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Casey McKinnon - Twitter

“@Rudy: "So, what are you going to do while I'm gone?" Me: "Watch Gilmore Girls." @Rudy: "DAMN! Now I want to stay!"”

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Thomas Hawk

BART Shooting Protest Turns Violent - News Story - KTVU San Francisco

34 minutes ago - ktvu.com - Link

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"OAKLAND, Calif. -- A march protesting the slaying of young Oakland father at the Fruitvale BART station early New Year's Day became violent Wednesday evening as a group of marchers attacked a police and lit a dumpster on fire. An estimated 500 people gathered at the Fruitvale Bay Area Rapid Transit station Wednesday afternoon to protest the shooting death of Oscar Grant III at the hands of a transit agency police officer at the station early Jan. 1. For safety reasons, BART trains are bypassing the Fruitvale station while the protest continues. Organizers said the rally was planned to last until 8 p.m., but by 5:30 a substantial portion of the rally spontaneously started marching through the streets of Oakland towards downtown. While the majority of the marchers were well behaved, just after 6:30 p.m. a splinter group of protestors started causing trouble at the intersection of 8th Street and Madison not far from the Lake Merritt BART station. A fire was lit in a Dumpster on wheels that was rolled int" - Thomas Hawk via Bookmarklet

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it looks like the riots might start sooner than the trial. - Thomas Hawk

Oakland riot police responded, shooting tear gas and approaching the crowd with shields, helmets and batons drawn to force them to disperse. NewsChopper2 footage of the area showed police pursuing individuals from the group that was causing problems. So far, there are no reports of arrests or injuries. - Thomas Hawk

I can't like this. :( - Erica Baker

Quick, shutdown the bay bridge... - Chris White

When I read this headline and saw Thomas had shared it, I automatically thought there was some sort of photography protest. - Matt

My brother's going down to try and check out what's going on downtown. Still debating whether I should go down there with my camera or not. - Thomas Hawk

Definitely not going to make the situation any better... damn sad imho... - Ross Miller

Robert Scoble - Scobleizer -- Tech geek blogger

Win a Seagate FreeAgent|Theater HD on Twitter and friendfeed

2 hours ago - scobleizer.com - Link

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Still asking Robert, how will you know whose tweet they saw/acted on? - Ed Shaz/NextInstinct

Robert Scoble

“Walt and Kara, photo. Walt Mossberg says "Palm has a shot." #ces09”

11 minutes ago - via mail2ff - Link

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Hanging out at Digital Experience at CES. Looking for news. - Robert Scoble via mail2ff

Does the new Palm phone look like the leaked prototypes? - Mona N.

Robert will you be able to make the Tweetup? PLZ RSVP here: http://twtvite.com/7femhg - Ari Burton

Cameron Smith - Twitter

“OK, so Tripod playing at the CES keynote = great”

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Thomas Hawk - Zooomr

Sunset of Your God Damn Soul Andy Warhol

Buffalo Bill and the Indians on the Beach-55

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Thomas Hawk - Flickr

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Leo Laporte - TWiT.TV - Netcasts you love from people you trust

Daily Giz Wiz 739: Coby MP-305

2 hours ago - twit.tv - Link

Thomas Hawk

“Cool. Finally making the switch over from Blogger to WordPress. Aaron Brazell is going to do the conversion for me today/tonight if all works out. Hopefully all goes well. Keeping my fingers crossed.”

5 hours ago - Link

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Wordpress is so much better then blogger. You should make sure to update your favicon when you make the switch. - Davis Freeberg

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is it pretty easy to update a favicon with WP? - Thomas Hawk

super-easy - just upload new favicon.ico to the root of your public_html - James Hull

My friend is gong to do this as well. How hard is it to switch? - Jake Rome

Nice, congrats on the switch. You'll be *very* happy! WordPress FTW. - Tamar Weinberg

If you mean self-hosted Wordpress, I agree that for most purposes it is much better than Blogger. But if you are referring to letting wordpress.com host your blog, I'd have to disagree. I like being able to use JS and make money off of ads, which is something wordpress.com doesn't allow. - April Russo

WordPress.com or .org? - Tom Harrison

Wicked! I hope it goes through smoothly. (By the way, will you be on your own host or through WordPress.com? I don't think you can update a favicon through WordPress.com.) - Bryan Villarin

Wordpress is awesome, but April makes a good point. To really take advantage of it, you need to self host. - rogersdc (Chris)

