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12-09-2007, 12:01 PM | #17 |
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I agree. If you have a Windows PC, then using the MobiPocket Reader to manage your purchased MOBI e-books and handheld devices can be convenient, but it isn't even necessary on a PC and buying MobiPocket e-books from a Linux or Mac Desktop is very easy. This is the case for the Cybook and the iLiad, and probably for PDA's too.
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12-09-2007, 12:17 PM | #18 |
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convertlit is also available for mac, so i don't think you need a PC for anything.
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12-09-2007, 12:32 PM | #19 | |
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SImple BUY A PC
AND stop BEING PART OF A CULT...
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12-09-2007, 12:35 PM | #20 |
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I'm afraid you won't be able to do that (unless you run "Bootcamp" on your Mac). You need to have an "activated" copy of Microsoft Reader installed on your Windows machine - and Internet Explorer - in order to be able to purchase LIT books.
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12-09-2007, 12:36 PM | #21 |
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12-09-2007, 12:39 PM | #22 |
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That is a pity for The MACHEADS. They might actually ask a friend to borrow their PC. I am sure if one does..Then one will burn for eternity....That is IF they are already a MAC HEAD..
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12-09-2007, 12:53 PM | #23 |
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I guess the easiest way for me is to just install Windows on my laptop or just buy them on my PC then...thanks!
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12-09-2007, 12:54 PM | #24 | |
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12-09-2007, 01:04 PM | #25 |
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hmm, I haven't tested it because I do not buy LIT files, but you might be able to run MS Reader with Crossover for Mac.
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12-09-2007, 01:19 PM | #26 |
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I forgot Harry T. You are one of the Gods of this Mobile Read. A most humble Apology. I will refrain from having a brain from now on. Was just pushing a button. Forgot No humor. Only truth.
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12-09-2007, 01:22 PM | #27 | |
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Perhaps you missed the part...
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12-09-2007, 01:26 PM | #28 |
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I was making a joke. Yes. I am. I think Macs are good Computers. Just I meet A Hoard of Mac USERS that act like they have some "inside" information. As IF THEY know and the rest of the world does not. I had a Mac. good Machine. I prefer PCs. but IF you like a MAC fine: Yet, I meet many Mac users that get Evangelical about their machine. So I puke on the side. As one member said. They are really Apples and Oranges: Macs and PCs..Yet, I meet never ending army of MACHEADS...so I push a button....
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12-09-2007, 01:33 PM | #29 |
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As a Mac/Kindle user, I've been pretty pleased with the experience so far... you can buy books directly off Whispernet, so you don't even need a computer to complete your purchases, and you can read unencrypted Mobipocket files. One feature that seems to be overlooked a lot is the ability to send pdfs, htmls, and other sorts of files to a special email address and have them converted and sent straight to your Kindle via Whispernet (you do get dinged a dime every time, though).
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12-09-2007, 01:48 PM | #30 |
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You can run MSReader using WINE in linux, but I've never managed to get it activated, which is what you need to strip the DRM from LIT files.
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