Personally, if there were no magic or essence loss, I'd go with synaptics. Those would r0sx0rz.

Brainware/VCR in no particular order, then senseware. Datajack would be high on my list, but VCR requires it, so I don't have to choose

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Datajack, if going off the list and picking one.

"Lots of shit" if we're not.

That one's easy... Datajack.

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I vote none, cause I would be a mage or TM.

Good point.

..five that are not on the list come to mind:

Enhanced Articulation - great cure for my arthritis

Mnemonic Enhancement - Would be a real help for tracking jobs & tasks at work, & learning languages when travelling.

Standard Headware Radio - Could listen to tunes & keep up on sports scores all day without the boss knowing it.

Sleep Regulator - excellent for coping with those weekend marathon gaming sessions.

Vision enhancement (Retinal Mods) - Low Light, standard vision mag would be a real bonus.

I'd get something that'd allow me to control my metabolism, and drop down to an ideal weight. Also, get some bioware that'd control inflammatory response and get rid of my allergies. (edit: and a sleep regulator - that'd kick ass)

Then I'd get my joints fixed up (a couple of replacement ligaments for my left shoulder and right knee, and enhanced articulation), followed by a muscle toner of some sort to get rid of neck and back pain.

Finally, get my eyes fixed to 20/20 vision.

At that point, maybe I'd start thinking of getting something just for the fun of it... like an encephalon or some other kind of brain-boosting 'ware, followed by something to enhance agility, coordination, and reaction time.

I said no essence loss, so I'd be a perfect Rifts character with magic and tech.

I voted for the Datajack, wired would be fun, but I think it'd get boring eventually.

Enhanced articulation would be a close second, along with sleep regulator.

I'd consider getting cybereyes just because I'm near sighted.

That being said, psychologically I might not want to have my natural eyes ripped out.

You put up none of the really interesting ones, ie. Cerebral Boosters, Mnemonic Enhancers, Sleep Regulators, Encephalons and Math SPUs, Transducers, and Skillwires. Of the choices in the poll, the Datajack is the only one I'd be interested in -- assuming everything went SR, it'd be of marginal utility in the real world.

Wired Reflexes and Synaptic Acc. would probably be my first piece of 'ware followed by a datajack, sleep regulator, toner and augmentation and enhanced articulation. Maybe a smartlink too. Hopefully the army would pay for it

Cybereyes with Displaylink, LowLight, IR, Zoom and the usual cosmetic modifications coupled with some Headware-memory, Math-SPU and a Datajack (not much fun in having Headwarememory + HUD without being able to supply them with data ).
Last but not least a sleep regulator might come in handy ...

If we went all SR tomorrow, I could save up to get a datajack or just use 'trodes.

Now, Tailored Pheromones, those are a different story...

Bone enhancements for me. They would be good for contact sports like Jui jitsu. Really hard to breack your arm when its is as hard as steel.

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Only one? Only?

Damn. There goes my plans for chrome-ing out.

Datajack it is.

If multiple... Oh, man. More Human Than Human. (Or should it be Less Human?)

i had to pick the VCR, i would rather have picked something like a smartlink but of those listed i had to go with the VCR.

Shit, forgot about that...

Enhanced Articulation.

Full cyborg, Kuze/Batou style.

Hello? Smartlink?

WHY get a datajack when trodes do the same thing?? You guys are in the pre-SR4 mindset.

I would get a sleep regulator if I had to choose one. Next I would get pheremones and cerebral boosters. The combat things such as muscle toners and wired wouldn't really help me considering I don't ever get into combat situations outside of martial arts class.

Cybereyes. Getting rid of my glasses and get low light vision as a bonus

The pheromones. The possibilities are endless.

If I could only have one, ever, it would be the datajack. If it was one free and you pay for the next, pheromones... Datajacks are cheap, + to cha is priceless...

but if you had muscle augmentation and wired reflexes you might get in more combat situations. I know I would.

If I *HAD* to choose, and assuming the ware came with all the appropriate stuff to make it useful (a jack with my dell laptop wouldn't be much use), I'd have to go with the datajack first, just because, being a computer geek, that's the one that would get the most use.

I'd love to get cyber eyes, a cyber limb and a datajack, though. I think I'd be completely happy with just those three (not being a combat monster or anything, I don't really need all the speed enhancements).

The one thing I think your list needs, since most people will find non-combat cyber more useful than combat cyber, is the Mr. Studd implant (or does that fall under 'hydraulics'?)

Pheremones are tempting; they seem to have the most practical application in my life. But I have to go with the eyes. I've missed too many good job opportunities because of my vision.

Vehicle Control Rig. It'd be pretty much required in my line of duty.

I picked muscle augmentation. If I got to pick more, It would be things like synthacardium, Bonedensity, Muscle Toner and Augmentation, and skillwires. I do work that involves a lot of labor, and that set up would make my life super easy.

I picked cybereyes, because my near-sighted vision can be a pain in the ass at times. Although you must admit that cybereyes can't be beat in the long run, they never go out of style, never become obsolete, and can always be modified as the years go by.

A datajack would be my second choice, but as some have already stated, they've been made almost obsolete and unneccisary. Thats technology progression for you.

Lastly, I'd pick wired reflexes or something like it. I don't know just how much I'd use it, but it'd still be fun as hell to go through the day in bullet time.

I like the idea of being able to think a bajillion times faster than normal with synaptics.

Either encephalon or math coprocessor (3); maybe cerebral booster (2).

Mman... cybereyes can be hacked. Frag that, gimme biological iniative acceleration. Make me fast as greased poop.

I went with synactic accelerators. Cause if we went SR tomorrow, I figure I would need the extra speed just to stay alive.

Next would be sleep regulator, followed by a whole lot.

Sleep Regulator. Followed by loaded out eyes. (Low light, IR, Magnifacation, and flare comp.) and a math coP.

wait... are we talking 3rd ed or 4th here?

Datajack, definitely (and/or cranial cyberdeck/commlink depending). Feeds my online addiction, enables fun with computers, and easy on the Essence all in one package (gotta perserve my Magic att y'know)

i picked datajack on the list, but cybereyes, muscle agg., maybe wired, and some others are allso tempting.

Enhanced artwinkulation but... alas not on the list.

VCR... while jumped in you can access the matrix anyway.