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Old 02-04-2010, 02:42 PM   #1
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Hello, I'm just here trying to find out about ebook readers
I just need something that works with MacOS 10.4.11
something that'll read PDF and HTML
USB 2.0 and/or firewire "network" connection.
and something that CANNOT network wirelessly (I don't trust wireless networks) and I don't even make secured networks if at all possible (and then take them down as soon as I can).

I am sure there are other things to ask and look for, but I am too uniformed to even ask those questions yet.

At this moment the DR 800S seems to not have everything I don't want, but I'm not sure if has what I want. I'll be billed an extra 3% to buy it from the EU-based company directly.
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Old 02-04-2010, 02:53 PM   #2
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Here is our wiki page on dedicated readers. You might find some great info here.

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Old 02-04-2010, 08:32 PM   #4
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Welcome to MR!

I'm not sure how good the Sony devices are at reading HTML (never tried), but they do read PDFs, don't have wireless, and will connect to a Mac and can use either the Sony software or something like Calibre. However, I'm not sure how well the software will work on older versions of OSX.
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Welcome to MR!

I'm not sure how good the Sony devices are at reading HTML (never tried), but they do read PDFs, don't have wireless, and will connect to a Mac and can use either the Sony software or something like Calibre. However, I'm not sure how well the software will work on older versions of OSX.
Sony is out because Sony doesn't think MacOS is worth including in OSes it'll connect with. Sony doesn't work with any MacOS, no matter when it came out.
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