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Old 06-07-2009, 04:31 AM   #8
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Same here in Greece - no eink readers on display (or even on sale). But I did see a Sony-505 in Germany a couple of weeks ago. Looked nice!

You are right about the 1stgen vs later models of Eee PCs. Being in Greece, I would have had to wait 6-10 months to purchase the Eee 900 model (not-so-great). Now, a year later there are many better choices. But I had the use of the Eee for a year. It's a nice size/weight for a lap ebook reader and at 7" it displays quite nicely. After all is said, I use it more often than the brand new 9" tablet I have.

I'm not trying to justify my purchase (old news), just explain that as stated above, sometimes the best time is "now!" Esp. since prices on current models (that are tested and relatively bug-free) are going down. If a current model meets your needs, you can surely get a good purchase price and mature firmware right now. And sell/buy a newer model later after someone else shakes out the bugs (or perhaps you like being on the "bleeding edge" of technology?)
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