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This message was posted by Mandoris, posted on January 07, 2001 at 04:59:12 coming from 64.193.217
This message is a reply to Re: posted from mikael posted at January 06, 2001 at 17:52:03
> Yeah, but I'm saying, why waste money on something like that, when you have your computer and it can do the job for you. Would you spend 200-300 extra dollars just to have a smaller computer? You're gonna have 2 computers, 1 big and 1 small, that is completetly superfluous.
> mikael

Hehe, sometimes the best things in life are superfluous.. :) I looked into it a little, you can buy an 11"x11"x3" book pc with built in TVout, sound, lan, modem, dvdplayer, wireless kb/mouse, game port, etc for $218... You'd need about $150-200 more for the HD, ram, and cpu.

What you'd end up with is a relatively portable machine that you could load every emulator on, attach two good controllers to it, and play pretty much any game system game on your tv.. Also, it would double as a dvd player, the unit even has a hardware dvd decoder onboard. As well, assuming the place your at has lan connectivity, it's a webtv as well... Although I can't really say I've always wished for a webtv :)

In any event, you'd have a box the size of a playstation2 that could play pretty much any 16bit and back game you could think of, as they'd all easily fit on a 20gig drive, which is already down to $100 and dropping... :)

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Re: mikael 11:24:05 01/07/01 (8) responses
- Re: Mandoris 15:45:30 01/07/01 (7) responses
  - Re: mikael 16:56:04 01/07/01 (6) responses
    - Dude, all I have to say is, what the hell is your problem. I'm done. -nt- Mandoris 21:15:50 01/07/01 (5) responses
      - Dude, I have no problem. You just presented me an idea, and I'm just criticizing it. Nothing wrong with that. (nt) mikael 15:26:55 01/08/01 (4) responses
        
        Big difference between discussing and attacking, not worth more thread though.. -nt- Mandoris 21:04:11 01/08/01 (3) responses
        
        Big difference between CRITICIZING and ATTACKING (nt) mikael 17:35:25 01/09/01 (0) responses
        
        Re: Big difference between discussing and attacking, not worth more thread though.. -nt- Rob 03:21:38 01/09/01 (1) response
        
        Thanks Rob Mandoris 22:26:42 01/09/01 (0) responses

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Message	> > Yeah, but I'm saying, why waste money on something like that, when you have your computer and it can do the job for you. Would you spend 200-300 extra dollars just to have a smaller computer? You're gonna have 2 computers, 1 big and 1 small, that is completetly superfluous. > > mikael > > Hehe, sometimes the best things in life are superfluous.. :) I looked into it a little, you can buy an 11"x11"x3" book pc with built in TVout, sound, lan, modem, dvdplayer, wireless kb/mouse, game port, etc for $218... You'd need about $150-200 more for the HD, ram, and cpu. > What you'd end up with is a relatively portable machine that you could load every emulator on, attach two good controllers to it, and play pretty much any game system game on your tv.. Also, it would double as a dvd player, the unit even has a hardware dvd decoder onboard. As well, assuming the place your at has lan connectivity, it's a webtv as well... Although I can't really say I've always wished for a webtv :) > In any event, you'd have a box the size of a playstation2 that could play pretty much any 16bit and back game you could think of, as they'd all easily fit on a 20gig drive, which is already down to $100 and dropping... :)
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