Would you purchase an e-reader?

[MeridianFlight]

No, I'm not talking about the ridiculous device Nintendo constructed for the Game Boy Advance (notice how quickly it disappeared?). I'm talking about the Sony Reader. Here's the link (I know, CES '06 is weeks old). Think about the possibilities though, you could carry around your library with you at the space cost of a moderately sized book!

http://us.gizmodo.com/gadgets/ces/live-from-ces-the-sony-reader-146628.php

 

[michaelpi]

be nice but i wich it had more bat life

 

[kraniac]

I'd get one. I use eBooks already, and it would be so much lighter than my laptop, which is 16 pounds plus 4 more if you want to bring the charger.

 

[MeridianFlight]

I'd get one. I use eBooks already, and it would be so much lighter than my laptop, which is 16 pounds plus 4 more if you want to bring the charger.

...do you have the ultimate desktop replacement?

 

[Master~Plan]

Cool? yes, but Purchase? probly not
I'm not smart enough to be activly working on more than one book at a time. So as far as saving space I think the size of one book is comperable and more durable.
I'm also so fascinated with any technological gadget that it would absorb all my attention, and any effort to read the book would be futile.

 

[Kidan]

I would be a lot more interested in the ebook concept, if purchasing an actual physical book also got you a license to get an electronic copy.

As it stands, since I want the physical book, I see no reason to get an ebook or ebook reader.

 

[MeridianFlight]

I would be a lot more interested in the ebook concept, if purchasing an actual physical book also got you a license to get an electronic copy.

As it stands, since I want the physical book, I see no reason to get an ebook or ebook reader.

...but what about the trees? Don't you care about the trees? Oh won't someone please think of the trees?!?

 

[kraniac]

...do you have the ultimate desktop replacement?

Yes.

Alienware Area-51 m7700
Pentium 4 3.2 GHz processor
ATI Radeon X850 video card
1 GB DDR2 RAM
2 80 GB HDDs connected with RAID 0
17" widescreen ClearView LCD monitor

...and 30 minutes of battery life

 

[MeridianFlight]

Yes.

Alienware Area-51 m7700
Pentium 4 3.2 GHz processor
ATI Radeon X850 video card
1 GB DDR2 RAM
2 80 GB HDDs connected with RAID 0
17" widescreen ClearView LCD monitor

...and 30 minutes of battery life

I believe that's referred to as unrestrained insanity.

 

[Icthus]

Yes.

Alienware Area-51 m7700
Pentium 4 3.2 GHz processor
ATI Radeon X850 video card
1 GB DDR2 RAM
2 80 GB HDDs connected with RAID 0
17" widescreen ClearView LCD monitor

...and 30 minutes of battery life

This is what we used to refer to as a load of bricks not a laptop.

And I would most likely not get an e-reader. I have eye issues and it hurts to read a video display like that after about an hour or so. I find reading the paper books easier on my eyes for now.

 

[Bowser]

This is what we used to refer to as a load of bricks not a laptop.

And I would most likely not get an e-reader. I have eye issues and it hurts to read a video display like that after about an hour or so. I find reading the paper books easier on my eyes for now.

A lot of older people are like that.

 

[Killerah]

...but what about the trees? Don't you care about the trees? Oh won't someone please think of the trees?!?

I hug trees until my skin has indentations of their bark!

But seriously, those e-book readers are pretty sweet, I doubt I'll get one though. But it'd be a much more convenient way to read than a book, because I read on my side sometimes and it's always hard to get comfortable when you have to turn the page because you're reading the other side of the book and have to roll over.

 

[Tek7 (Legacy)]

If a company made a high-quality, affordable e-Reader and was not Sony, then yes, I would sincerely consider purchasing one. I would like to see textbook company take a kick to the gut for their price-gouging practices and electronic books would put a steel-toed boot on the foot of Justice.

 

[Killerah]

Hater.