is a A2000 internet capable?

[mr_a500]

I've been using an A500 to surf for the last 3 years (...surf the internet, not the waves... although the A500 might make a good surfboard :-D) - so yes, it is possible on an A2000.

It can be a bit slow when there are hundreds of images or tons of useless javascript. Pages with flash are a nightmare. I was shocked though that IBrowse worked perfectly with my office's Microsoft Outlook Web Access. I had expected it to fail with some stupid IE-only bs, but it worked and looked exactly the same in IBrowse on my A500 (..but 16 colour). It's amazing writing work emails from home on an A500.

[mr_a500]

probably the three hurdles people have to jump with amigas on the net are:
1. access speed- do NOT use the normal serial port unless you are running 14.4 modem or so

14.4 modem? What do you mean? Normal serial is OK running at 38400 with 56K modem and 16 colour screen. Any higher than this though and you run into problems due to screen depth. I tried 57600 and it would go extremely slow until I switch to 2 colour screen, but 38400 works perfectly fine in 16 colour.

2. images- you really really need a video card. even simple pics have to be converted including dithering possibly

You don't "really really need a video card". You can get along fine with 16 colours if you've got a good palette. Of course it's a lot nicer with more colours, but not necessary. (I can take a screenshot for proof)

3. flash, java, etc. most amiga browsers dont handle this stuff well if at all.

Too true.