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GlenBarrington · 03-06-2011, 08:21 AM

I'm thinking of buying a US soldier I know a reconditioned PRS300. The nature of his job prevents him from saying where or exactly when he will be deployed, but we are all on notice that he will be leaving sooner rather than later. I think it is safe to assume it will be someplace unpleasant though.

He likes to read, so I thought a 300 might be a useful gift. Its small, reasonably rugged and they are cheap enough now that if it breaks no major money is lost. The crazy part is a modern soldier is never away from an internet connection for very long, so downloading fresh material won't be an issue for him. Much has changed since MY war.

He is a Macintosh guy, I'm a PC, so I don't know about the Mac infrastructure for the Sony eReaders. Is Sony Library for the Mac more or less frustrating than the PC version? What about Calibre? I've been to a few Mac sites and there seems to be universal contempt for the Calibre UI, that I havent heard of on the PC side.

I just don't know, am I buying him more hassle than he needs?

03-06-2011, 08:21 AM	#1
GlenBarrington Cheese Whiz Posts: 1,986 Karma: 11677147 Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Springfield, Illinois Device: Kindle PW, Samsung Tab A 10.1(2019), Pixel 6a.	Soldier deploying is PRS300 OK? I'm thinking of buying a US soldier I know a reconditioned PRS300. The nature of his job prevents him from saying where or exactly when he will be deployed, but we are all on notice that he will be leaving sooner rather than later. I think it is safe to assume it will be someplace unpleasant though. He likes to read, so I thought a 300 might be a useful gift. Its small, reasonably rugged and they are cheap enough now that if it breaks no major money is lost. The crazy part is a modern soldier is never away from an internet connection for very long, so downloading fresh material won't be an issue for him. Much has changed since MY war. He is a Macintosh guy, I'm a PC, so I don't know about the Mac infrastructure for the Sony eReaders. Is Sony Library for the Mac more or less frustrating than the PC version? What about Calibre? I've been to a few Mac sites and there seems to be universal contempt for the Calibre UI, that I havent heard of on the PC side. I just don't know, am I buying him more hassle than he needs?