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Old 07-20-2017, 08:11 AM   #7
tommyer
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JSWolf and HarryT, Thank you very much for your opinions. It's much appreciated. HarryT, I value your take on the topic in particular because I gathered from your earlier posts and/or signature that you use the IPad in a profession/job comparable to that of an editor (in German 'Lektor'), someone who works in a publishing house and does the editing of books and articles before they will be printed including communication and suggestions to the author. It's a professional field I worked in myself. The point is you always have to read [although I read on paper first while working there, second step was to correct (proof-read), shorten or clarify the text on the (word, not pdf) document on the pc].

And that's what I am interested in. The opinions of people who spend a substantial part of the day reading and annotating, basically regardless if it's for work or not. Academics, authors, editors, engineers, programmers, journalists, 'private scholars'. Regardless of your profession it comes down to the activity of reading and working with pdfs a substantial time each day of the working week.

Firstly and fundamentally, what I really like to etablish here and hear your opinions on is whether you think the following is true:

"One could put it like this: Objectively EINK remains the best for the eyes. If you want to work with PDFs on E-Ink, Onyx Boox is best, if you want to go for the device that is best for your eyes. But if you are okay with the second best solution for your eyes, then you go for the IPAD Pro because their screens and other features make for an acceptable reading and, above all, working experience, except if you have very sensitive eyes. So the IPAD gives you the 2nd best solution for the eyes and the best solution for handling pdfs."

I think that the subject 'eyes' is to be treated separately from usability/functionality. What is the exact ranking in each of them? It is clear that in usability an IPad beats an OB E-Ink hands down. But do you not think that with regards to eye strain the OB E-Ink is the best solution for pdfs? (Plus it is cheaper than an IPad.)

I am sorry, if I get a bit obsessive about this, and I get it, if you, HarryT, say that the Ipad Pro is superb for reading pdfs knowing that you do not voice your opinion on the basis of a user profile who only now and then reads a scientific pdf or just handles his business correspondence (pdf) but reads and works with multi-page pdfs extensively many hours of many days of the week (also using scanned pdfs as I do as well).
I know as well that you respect the opinion opting for Eink in order to reduce unnecessary eye strain, even if pdfs are involved.

Caveat for all of these things is of course: YMMV Your Milage May Vary

If I buy an IpadPro 10.5' I think I will opt for the smallest storage because until now I have not done very much of photographing, video making & watching and music (on the PC). Since you can connect the IPad to the (Windows)PC, I would regularly send files no longer needed on the IPad to the PC. [Until the day that my reference management software works smoothly on the IPad, which would be excellent to import citations from a pdf document to the reference management software on the same (eye-friendly) device, if you want to]. I do not intend the Ipad to replace my desktop-PC, hence my decision for the lowest storage. Nonetheless, I would appreciate to hear any counterarguments on that. I know I take this subject over the top, but it also has a lot to do with my budget being rather tight.

Last edited by tommyer; 07-20-2017 at 08:15 AM.
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