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Originally Posted by sirbruce
You're suggest the laptop can substitute as an ereader.
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The average student is young person in his twenties. Those tend to be absolutely convinced that they will live forever and frequently in need of cash.
Yes, they will use laptop as electronic reader. Quite a few of us did too, in the good olde days before the arrival of e-ink.
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Originally Posted by sirbruce
But it can't, because it doesn't have the battery life, and long-term reading on one can cause eyestrain.
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Of course it is an inferior solution, except I would like my employer to hear you and give up on insane idea that dual LCD screen solves my need to read all those technical specs.
The problem of laptop battery life is something that students face anyway. Everything is web based today, handouts are frequently powerpoint presentations, not to go into projects that frequently require a specific piece of software... Can one go through the University without a laptop these days?
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Originally Posted by sirbruce
So you're carrying a laptop around whether you have physical books or an ebook reader.
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Prerequisite for success of ebook reader is availability of electronic textbooks. Laptop can deal with any DRMed or non-DRMed format, it is universal, albeit inferior for prolonged use, handler of the electronic content. Physical textbooks will go, easily. I am not so certain that dedicated ebook reader will replace them yet. The price has to come way down.