...of a somewhat different kind.

We have a Comet on it's way that should be visible in the western night sky subject to visibility. However, if you miss this one there is another later in the year that should be brighter.

A friend of mine showed me this and I think it's real.
So, who has the intelligence?

As you all know, I'm getting a sum of money soon to spend on my SyberShot Studios set up. $2,500 usd to be exact.

In my research I found a 27" touch screen monitor here http://www.provantage.com/planar-systems-997-6848-00~7PLNR0Q2.htm

1st option:
I would need 2 of them, for I need dual displays. Seeing that the monitors is what I will be looking at most, I figured 2 27" monitors would be most beneficial for me. However these touch screens are $700.00 bucks a pop which would eat up $1400.00 of the total amount I have to spend leaving me with $1,100.00

The second most beneficial thing would be a tablet, I could either (a) get a surface pro and that would be it, or (b) get a Samsung ativ 500t atom based for $549.99 leaving me with $550.00 to get a gpu and psu for my current rig.

2nd option:
don't go with touch screens and just get 2 non-touch screen 27" monitors totaling around $700.00

a Samung ativ 500t for $549.99
leaving me with $1,250.00 to spend on an ivy bridge rig with 8 gigs of memory and a low grade gpu

3rd option:
2 x 27" monitors for a total around $700.00
and $1,800.00 to spend on a ivy bride rig with a fairly decent gpu and 16gig of memory

ATM I am leaning more towards option 1, for my rig does do everything I need it to...but the temptation of a new rig is very tempting.

what option would you guys go with? or do you have a different recommended options?

Found this today, nice to see M$ getting it's back-side kicked. I wonder how much this will cost everyone in Europe.

I'm sure you all probably know about this already, but I thought these images are truly stunning.

I was reading today about Robots Warriors being used to fight wars as opposed to Regular Soldiers etc. I just hope they find a way of programming these thing to reconize the difference between civilians, forced to carry weapons and unarmed adversaries hiding behind them.