[Sweetpea]

Originally Posted by Sonist

The above is as insulting to us "simple users," as my pointing out that most people who profess to "hate aPple," live in their mother's basement and sweat profusely, when in the presence of a pretty girl (or a sleek Apple product.)

The above is an insult to use who don't like Apple products. My mother never had a basement, and I've never sweeted profusely when in the presence of a pretty girl (now, a handsome man, that might be a different thing...). And not only Apple makes sleek products. Besides, that depends all on taste.

Originally Posted by yvanleterrible

And then there's the battery time we know nothing of. But mainly, eink is better suited to books. And since I have one...

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And why is this d***** place always considered a war zone anyhow?

The same reason as why you made that comment above, that e-ink is better suited to books. I would like to disagree with that. I have books that would do worse on e-ink readers than on LCD readers. Simply because colour is used. Not for images, but functional colours. One of those books is the "Neverending Story" by Michael Ende. This book is written with two colours. Blue for the "real" world, red for the "Fantasia" world. I scanned this book some time ago and wanted to see how it looked on my Mini. It turns out, it's almost impossible to read due to lack of contrast (the red is almost impossible to see...).

So, statements like that: "one is better than the other" will always bring out defensive reactions. Correct would be "I find the one better than the other", or "The one is a lot of times better than the other (but not always)". More people would agree and less defensive reactions will be given.

So, a tablet (no matter who makes it) might be the best ereading device for one while another will think it's the worst.