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It depends on the type of document you are trying to read:
Simple texts can be converted to .mobi using for instance Calibre (which will also allow you to easily preview the final result, as it will appear to on your eReader). If such texts are all you wish to read, then there's no reason to worry about PDF support.
However, if the text contains graphs, tables, and the like, then this conversion does not work very well. One solution is to read the PDF in landscape-mode, which works well as long as the text-size is not too small. I do this for the technical works I have on my kindle (programming books mainly).
A special case is academic articles, since these tend to use two columns of text, which is often too small to read comfortably even in horizontal mode, and often contain figures and tables. While can zoom in on any PDF, the panning is rather rough, and it can be difficult to get the Kindle to center on the column you wish to read, while still at a comfortable level of magnification.
Since the ability to read academic articles without having to lug around a stack of papers was part of my reasons for buying the Kindle, I have written a script that splits the pages of such texts into either a 2x2 grid for reading in portrait-mode, or two columns for reading in landscape-mode (I'm still trying to figure out which I prefer). This significantly eases reading of academic texts. If you are interested, I can post it here.
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