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Originally Posted by Seventh Son
As for research and work, than yes - having a few large screens with huge resolutions is very helpful. But then again notebooks instantly fail here.
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My last notebook, netbook excepted, was 1600x1200 and 15 inches...not ideal mind you, but combined with the fact that the contrast allowed reasonably small text to be diplayed, and that it was instantaneous and allowed tabbing and pretty instant input, searching, fast flipping through pdfs, quick web access for informal peripheral references, the ability to print for detailed marking when hooked up to a network printer, etc etc etc. It was a far better research tool than any current e-ink device can be.
Of course, a big widescreen desktop display is much better since I can view multiple pages in a single pane, along with all the other tabbing benefits and notation and stuff. A good notebook would do in a pinch, and even a netbook COULD be usable, if a bit limited. Certainly a hell of a lot better for Chinese reading than any of the ebook reader devices.
I hate reading novels on my desktop, and rather don't mind them on my prs-505. But novels are not what I meant when I was referring to scholarly research (even though I was a literature student).
