[HoraceWimp]

Hello, new to the forum and new to eReaders and ebooks generally and am looking for some advice if possible.

I have searched for answers to some of the questions I'm asking here both on the web and through this forum and whilst I found some useful threads on the subject they didn't really answer my questions or asked used loads of acronyms I didn't know the meaning of!

I appreciate some of my problems can be solved fairly easily by simply upgrading computer hardware/software etc but for a variety of reasons at the moment that isn't an option for me.

I've finally decided to take the plunge and move over to reading books via an eReader and have done some initial research on possible readers that would suit my needs. I've rejected anything to do with Kindle/Amazon on ethical/moral grounds, I simply don't like the way they're trying to monopolise and dominate the market. Irrational perhaps, but that's me. I'm also not looking for a 'tablet computer', all I want to do is read ebooks on this device.

So with 'tablet computers' and Kindles out of the way, I've looked at Sony's, Kobo's and Nook's. To cut a long story short, I pretty much narrowed my search down to the Sony PRS-T1, T2 or 650.

Whilst functionally the PRS-T1 and T2 look great, for some irrational reason I just don't like the look of them aesthetically. I don't like the prominent logo at the bottom and those silver buttons and especially the glossy surface, I just know it's going to annoy me after a while, which leaves the 650. Whilst this one still has the logo, it's now at the top and the buttons at the bottom are far less prominent, which I prefer.

I know all that may sound a bit daft, but given I'm likely to be looking at this reader for long periods of time, I have to be comfortable with something visually and the PRS-650 just seems less cluttered.

So, having said all of that here's the question:

I'm currently running an Apple Powerbook G4 with OS X 10.5.8, how will I move files between the Sony and the Powerbook? Does Sony's software do this? I ask because when I looked at the latest release of Sony's software, it would not run on a G4 processor. Are there earlier versions that will?

If there aren't, can I simply move files across to the Sony via the Flash Memory Card slot?

I'm principally going to be reading either free ebooks or DRM free ones in ePub format.

Any and all thoughts and comments welcome, many thanks.