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Originally Posted by Philippe D.
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If you need to read PDF files in small fonts, for instance in double column, the smaller display might be a problem. It's also slightly less easy to transfer files to it - you cannot just plug it into a USB port and copy files (you can use a Web browser though, so it's not abysmal - just not the best). The company is also very active, rolls out software updates that make things better. And it is really great for writing and drawing.
The Max 2 is larger (13", so full format for PDFs), and is running Android so you can add Android apps - more versatile. It's good if you need your PDFs to display at full size. ...
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Unlike with single-column pdfs (17-19 cm text width + white margins), there should not be a problem with reading a two-column (double-column) A4 textual pdf on 7.8" devices if there is two-column mode available or good zooming capabilities, because I've used to read them even on 6" readers some seven-eight years ago.
The column width in two-column pdf is about 7-8 cm on the paper, whereas 6" readers are 9 cm wide in portraite, and 7.8" readers about 12 cm, so, we can get a significant column magnification compared to the paper document.
I'm only talking about the font(letter) size here, because it takes four screens per page reading this way, so, some might find it slower than preferred or not comfortable enough as with seeing the whole page at once, e.g. if there are many tables and diagrams across the page that can't be easily zoomed in depending on the application used, or there are many colours used therein, so, that in that case we should simultaneously use tablet for the colored tables and e-ink for reading the text, if it would be easier on the eyes that way.
Although beside A5 sized pdf books I can also read many single-column A4 pdfs using landscape mode on my 7.8 " Kobo Aura One (16 cm width; 300 ppi), by cropping the margins completely using fit-to-content-width mode in Koreader app, but it is not as comfortable for the prolonged reading as by using the same landscape mode & cropped margins on 10" reader, especially if the pdf text width was 18-19 cm instead of 15-17.