For the read a book, buy a book arguement, I have to disagree. Sure, you can get books and carry them around, but I have thousands upon thousands of pages of books (Homer's Illiad and Odessy for 2 examples) slated to go on my smc as soon as my GP32 arrives (This friday, according to ups, wheee ^.^); those books would be extremely bulky, as well as quite heavy. If you're so insistant on using that arguement, how do you think the entire community would feel if I went around saying 'Want a NES, get a NES!' or the same thing with SMS or game gear or countless others. Sure, we want them, but it's not very convenient carrying around a TV, console, controllers, cables, and a 90-lb UPS (Uninterruptable Power Supply; mainly a surge protector with a battery) to be able to play just one of those consoles, let alone the space it would take to carry around the hundreds or even thousands cartridges that could fit on a single SMC