On 19 Feb 2005 11:44:39 -0800, "aem" > wrote:

>
>Top Spin wrote:
>[snip]
>> We mostly use it for heating up water,
>> soups, etc. -- not major cooking.
>
>When I shopped for a toaster oven recently I checked out the microwaves
>as well. It seems to me that for your uses they have become such a
>standardized commodity that price would drive your decision. I didn't
>see any 'must have' features.
>
>Except, our last one allowed you to turn off the end-of-cycle beeping,
>which we did. Its replacement doesn't have that, and I wish it did.
>But I wouldn't pay more money for it.

For under $100, you can get a nice Sharp turntable microwave; I've had
2 and been very happy with them (the first one I sold to a friend when
I moved, and it's still going strong).