Author: Roy Eassa
Date: 10:23:48 05/30/02
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On May 30, 2002 at 13:16:52, pavel wrote: >On May 30, 2002 at 13:13:07, Roy Eassa wrote: > >>On May 30, 2002 at 13:02:46, Christophe Theron wrote: >> >>>On May 30, 2002 at 09:01:44, bryan whitby wrote: >>> >>>>With the excellent chess programs now available for the Pocket PC and Palms, >>>>have Novag and Saitek both blown it by releasing monochrome touch screen chess >>>>computers or will the price facture save them ? >>> >>> >>>These dedicated units have absolutely no future. >>> >>>Too late. The Palms are much better for a price only slightly higher. >>> >> >> >>Whether it MAKES SENSE to buy them (it doesn't, I agree) versus whether enough >>people WILL buy them are two different things. I guess the developing companies >>must think that there will be enough buyers to justify the development costs, >>despite the smarter choice of Palm + Chess Tiger. (BTW, a used 33 MHz _color_ >>Palm [or clone] can be bought for well under $150 US.) > > >150? >I believe at some places I have seen it at 130 dollars with a 20dollars rebate. > >Not sure if it was color though. > >pavs Color units cost a lot more (percentagewise) than monochrome units, but are worth the difference IMHO. Also notice that I said "well under" $150.
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