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Originally Posted by Doogman

I wouldn't worry about it as an update might happen once in this product's lifespan, if at all. I've been using mine for a few weeks now and it seems to be pretty solid, unlike some of the other ereaders which ship with semi-broken firmware.

Booting into Win once a year won't kill you.

Thanks Doogman. I've had my 650 for a few weeks, too, and yes everything seems to be perfectly reliable. No glitches, nothing to report except that it all works fine. Nevertheless, I would like to avail myself of any updates, for example if they added another dictionary such as Portuguese, as well as, of course, any bug fixes. I haven't needed to use Windows all year, so it would be nice to see the rest of the year out that way.

Originally Posted by Bookworm_Girl

Boxcorner, I only replied to say I understand your frustration. It's only been one year since Sony came out with Mac support so I am not surprised they don't support Linux yet. I also have my HD in two partitions: one for Mac OS X and one for Windows XP. For years I managed my reader library on the Windows side. Yes, it was annoying and time consuming to have to boot Windows. However, it was worth it to me because I like the Sony readers and didn't want to use a different brand. I was glad that I had a copy of Windows as many Mac users don't. Perhaps as more people adopt Linux Sony will offer a solution someday for you too.

Thanks Bookworm_Girl. I hope you're right about Sony waking up to Linux. Windows certainly is painfully time consuming, but I suppose only having to use it one a year might be just bearable.