Yes - usually when I think WordPress I mean .org. Hopefully that's what you're going for! - Tamar Weinberg

I've been testing Wordpress myself. WP 2.7's new Dashboard is just great, so easy to use. Don't forget the WPtouch plugin for iphones/itouches! - Paul Ward

I feel that 2009 will be the year I make the switch, will I be able to keep/replicate the same visible structure - http://joedawsons.com ?? - Joe Dawson

Joe: is that on blogger? should be easy to make the switch - rogersdc (Chris)

Joe, for the most part, yes, but you may need to get a graphic designer or web developer to help create a theme that you like. - Tamar Weinberg

Joe Dawson: The self-hosted version of WordPress lets you code your own themes from scratch, so you can replicate any design you want. WP templates are dead simple to learn, too. - Tom Harrison

yeah, self hosting, not at wordpress.org. I've already got thomashawk.com and my own dedicated server. Aaron's installing it on my server for me and doing the migration. Jake, it looked too difficult for me to figure out how to do the transfer but I'm sure Aaron is infinitely more adept at this sort of thing than I am. - Thomas Hawk

It should go great! Good luck! - iSteeve

*fingers crossed* good luck thomas! - david noelte

good luck. i think you'll find a world of exciting possibilities, especially with a self-hosted wordpress setup - Glenn Batuyong via twhirl

I've been impressed with how easy and solid WordPress has been to self-host. The only drawbacks I've seen are the customizations I have to reintegrate every time I update the theme or the core installation. - Rod Bauer via twhirl

I'm not planning on updating the theme much. I picked a very simple one with a white background and have a new logo for the top of the page. Other than that it's just a simple two column blog. I wanted it to look really clean. I'll add a few widgets though. Probably the friendfeed one and maybe the flickr one if it looks good. - Thomas Hawk

Make sure you use the same permalink format, or redirect posts to their new locations with 301 redirects. - Tom Harrison

I've been meaning to make the switch, too (I'm a self-hosted Blogger person as well), but it's all a little (well, a LOT) too daunting for me to tackle over a weekend. - vicster

hmmm.. not sure how that works Tom, hopefully Aaron is familiar with that. I'm assuming that the old links should still work. - Thomas Hawk

Sounds good. I've been thinking of switching from self-hosted Movable Type to WordPress. It seems to have a better selection of community & 3rd party supported templates, pagination, etc. Six Apart's direction for MT just doesn't support individuals as well as corporate clients. - William Beem

vicster, it was wayyyyy too daunting for me to even try. Glad that Aaron was willing to give it a go for me. - Thomas Hawk

Yeah, wouldn't worry. Aaron's quite capable. - Tom Harrison

Anybody happen to know if Blogger actually caps comment access at 5000? - Aaron Brazell

Congrats...this will be a major upgrade. Will you be using a photo optimized theme? Let us know when the site is live. - Mark Krynsky

Good Luck Aaron & Thomas. I look forward to finally meeting Aaron in person tomorrow at the Social Media Club (SMC) Rochester NY meetup @ Triphammer Grill wooo hooo! - Susan Beebe

ScottBourne - Scott Bourne

I am not sure but I think IDG is recording some or all of my presentations and that they will be...

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Robert Scoble

“Twitter/friendfeed contest: be the first to get Seagate's FreeAgent Theater HD media player. Details here:”

2 hours ago - Link

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http://scobleizer.com/2009/01/... has the details. - Robert Scoble

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First. I win. I'll tell you where to send it here: - Shawn Farner

Want to be one of the first to try out the Seagate FreeAgent|Theater HD media player device? It comes out in March, but you can win one today. Here’s the first way to win: How: Be one of the first 10 people to meet me at the Seagate meeting room on Thursday, January 8, 2009 at 1 p.m. PT. Bring a business card or contact info so we know where to ship your prize. You must be a member of Twitter or friendfeed. What do I win?: You’ll be the first to get a new FreeAgent Theater HD Media Player when the product ships in March. It’s your chance to enjoy digital media on your TV with a cool product that won a CES 2009 Innovations Award. Where: Las Vegas Convention Center, South Hall 4, Room S215-S216 “But, Scoble, I can’t go to CES.” Well, there’s a second way to win: Be the one to tell the winner about the contest. “Huh?” Well, if you retweet my Twitter message and the person who shows up tomorrow says that they learned about the contest from you, you win the device too. We did this earlier in the year where w - Robert Scoble

