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Silverexpress · 05-02-2009, 11:02 PM

Curious OP,

Have you considered a netbook? For $250, you can get to view pdf's in color with a 1.6 ghz intel atom, wifi, 160 gb hd, BT, and either XP or Liniux. Free is the Adobe reader you can download from Acrobat.

I opted for the PRS-700 myself, but I gave up a lot for ultimate portability. The 700 renders very slowly. Zoom settings are not retained from page to page, and it is slow on high resolution pdfs with a lot of images.

If I were you, I'd wait for a touch screen netbook....coming soon.

I transfer pdfs directly to an 8gb SDHC card. I find going thru the Sony via usb cable a bit slow.

(I just realized what a Q1 was. Why do you want a PRS700 when you've got that thing? With this in mind, would you please elaborate?)

05-02-2009, 11:02 PM	#5
Silverexpress Member Posts: 11 Karma: 12 Join Date: Apr 2009 Device: PRS700	Curious OP, Have you considered a netbook? For $250, you can get to view pdf's in color with a 1.6 ghz intel atom, wifi, 160 gb hd, BT, and either XP or Liniux. Free is the Adobe reader you can download from Acrobat. I opted for the PRS-700 myself, but I gave up a lot for ultimate portability. The 700 renders very slowly. Zoom settings are not retained from page to page, and it is slow on high resolution pdfs with a lot of images. If I were you, I'd wait for a touch screen netbook....coming soon. I transfer pdfs directly to an 8gb SDHC card. I find going thru the Sony via usb cable a bit slow. (I just realized what a Q1 was. Why do you want a PRS700 when you've got that thing? With this in mind, would you please elaborate?) Last edited by Silverexpress; 05-03-2009 at 12:08 AM.