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After the long delay we're seeing for Half Life 2, I see a lot of people frustrated because they spent really big bucks on hardware, anticipating the game on 9/30. I nearly did the same thing myself, and thankfully I never quite managed to finalize a purchase before the news of HL2's release setback.
Upon realization about how lucky I was I hadn't wasted my money on expensive hardware early, I've made myself a new policy for purchasing hardware. Wait until after a game has released, then play it on my current machine while purchasing new hardware. Starting to play on the exact day a game is released isn't worth a mistake of $700... at least to me. Perhaps some of you share the same opinion.