So sool Robert! Segates CEO 'Gets it'. And their quality is still good. - Michael G. Galli

Now that I live in Indonesia, no chance I'm gonna get that prize. My network is no where near you. Can you make it another one eligible for your online far away readers? ;) - Akhmad Fathonih

Akhmad: that's not true. Last time I did this several people outside the US won, including in India. This is now a global network. - Robert Scoble

Akhmad: You don't have a chance if you don't try ;) - Larsen aka Qbat

Akhmad: Oh, and I'll randomly give away anyone who doesn't give someone else's name other than mine. So that's another way to win. - Robert Scoble

Randomly out of which group is that? - Tom Ribbens

Tom: anyone who talks about the contest on Twitter or friendfeed. - Robert Scoble

Go Akhmad.. :D - Pico Seno

Thomas Hawk

Windows 7 beta: First impressions | Business Tech - CNET News

9 hours ago - news.cnet.com - Link

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"Windows 7 could be one of Microsoft's greatest operating systems, if it fulfills the promise shown by the unofficial beta version (build 7000) we have been testing for the past couple of days. Let me preface these quick impressions of Redmond's latest opus by saying that I came to Windows 7 after having happily run the much-maligned Windows Vista on my Intel Core 2 Duo-based PC for the past 18 months (alongside Ubuntu)." - Thomas Hawk via Bookmarklet

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My husband won't shut up about this. I guess he's running it on his laptop, but he loves it. - Anika Malone

I'm looking forward to Media Center in Windows 7. I sure hope MSFT includes an interface here for Netflix that is as good as the one that they have on the XBox 360. - Thomas Hawk

Running it on my mac via fusion since yesterday. Massive leap since vista where performance and usability goes. - FatOracle (Kamath)

I've been running Windows 7 exclusively (at home and work) for almost 9 months now. It's a different ballgame this time around -- the beta version is rock solid for daily use. - Charlie Owen

Oh, and Thomas, it's largely up to Netflix to determine if an interface is built for Windows Media Center. In other words, you should probably revise your comment to read 'I sure hope Netflix builds an interface for Windows Media Center...'. - Charlie Owen

I agree with Charlie - I've running it both home and work as well and it is indeed a really solid beta - usable for daily use. - Brandon LeBlanc via twhirl

Apparently MSFT has gone for a different dev approach this time. Any feature that is added to a release build is feature complete and what you get is working pretty solid. - FatOracle (Kamath)

So we essentially have to pay twice to get the non-beta OS. - John Rubier

Robert Scoble - Twitter

“Aarrrgggh, Tr.im bit me. My blog post about Scoble blindness is up at http://scobleizer.com on my blog.”

2 hours ago - Link

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Robert Scoble - Twitter

“@moon I'm headed over to Pepcom Digital Experience event tonight. That's at the Mirage. See you there?”

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“@LlamaCaeruleus thanks, I didn't get much sleep last night. I fixed the post. Appreciate the help!”

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Robert Scoble - FastCompany.TV - Scobleizer TV, Fast Company Live

Exclusive: Seagate Introduces New HD Media Storage and Sharing Device

yesterday at 6:06 pm - fastcompany.tv - Link

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Looks great. Extensive codec support? - Patrick Pushor

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Are the specs in the video, Robert? - Shawn Farner

Patrick: yes, pretty good. I just plugged in my FlipCam and it worked without doing anything. - Robert Scoble

Shawn, yes, and I'll link to them in my blog post too. - Robert Scoble

Will it run arbitrary software? What's the power consumption like? In other words, can I hook up a Drobo and a LAN and have this thing run as my media server, bit torrent client, and podcatcher? - xero

xero: it's not an internet device. it's not meant for geeks. It's meant to make it easy for normal people to get their content onto their HDTV. - Robert Scoble

Sad day, I'm really looking for something like what I described. I've been thinking about an Intel Atom box to sit in the entertainment rack, but I heard they have issues streaming 1080. - xero

They aren't making it easy to write about :) - Shawn Farner

Shawn: my blog post is up: http://scobleizer.com/2009/01/... - Robert Scoble

xero: I have a MacMini hooked up to my system. Why wouldn't that be what you do? - Robert Scoble

Hrm. MacMini actually seems well purposed for that, though at a very oddly expensive price for what it contains. - xero

