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gmanacsa · 09-08-2007, 10:42 PM

I've been using a Lenovo X61T for reading fiction and comic books in PDF format. As many have noted, the screen is wonderful for this purpose, especially for comics:

I think comics on the tablet actually often look better than they do in print. However, I agree with Wayspooled and others that it's a bit heavy at 4 pounds, and all of the Windows overhead is far more than I want to deal with for an impulse read. I find that I use the Sony Reader far more often for reading straight fiction. I use it for unconverted PDFs regularly, but in landscape mode to get a comfortable text size.

My ideal machine would be a light, iPhone-/iPod Touch-like tablet equipped with an 8-10" screen with the iPhone's high pixel density (160ppi), the same slick interface and the web-enabled feature set.

More photos and thoughts on the Lenovo X61T here:
Comic Book Fans Surf the Waves of Change
Lenovo X61T Hands-On: A Bookworm’s First Ride
Lenovo X61T: The Reading-on-the-Couch Test)

09-08-2007, 10:42 PM	#51
gmanacsa Enthusiast Posts: 36 Karma: 10 Join Date: Sep 2007 Device: Sony Reader PRS-500, X61T Tablet, iPhone, OLPC XO-1	I've been using a Lenovo X61T for reading fiction and comic books in PDF format. As many have noted, the screen is wonderful for this purpose, especially for comics: I think comics on the tablet actually often look better than they do in print. However, I agree with Wayspooled and others that it's a bit heavy at 4 pounds, and all of the Windows overhead is far more than I want to deal with for an impulse read. I find that I use the Sony Reader far more often for reading straight fiction. I use it for unconverted PDFs regularly, but in landscape mode to get a comfortable text size. My ideal machine would be a light, iPhone-/iPod Touch-like tablet equipped with an 8-10" screen with the iPhone's high pixel density (160ppi), the same slick interface and the web-enabled feature set. More photos and thoughts on the Lenovo X61T here: Comic Book Fans Surf the Waves of Change Lenovo X61T Hands-On: A Bookworm’s First Ride Lenovo X61T: The Reading-on-the-Couch Test) Last edited by gmanacsa; 09-09-2007 at 12:08 PM.