touch-capable OS (say, Windows 7? ) and with enough clout to run some of my favourite older games (Diablo II, Neverwinter Nights, a bit of Warcraft III maybe?). The Archos 9 is probably going to be close to this, but if someone took Yukon / Congo and made a similar device that'd be better

[pollaxe]

A Lazy Boy. For all the reasons listed at Mantivities plus it's too early for a mid-life crisis purchase of a super bike.

Do I need a chair with a fridge in the arm? No. Do I have anywhere to put the chair? No.

I can dream though...

[0iD]

I always wanted an SGI workstation, solely so I could say I had one.

[Jay]

Air con for my computer room - its hot anf the room gets sun all day so the heat just stays in the bricks all night.

PS3 - I need a blu-ray player in the living room with the ability to play videos from my server.

[dangel]

b) stuff the "TFT as good as" - I want a 20"+ CRT to replace the aging Iiyama 17" I'm using at the minute. Either that or a conventional ratio TFT at a similar size: why can't I have a 1600 x 1200 20" TFT?

Dell 2001FP - 20.1" 1600x1200 TFT. Had one for years

[jim]

A 24" monitor, for a reason that I haven't yet determined. Probably because it would nicely fill the gap between my speakers and thus use up the full width of the desk, or just because I find scrolling a pain.

And air conditioning, despite the irony that living in Britain I'd only need to use it for 14 days in every year.

[Funkstar]

What do I really want just now?

A broadband connection and my network set up again would be nice! I miss my SqueezeBoxes for music and my mediaportal network for TV and video

[Zhaoman]

i *want* a triple monitor display all set up with 3D. and when i get that i *want* games that can make full use of the panoramic 3D view. now whether i am going to get either anytime soon or even in the future at all i really do not know

[MadduckUK]

logitech g25/27 + Playseat Evolution, with a 28" tv/monitor bolted to the front

[watercooled]

The Nvidia GPU keyring

[Pob255]

One of the zalman 3d tft monitors http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/22-Za...-Speakers-VESA

And one of the high end Tesla graphics cards http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/4GB-P...DDR3-240-Cores when it will cost more than the rest of my pc

EDIT: I seem to remember soneone had one of thoes skeletons mounted on their wall, it did look great.

[watercooled]

Picotux http://www.picotux.com/

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

I want a Sony A900 with a Zeiss 16-35mm!! It only costs the better part of &#163;3000! Anyone got any spare change available??!!

[SiM]

a blonde girlfriend... but I don't think I can afford it (that goes for any girlfriend)