Michael,
Interesting post....

On "Posts": for the most part, I try to follow the "policy" of not posting unless I have something relevent to say (something that I think is relevent, anyway! ) BUT, I'm kind of glad that not everyone follows that policy, because some of the 'nonsense' posts make the board more fun!

On chip price guides: Don't have a laptop, and probably never will. I like having a book that I can carry upstairs, downstairs, in the car, on a plane, or wherever. I'd find it a major inconvenience to have to boot up the computer to look up one chip. And I'd probably be trying to highlight the computer screen!