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I don't 'keep my PC in a windowless black case under my desk, because I'm boring'.

I keep my PC in a windowless black case on my desk.

As for limited edition runs, well, if they also provide a discernible improvement over the standard then yeah, why not, I guess. Personally, that's the only thing that would peek my interest.

 

Not a fan of themed hardware either. There's a load of BO4 hardware and peripherals out at the moment, which is fine for the fanboiz but what happens when the game's old in a few years?

What is the resale value of hardware emblazoned with logos from a game that isn't cool any more? Foolish to buy it IMO.

 

Limited edition hardware strikes me as very similar to low-production number performance versions of standard cars.

To most, utterly stupid and a waste of money. Usually in gaudy colours.

To the people who like it? Crack cocaine covered in heroin.

 

I use headphones and I don't need extra room on my desk for all those empty bottles of 'writer's aid'.

 

To me this makes more sense. There's typically an element of manual fettling involved, possibly third party parts or engineers, likely a limited market at well.
A limited run car I happen to be familiar with is the Polestar. There are fair few components not from the Volvo parts bin, third party suppliers, and bespoke for the specific model, along with engineers from the racing arm involved with development/production. This along with the simple question of how many people will pick the Polestar vs something German with their own money (as desirability doesn't necessarily translate there either), makes sense to do a limited run.

Of course there are other manufacturers *COUGHPORSCHECOUGHCOUGH* that just do it to influence demand and let their favouritest dealers pad out their revenue, but at least they're distinctly separate models.

Not so convinced with PC hardware though, especially with the way it drops in value. For marginal additional cost, and it it looks or performs better, or there are other perks to having it then maybe. But I'm not sure I really see the value in "limited" in of itself.

 

Same here, except I pushed the boat out with a white case.

 

Happy to buy limited editions if they provide something for the bump in price, like cherry picked GPUs and CPUs but I'd do so in the knowledge they will be worth nothing once next gen comes out.

 

I have a Ducky YOTD...

 

"Worth it?"

If it is something like a case that can easily last a decade? Sure, why not.

But something like a CPU waterblock that will be a paperweight a year down the road because Intel changed socket again? No thanks.

 

I posit that black is more scientifically boring than white, on account of being 0 colour, vs max colours.

 

Your mum's a rebuttal.

 

Oh, don't get me wrong, I think limited edition productions of tech are absolutely pointless. At absolute best it has two years before it's either broken, or obsolete and being shuffled into a cupboard, or ebay for someone who couldn't get one at the time but is still a collector.

I'd prefer tech came in two flavours: Normal gaudy **** or plain. Be it black, white, whatever the company's 'colour' is. I'd, of course, prefer black.

Limited edition cars, for whatever reason, tend to rev my engine and make me want them. I'm looking at you, Lexus LFA, and Ford GT. And all the RS marques I want..

 

If you were talking light but you are discussing pigment. White paint (i.e. pigment) is the absences of colour, thus reflecting all visible light. Black pigment is all colours and reflecting no light.

Any ways I have a windowless black box under my desk and white box with a window on my desk. I should point out the window faces a wall so it might as well not be there.

On Topic:
I won't every buy limited edition, even if they are enhanced performance, unless it is a clear out sale and it is cheaper than the regular item. Manufactures will continue to sell limited edition as long as people snap them up.

 

Not sure about a rebuttal but, I'm bored with black everything, white is not black, ergo, white is good. I also have a Filco keyboard with yellow key caps.