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Old 11-08-2010, 04:05 PM   #33
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Device: Nook Glowlight (following previous nook STR and STR w/GL)
Quote:
Originally Posted by DuncanWatson View Post
No nook is slaved to a PC. When you connect a classic nook (wifi, or wifi/3g) the computer just sees the Nook as a USB drive. It isn't slaved to a particular computer and can be used on any computer whether it runs windows, linux, mac os, bsd, android, or any other system that supports USB 2.0 drives.

I personally have side-loaded books on to my nook from 4 different computers, each running a different OS. (1 fedora, 1 ubuntu, 1 os X, 1 winxp)
I interpreted the comment about a nook being slaved to a PC to merely be referencing the inability to side-load except thru the USB port. In other words, "can the NC sideload via Wifi, or is it still dependent on a PC connection?"

Just my interpretation of the question.

I believe only the iPad(/iPod/iPhone) fits the description of "slaved to a PC", except most folk differentiate between "PC" and "Mac". I am, of course, referring to syncing (therefore slaved) to a specific computer with a specific iTunes, so the iPad/iTouch/iPhone is truly only slaved to a specific iTunes which resides on a specific PC/Mac.
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