[griffonwing]

Originally Posted by DrMoze

Seriously, why do people feel the need to put absurd amounts of book files on a Reader (or other device) that they will never actually be able to read, and then complain when the system gacks? You can put over a year's worth of reading using just internal memory, and no problems at all. The complete "library" of ebooks that you will never read can stay safely on your hard drive, and even be backed up on flash media. But why insist on putting tons of stuff on the Reader that you'll never access? This "completist" mentality baffles me. I use my Reader to read books, not to "carry around my whole library."

And, if I want to listen to music, I'll use a more compact and better-sounding mp3 player, thankyouverymuch.

From several posts that I have read, the MP3 player on the Astak's devices rival, and in some case even surpass, the ipod and similar players.

As for the SD cards. I very well could get a 16GB card, but I could only, most likely, get it halfway filled before I run out of books. However, I plan on getting a couple 4GB cards instead.

Reason 1) Access. If the liseuse must access all of the files and folders before allowing you to search or move through the file structure, the less information it has to read, the fast you can find your book.

Reason 2) Less Folders. I can have 1 SD card for all my Fantasy/Fiction, so I do not have to have "Fantasy Fiction as a subfolder like I would if all my books were on one disk.

Then again, I may say "chuck it" and just get an 8gb card for all my books. I figure I could get a fast-access 8GB card for the same price as a cheap 16, so I'll save a bit of lolly.