I think Apple needs to put their prices a little bit down to make MORE new customers. Many people are waiting and waiting for lower prices before they buy their Apple products. - Larsen aka Qbat

I use Acer Aspire L5100 with XP thats hooked up to my LCD-TV and surround sound..works great. - Larsen aka Qbat

Note that one of the main things I want is low power consumption and low noise, it will be on 24/7. Intel Core 2 Duo in the Mini would be decent at both, but not on the same order as the Atom. - xero

Robert Scoble

“Seagate introduces new HD Media Storage and Sharing device and avoids "Scoble blindness:" I explain here:”

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http://www.fastcompany.tv/vide... - Robert Scoble

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I'm working on a new post about the Scoble Blindness meme running around and will be back shortly. - Robert Scoble

This device was designed for normal people, not geeks like me. To read up on "Scoble blindness," read this post: http://www.mpdailyfix.com/2009... - Robert Scoble

I posted my blog post about Scoble blindness and the Seagate device here: http://scobleizer.com/2009/01/... - Robert Scoble

404 - James Hull

James: Fixed: http://scobleizer.com/2009/01/... - Robert Scoble

Robert Scoble - Scobleizer -- Tech geek blogger

Seagate avoids Scoble Blindness with new HD media sharing and storage device

2 hours ago - scobleizer.com - Link

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I would pay good money to watch the hilarity ensue if you started talking about what Google is, blogging 101 and YouTube videos! - Chris Luckhardt

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Robert Scoble

“If you had $3,000 in your pocket, which would you buy? Canon 5D MKII or Apple 17-inch MacBookPro. Discuss here:”

23 hours ago - Link

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Neither - MiɳiMagɘ is EnderMage

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We are arguing about that on the CES bus. Geeks! - Robert Scoble

Canon 5D MKII hands down. - Andrew Hyde

pro for sho - Brad Will

Canon camera. I need a great camera more than a Mac - tsudohnimh

5d Mk II - Scott Loftesness

5D MKII, since I've already got a Mac Pro. ;) - Cory OBrien

Have a Nikon D300 and my old MBP is on the fritz, so this woud be a slam dunk for me - Gregg Gallagher

17 inch MBP because I love it. Then I'd buy a cheap 40D. I get more use out of a laptop than I do a camera. - Michael Yurechko

Apple 17-inch MacBookPro with a matte screen. - Arturo

People who get a good cannon keep them forever, I go through a macbook every few years - Michael Struening

Macbook Pro. Only because I'm a Nikon fan. D300 is definitely my choice of camera ;) - Tamar Weinberg

mac - David Banes via IM

Mac - Jeff Douglass

Would have to be the MacBookPro - Jason Townsend

The Canon. A solid peice of hardware and I'm after a camera - Mo Kargas

5D MKII of course. - jeremy franklin

The Canon. I'd have so much more fun with a zippy camera than a Big Mac. - Mike Neumann

Probably the computer. I'm happy with the first gen 5D I'm about to buy and as awesome as the camera is, the MBP doesn't need another $5K in lenses. - Derrick

Neither, you need at least twice that for glass & equipment to get the "rig" you should want for a Canon MKII - sorry, 3K isn't enough for that toy; and spending 3K on disposable technology (Mac equipment) isn't a wise investment. - Enrique Gutierrez

MBP....i miss my macs! - Brian Bufalo

5D MKII hands down. I can hold onto the memory cards until I get to a desktop :) - Austin

Without question: 5D mark II - Rodney L.

MBP - it's a means of production for me, once i make some extra cash with it I can always buy the 5D ;-) - Warren

which are you going to get more utility from? I'm guessing the Canon. - Peter Warnock

I already have a 5D MKII but I would take another one in a heartbeat, or a couple of nice L glass - Bill Pennington

5D Mark II..... no doubt. - Albert K

Canon, without a doubt. - Brad Butner

Definitely the MacBook Pro...but then again I'm not a photographer. - Charlie Flowers

Neither, I'd use it to buy food for a year. - Will Higgins

Canon - Chacha via IM

Considering I can make quicker cash with my Photography work I would say the Canon 5D MKII and then I would buy the Apple 17 inch MacBook Pro with some of my earnings! - Patrick Greer

Um, food. Yeah, yeah, I know...moving on... - Patrick

5D Mark II. And then throw the remaining towards some new glass. - Andy Hannon

2k into the bank, 1k for computer upgrades and other stuff. - Grant Bierman

5D Mk II everytime ... unless I don't have a Mac at that particular time ... - Stephen Taylor

