In article , Jeremy Nixon
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Prometheus wrote:

Lost a sale to, what, one of the five people who would actually buy a laptop
based on their GPS receiver?

I suspect more than one in five informed people purchase equipment to
work together, do you think that people buy equipment so that it will
not work.

Do you really think normal people buy a laptop based on the needs of a GPS
receiver?

If they want them to work then they should. If they purchase a USB
laptop without a serial port then they should purchase GPS Rx with USB,
if they can not be bothered to get that right then they can buy an
adapter which is small, light, cheep and will connect them together. If
they don't there is no point moaning that the world does not adhere to
their psychoses.

Incidentally I would want a serial port anyway.

Good for you. Unbelievable as it may sound, there exist people in the world
who want to do things differently from the way you do.

Indeed, but if they want limited functionality they should not complain
about it.

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Ian G8ILZ