After reading the title of the article I fully believe that someone needs to get to work on making a mixed drink, with whiskey of course, called the Irish Tax Dodger
I love the game and this is by far the perfect companion piece to it! Ever thought about doing it professionally? Im sure the folks at Gearbox would love to see this thing
Ill second this and go a step further. Do a dualboot (using Berry Boot) of Raspian and either OpenELEC or RaspBMC. I personally like RaspBMC better but its all preference. This way you can have XBMC and Debian running on the same card.
Ive had nothing but problems with Acer over the years and Im sure they improved but I still have the bad taste in my mouth. If it were me, Id go with the Prime, that thing is just sexy.
I just scored a 6950 Trin Frozr II for somewhere around 270 after rebates and I believe the Twin Frozr III can be had for 300. Ive been nothing but happy with mine though.