I would go for the Macbookpro - Troy Malone

5D MKII...already have a MacBookPro and I'm willing to ditch my Nikon gear! - Dan Shust

Canon 5D MKII since I already have the 15" MBP. - Alan Le

I don't need either one--but I think the Canon would have much better resale value--so given the choices: Canon. - Rob Michael

Canon 5D MKII - for sure! - I really want one.... :( - Brad

MBP - not a photographer - Matt Faulkner

A 50D and a fast lens. ;-) - D. Lambert

I've already got the 15" unibody so I'd go for the 5Dmkii - Sparky

If I didn't have a laptop, then I would get the 17" MBP. If I already had a lappy, then get the camera... - William Sellers

Well, I recently moved from a 30D to a 5DMII because it was a huge upgrade for my "system". With a 2 year old Macbook Pro still serving me well for my needs, it's an easy decision. Additionally, I can't see using a 17" notebook over a 15 for portability sake, I'd just as well get an iMac and keep using my Macbook Pro for mobile use. - Ryan

Aren't you in Vegas? I think there are a few other options in front of you.. - JonSupermurray

5D!! - Wil

The camera. I have a new macbook already. - Jim Williams

The 5D is more than a $3k investment. It's $3k upfront but thousands in lenses, flashes and other gear over the years. - Michael Yurechko

Canon 5DMIII... - Greg Kamer

MacBookPro 17-inch. I am a Nikon guy. So, Canon 5D MKII if I had $7K for all the lenses, too. - Chintan Zaveri

The camera! I already have the 15" MBpro. 17" is just too big. - Sherry Main

My 1 yr-old MacBook doesn't thrill me; it sits on the desk unused, and I just couldn't pay more than $200 for a camera, unless I was dreadfully rich. - MiɳiMagɘ is EnderMage

5DMKII - sell some images on istockphoto, and then buy an MSI Wind and install OSX. It is faster than my 15" MBP! - Darren Mak

Definitely the 5D MkII - Christopher Chan

MBP. I just got a brand new camera. - Glen Campbell

$3,000 worth of NOODLZ - Bwana

100 shares of CRM ;D - barl0w

What would I do with a Mac? - drsPIX

5D MkII - want! I already have a Mac, iPhone, 2 PC's and a laptop. <sigh> gadget budget is small right now though. - Jim Bergman

canon 5d. already have a 15 mbp - Kiran Patchigolla

5D MK II You can always get the Mac later. - Yu Yu Din

I'd pay my bills and buy some groceries. - ::Kristen::

Apple 17-inch MacBook Pro. - Chris Luckhardt

What's an Apple 17-inch MacBookPro and why would a person need one? - Michael Krigsman

Mac book pro - Randy

MacBook Pro because I have neither a mac or digital SLR and the Mac does many things where as the canon does one thing well/ - Bryan Lee

Canon 5D MKII - Mansoor

I'll take the MacBook Pro - Rob

MacBookPro...or a Martin 12 http://guitars.musiciansfriend... and use the difference to buy a copy of logic pro for my 15" macbook pro - Armen Chakmakjian

5D MKII - do you want to lug around that 17" beast? - nicholas einstein

I'll go for the MacBook. My heart beats nikon so.... - studio_juan

MBP - already have a nice Canon - but my Mac sits firmly on my desk - shaun mclane

MacBook Pro, but I would need another $1200 for the 8GB of RAM. - Shawn Hickman

5D MKII. Even though I already have one. - Kathleen McGivney

Neither. Maybe 3 coins :). I have a Macbook Pro which I don't use often comparing to my PC. I am not into the consumer electronic stuff, only got a digital cam last year :). - dexin

Canon. Can't believe Apple ditched the matte screen on the 17" - FCP users and photographers don't want a glossy screen - the idea of the 17" is the ability to use it out in the field for photo/video editing. - Peter Clayton

So limiting, Robert! If I could pick whatever I wanted, I'd get one of those sweet Asus multi-touch netbooks coming out - and then use the rest to buy Yahoo! stock. :P - Shawn Farner

MB 13'' and the external cinema display. MBP17 is huge to carry out - Jean-Charles VERDIE

canon - jeff

17" MBP FTW! You should create a poll on SocialToo.com Robert, then we can see graphed results! - Joseph

