Damn GBA Micro and Backlit SP's!

I was skeptical when I first read about the Micro, but after playing on one
today -- man, I want one now.

Sure, the backlit screen is much more vivid and vibrant than my old
(frontlit) SP, but what really snagged me was how compact the thing is.

I compared it with my old SP by playing "Sonic Advance 2", which I had
played through on the SP more than once. I read about the "blur" with the
Micro due to it's refresh rate being less than the SP, but honestly I had to
look for it as it is so subtle.

Its been written many times, but the thing sure is mobile. Especially since
you can just swap out the faceplate if and when it gets dinged up. I put my
SP, DS, and PSP in the "portable" catagory, but not "mobile" because of the
care you want to take to protect them. The only thing I have that I
consider truely "mobile" is my cell phone and thats also because of the
swappable faceplates. Because the cell phone can always be "restored to
brand new" cheaply, I toss that thing around with complete disregard.

Ugh, now I'm deciding if its really worth it. Well, the Micro is definetly
worth $90, but is whatever value I still place with the SP worth putting it
into "retirement" -- because with the Micro thats where it will go. I still
don't want to part with the SP!

....and, of course, Nintendo has the damn backlit SP out now too! As much as
I'd love to bite on that, I think I'll pass it up. If I'm going to "waste"
more $$ on something that I "really don't need" it'll be because of more
than just a backlit screen but the mobility of the Micro.

So, for those that already have a (frontlit) SP and DS, did you bite on the
Micro or new backlit SP? What reasons did you use to justifying "wasting"
$$ on something "you really didn't need"?

"Eric" <nospam.DeleteThis@nospam.vvv> wrote in
news:%R5Mf.130507$Q11.44083@tornado.ohiordc.rr.com:

>
> I was skeptical when I first read about the Micro, but after playing
> on one today -- man, I want one now.
>
> Sure, the backlit screen is much more vivid and vibrant than my old
> (frontlit) SP, but what really snagged me was how compact the thing
> is.
>
> I compared it with my old SP by playing "Sonic Advance 2", which I had
> played through on the SP more than once. I read about the "blur" with
> the Micro due to it's refresh rate being less than the SP, but
> honestly I had to look for it as it is so subtle.
>
> Its been written many times, but the thing sure is mobile. Especially
> since you can just swap out the faceplate if and when it gets dinged
> up. I put my SP, DS, and PSP in the "portable" catagory, but not
> "mobile" because of the care you want to take to protect them. The
> only thing I have that I consider truely "mobile" is my cell phone and
> thats also because of the swappable faceplates. Because the cell
> phone can always be "restored to brand new" cheaply, I toss that thing
> around with complete disregard.
>
> Ugh, now I'm deciding if its really worth it. Well, the Micro is
> definetly worth $90, but is whatever value I still place with the SP
> worth putting it into "retirement" -- because with the Micro thats
> where it will go. I still don't want to part with the SP!
>
> ...and, of course, Nintendo has the damn backlit SP out now too! As
> much as I'd love to bite on that, I think I'll pass it up. If I'm
> going to "waste" more $$ on something that I "really don't need" it'll
> be because of more than just a backlit screen but the mobility of the
> Micro.
>
> So, for those that already have a (frontlit) SP and DS, did you bite
> on the Micro or new backlit SP? What reasons did you use to
> justifying "wasting" $$ on something "you really didn't need"?
>
>

I stuck with the Original GBA (with Afterburner installed) because I
think the SP is just to hard to hold. The micro is a thing to behold,
but I passed on it too (even when I found Costco had 'em for 49.99 (USD)
before Christmas) because I just didn't NEED it.