Hello all,

I realize there are a lot of posts about potential buyers in these forums so hopefully one more will be okay. I just wanted to get everyones opinions on a couple things.

I am currently an undergraduate student entering my final year of Biochemistry. Most of my classes have unprotected PDF files for their lecture notes. I plan to go on into graduate studies which means I am going to be reading a lot of PDF format journal articles.

I have been reading through these forums for a few weeks now and realize that a lot of this I don't understand. I am a programming noob . 95% of the acronyms used, and the apps talked about. Yes, I've tried googling most of those topics, but there is only so much you can learn from google. I have never used an android system before, been a windows fan all my life. I am a little worried that I will have troubles using the android interface. Is there anyone here who hasn't used an android system before the Edge, like me?

I am really interested in an Edge because I feel it will be hugely beneficial to me. I love the idea of a dualbook, and I have always wanted some form of tablet PC just haven't found one I liked. I love the idea of being able to take notes directly on the edge and not have to carry around a huge binder. My binder by the end of one semester is thicker then the edge, and thats ignoring the 4 to 5 textbooks I would have. I still plan to get paper textbooks but it would be nice to have all my notes compiled in one spot (and to save some of those trees).

My main worries are that I won't be able to use the Edge to its fullest capabilities because I don't understand the programming side and the work-arounds for apps. I was curious if anybody had problems with that or if the work arounds are relatively simple? I see the awesome community on these forums and all the help they give so I expect to be making a lot of posts when I get the Edge.

When you edit a PDF on the e-reader side does it lose its PDF format? I thought I read somewhere that it became a picture or maybe I'm just making things up...

I love Entourage's customer support. I haven't had personal dealings but I haven't seen a negative comment about them. As well that they seem to check and post on the forums on a regular basis, so I would really like to support a new company with that kind of attitude. However my last main worry is on the fact that it is a new start up company. There seem to be several glitches and several simple tweaks that could make the Edge better (enabling eraser support on e-ink side) that keep coming up. I was wondering if Edge owners had seen these concerns addressed over time? If glitches that bothered them a month ago had been fixed over time. I understand that they're a small company and doing what they can I'm just curious to people's opinions.

Only a slight worry, but I have heard that there is a new product of sort coming out this summer (good old facebook). I'm thinking I should wait to hear what that is but I do want the edge before september so I can get used to it before school comes around. I do plan on picking it up June or July (a red one, unless an orange one is their announcement ). I wasn't sure if anybody had any guesses as to what it may be.

Thanks for taking the time to read my ramblings,
Kuggie