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Originally Posted by Milarepa
$300 truly seems like a cheap price when I consider it is the best gadget I have ever purchased, and when you consider that people from my generation (I am 26) are accustomed to buying expensive electronics. My laptop was cost $2,000, my iPod cost $350, my portable HDD cost $200, and on and on. I am not rich but I spend a significant percentage of my income on gadgets.
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I think this is an important comment that we missed taking note of. Yes, today's "youngsters" (sorry, Milarepa!
) are used to spending money on gadgets. So, those who also like to read .....
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Originally Posted by Milarepa
I used to also spend a significant portion of my income on pbooks, but now I am able to read many of the classics for free and I am able to quickly and easily purchase the books that want at no significant cost difference. However, I am now able to carry literally hundreds of books, and won't have to carry an extra bag crammed full of books when I travel (I never know what I am going to feel like reading.)
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.... will be able to carry around the classics (for free) just IN CASE the right mood strikes to read one. I admit I read more modern books but I like to carry the classics with me. Then, with the right mood hits me, I can "eddicate myself further" and read a classic.
Not a youngster, but a gadget freak --- and feeling guilty about not having read classics. So I can read modern stuff (with the next always quickly available to me) and occasionally check out a classic too. Best of both worlds!