I'd get the Mac Book Pro because cameras require something to take a picture of. The only photos I have are screenshots of the sweet Purps on my Blood Elf Priest. - Morgan Collins

Craigslist in Cincinnati - 5D for 1200: http://cincinnati.craigslist.o... - D. Lambert

Wow, what a great argument! 82 comments in 17 minutes! - Robert Scoble

MacBook Pro. I really, really, really want a new laptop even though my current MacBook works just fine. - Nation Hahn

Camera. Droooooooooool. - Alix Whitmire ƸӜƷ

Well part of it would have to go towards fixing my car, http://preview.tinyurl.com/9dz.... Then the rest would go towards buying a second camera body to be my main and at least one lens if not two. Then the rest would go towards bills. - mathew, keynote not lame

Robert: Apple products plus awesome SLR cameras...response is a given :) - Mo Kargas

the camera is nice - especially all the HD video. friend of mine in the movie post-production business reckons this sort of Camera will KILL the movie camera business in a few years time. especially at the low-budget movie (<$30 million) of the movie business. RED already making big inroads. much cheaper than an ARRI. - Scot Mcphee

The MK II as I already have the MBP 17 inch...older but it works. - Semipro

Canon 5D is the winner for me. Great digital photography is the gift that keeps on giving.... ;-) - John Uppendahl

Well.... Given that I have 4 PC desktops, 2 PC laptops, and 1 iMac, all of which are operational and regularly used, AND that I suck at photography, I'm going for what's behind door #3: A whopping big HDTV -- which will get hooked up to the living room PC, of course. ;-) - Joanmarie

17" Mac. Already have a camera. . . - Scott Whitney

Nikon D3 - Bill Sanders

Macbook Pro for me. Would be my first Mac. - Jim Bednarz

Nikon D3 - ThePicMan

MacBook Pro. Don't need such a super-duper crazy camera. Not a real photographer. But a very real Mac geek. - Louis Gray

5D for sure! - Daniel Pourasghar

I'd go the MacBook - but I'd also load it up with the full 8gb of RAM I see as an option (and not many people mentioning). Sadly, a nice 17" MBP setup it just over NZ$10k :( - Mark Derricutt

MacBook Pro. Hands down. I'm a computer engineer, not a photographer. - Logan Leger

well since I've already got a Canon 5D Mark II... hmmmm... - Thomas Hawk

I'll buy neither. What I would rather do is try to buy one share of BRK-B if it gets to that price. :) - imabonehead

The 17" Mac Book Pro, I already have a 5D MkII ;-) - Jeff P. Henderson

I'd buy the camera, I have always loved photography and wanted to learn. - Ruth Ferguson

The Canon, all the way man!! - Finding The View

Apple! I don't like the fact of the hd video recorder on the 5D and I want the Sony alpha! - Brandy Lea

Canon. 15" MBP is the largest I'll go. - saeba

I would take the cash and build an ultimate gaming PC !!! :D - ralphsaunders

When you buy an inexpensive camera, you really sacrifice quality, and that lack of quality endures (you want to keep your photos forever, right?). When you buy an inexpensive computer, that's not the case (I don't need a unibody case :) - David

Canon 5D - easy answer! - Susan Beebe

Ouch, this one hurts. I suppose I can't opt for a Nikon equivalent to the Canon? If this is the choice, I'd opt for the MacBook Pro. But if I had 3K, I'd buy myself the Nikon D300 - Karoli

The Canon. A 17" laptop is too big unless you plan to use it as a desktop. - Hartley Spurlock

Mac for sure.I have a first generation Macbook and I need a new one. Kaya Singer - Kaya

I'd pay off my credit card. For all that stuff I, like, already bought. - Jandy Stone

the Macbook pro but only because I need to upgrade my computer. - Anna Lynn M.

the Camera for sure - Tai

5d Mark II - Jauder Ho

None - a super-gaming rig. :) - carrotmadman6

Definitely a Canon 5D. - Maria Colacurcio

5D Mark II - Hands down. - Seagate

I would save it until I had between $8-15K for a CO2 laser cutting machine. I like my macs small, and while full frame sounds nice, I know I'm not nearly hungry enough to go pro in photography, so 40D suits me just fine. - Jason Wehmhoener

That's a tough one because I have been wanting to get my first Mac (have to start somewhere, right?!) but am a hard core Canon fan/user. So if push came to shove, I would have to go with the Canon. - Laura Zickus

