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AMacD · 11-25-2006, 10:32 PM

I searched far and wide and finally got the answer to my "Which OS" question. I am surprised that Sony does not state XP up front instead of "Windows". I have Windows2000 Pro and apparently it will not run their program. This means that I can read on the Reader but not buy any books from their store. As a retired Quality Assurance Engineer I find this extremely short sighted. So, can't read their books, can't read PDFs because they don't supply a reformat tool, and can't update firmware. That is 3 strikes and out. No Macintosh, no Linux, no Win2000, Win98Me, Win 98, Win 95, OS-2. That is a lot of potential customers. Pity!

11-25-2006, 10:32 PM	#1
AMacD Al Posts: 66 Karma: 140 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Bardstown, KY as home base, but RV following the seasons. Device: Kindle1 and Kindle2 and Palm T\|X	XP only I searched far and wide and finally got the answer to my "Which OS" question. I am surprised that Sony does not state XP up front instead of "Windows". I have Windows2000 Pro and apparently it will not run their program. This means that I can read on the Reader but not buy any books from their store. As a retired Quality Assurance Engineer I find this extremely short sighted. So, can't read their books, can't read PDFs because they don't supply a reformat tool, and can't update firmware. That is 3 strikes and out. No Macintosh, no Linux, no Win2000, Win98Me, Win 98, Win 95, OS-2. That is a lot of potential customers. Pity!