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Originally Posted by Silencer23
Heh  So you recommend Netbooks for the job ? |
Text-only and otherwise simple pdfs should work just fine. I do read journal articles from jstor pretty regularly on it, and it reads very well.
Images can be a challenge depending on their size and layout. Multi-layered pdfs (such as 'text under image') have issues too, again mainly with the 'image' part.
The kinds of issues i've seen with images mainly involve their not getting out of the way of the text on such a relatively small screen. With layered pdfs, the layers which should have been juxtaposed upon each other instead got separated and presented sequentially.
But if your pdf is mainly narrative text, you shouldnt have any real issues.
If you're making your own pdfs (from scans or word docs or pics) I've done that easily and successfully too, again mainly text-based ones. Some pdf creation programs (adobe, abbyy, etc) will allow you to add TOC and page numbering and etc in the resulting pdf too.
Just dont get too fancy.
If you need to read fancy pdf's, a 9" netbook-tablet (like the asus T91 series) should do the trick. Just 2.1 lbs, tablet mode, $280 at amazon, and runs full win7
I use both, a T91 and the sony reader. I prefer the sony for obvious reasons (6 oz and e-ink) but the T91 makes a nice reader (its not much good for anything else anyway) for anything that doesnt fit on the sony.