Mmm, CO2 lasers. - Mo Kargas

That would be either a trip to another continent or a Fujitsu LifeBook P1630, but it would not be either of the options in the question. I seriously cannot understand $3k for a camera, unless you're going to make that money back in a month or two WITH said camera. - MiɳiMagɘ is EnderMage

Neither, I would invest in the stock market. - Denton Gentry

I'd prefer a D300, however no matter what brand I'd take the camera in a second over the MBP. Save up another $500 and get a Windows Notebook as well. - Kenton

The Canon 5D MKII for sure. Cameras bring me a lot more joy than flashy computers. Though a 17-inch MacBookPro would be nice to edit those new photos on too ;-) - Ian Holton via twhirl

Probably the Mac. I would never carry around a DSLR. Too big. - Rodfather

Neither. The new full frame format with HD Movies (wow! Woopee *rolls eyes*) is crap - only 3.9 FPS?! Who are they kidding?! - Adam

Seeing my Macbook Pro is 5 months old. I would buy neither...but I would buy a MacPro with more RAM. - Ryan

I take a cruise with Lindsay - big ass stateroom. - Tad Goes to 11

Neither, I'd get a Canon Rebel XTi and build a new gaming PC, anything left over would go toward the new home NOC - xero

I would take my lover to Italy :) - Maryam Scoble

The Canon 5D, I find the photographic process calming, a welcome diversion from the ones and zeros. - cornedbeefgents

Awwww :) - Mo Kargas

Nikon D700 - Rod Bauer via twhirl

There's one in every crowd. - Rod Bauer via twhirl

I'd go with the Macbook Pro - Joe Davison

If I had the $3,000, Canon 5D and a larger donation here http://tinyurl.com/daniela Pros: it's more portable, takes better pictures, and connects to my more compact 15" Macbook Pro. Of course, it doesn't work with my Nikon lenses, so... - Lee Dale

Canon 5D MKII only cause I have a Macbook Pro. If I didnt it would be the Macbook. - Bob Maltais

Nah. Patrick's college fund. 5D Mark 2 or the Macbook isn't all that exciting. - Joshua Hayworth

cannon.I kill computers, so not worth spending 3 grand on one. Plus I have a (beat up) macbook pro already. - InPerpetualMotion(Gina k)

Photos shoot at 3.9 fps, video shoots at 30 fps. @AdamGiovane - Jim Bergman

The MacBook of course. - Rob Fahrni

Of course, The MacBook Pro - Rashad

mac - Vishy

5D, but I wish it had XLR audio. - Gus

the new MBP, without a doubt ... my current ones needs a refresh (I'm accepting donations btw) ;-) - Jeffrey Canton

Since I'll be getting the new MBP anyway, I'll take the 5D. BTW, is anyone keeping score? - Brad

I would buy the Canon, but of course, I would need a MacBook Pro in order to edit/view the photos the way they were meant to be viewed. - Robert Peña

Blatant self-promotion, but if Robert used re-searchr.com it would keep score for us... I wrote it to suck down inline multiple choice selections so no ne would even have to leave ff - James Ostheimer

Robert, you're asking the question that's been pondering in my mind from some time (albeit it used to be with the 15" and Cinema display v. 5D/a900/D700 -cannot make my mind-). I want to be able to make a decision before March. I think I'll be going for the Mac, since I might relocate in part of the world where carrying an expensive piece of art around my neck might be more dangerous than here, in JPN. - Paul Papadimitriou

I'd go for a MBP, mine needs an upgrade and I just bought a 50D not long ago which is just fine for me. - Andrew Trinh via Nambu

I need cash! :) - Randy

Some of us are Nikon people. Some of us are not Mac people. I'll just take the 3 Gs. - Eric @ CS Techcast

Nikon D700 + 50mm 1.4 prime lens! - Guillaume Lemoine

More lenses. My camera is fine, and this Thinkpad is a good 'un. - Paula Wirth

Seems like Apple design the 17-inch MacBookPro just can use in 3years.the battery can only use in 1000 times,1time per 1day,3years.But Canon 5D can take more beatuful pics for me,and can stand by me more than 3years.if i really have 3000dollers,i real do this.kick off 17-inch MacbookPro. - jedorstar via twhirl

Lenses, like Paula sez. - Rob Kramer

Buy half and half :) - Michael Forian