Not sure why duct tape would be surprising. You can use almost anything while prototyping including paper, clay, wire, string, tape, blocks of wood, pipecleaners, pvc, foam, etc. As long as it can hold together and demonstrate some aspect of the intended form or function preferably without catching on fire then it doesn't matter what it's made of.

wixos think first, post second.

Anyone know where you can buy these in North America?

Would you tell someone who was into driving games to go drive a real car? Would you tell someone into sports games to go play real sports? These are asinine comments to make. If they wanted to play a real instrument they would play a real instrument.

nVidiot you are completely right except you are forgetting law #23 of of tech related blogs that clearly states "anytime a "prebuilt" item is posted it should be greeted with general derision and comments such as "I could build that with 2 bits of string and a used bandaid for half the price" followed by links to various pieces of hardware on newegg".

Put me in with nVidiot. Give me a decent headache free prebuilt HTPC box anyday and I don't mind paying more for it. I'm not interested in wasting time fiddling with a HTPC anymore.

I think in most cases I would rather have my music drive my heart rate and not the other way around. For example when I walk into the gym to work out, my heartrate is pretty low so I put on some tunes to get me moving. If I let it match my music to my heartrate I think I would end up with some very chilled out workout sessions. ;)

Maybe they are aiming for "good enough" latency rather than competitive gaming latency. Fact of the matter is there are millions of gamers out there who can't tell the difference between a 40 and a 100ms gaming experience. Hell I used to play Quake1 over dialup with a 320ms ping and loved every minute of it.

I will reserve judgment on this until it's properly reviewed. I don't see the point in taking a dump on this idea like some people here insist on doing when they have never actually used it and they are basing their opinions on pure conjecture.

Definitely liking the sleek/clean look although it's probably going to attract some hate just due to the fact it's a Dell.

Queue up all the usual "I could build that for $2.27 with parts from newegg and OC it to 24 gigawatts using my custom liquid nitrolium rig" comments.

@waiownsyou: Carl Pilkington is that you?