Hi all. I think its pretty obvious what my name is, (not that you had enough matt's as it was)

I have been interested in mining for a while, i dont mind if i dont make money so long as I break even as it. My main interest is not to get rich, more that I was hoping mining could be a cheaper way of acquiring bitcoins.

However, I have never been able to fully get into bitcoin mining as it doesnt take a genius to work out that the hardware costs, and the costs of power, and the costs of reliable internet makes it cheaper to buy bitcoins, rather then to mine for them.

But with these new asic machines! I can see the potential that this has to revolutionize the mining process. If I had a choice between an asic and a bfl, based on what I know I would take the BFL. They seem to be more noob friendly (although considering their is no product in existance yet, I guess its easy to make up whatever features you want)

Can anyone, anywhere vouch that BFL is not a scam? I am kicking myself for not taking an asic when I had the chance (I wanted to see if they were legit and delivered)

Is there any other hardware besides asic and BFL that is worth consideration?