I have a dev kit, but unless you want to develop games, I'd wait for the consumer version. There's just too much missing in terms of resolution and positional tracking.
If you just want to demo the rift, here's a map of willing owners: https://maps.google.com/maps/ms?msa=0&msid=21608056830108037...
My Macbook Pro runs the rift just fine, but it all depends on the game.