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bsandersen · 07-07-2009, 04:49 PM

I've been booting parallels to run Sony's goofy software on my MacBook Pro. It will be interesting to see if I can migrate the digital content I've purchased from my "PC" side to the native Macintosh platform without loss. Yes, it should work, but "should" and "does" are two different words for a purpose.

I'd stopped recommending the PRS-505 to my Mac-using friends because of this problem. We'll see if their efforts are sufficient to cause me to reverse that position. I wonder how many sales they've lost to Kindle because of this? After all, the Kindle/computer interface just appears as the world's most expensive thumb drive. Simple and effective. Perhaps the next generation of Sony reader will be as slick. (While I'm at it, how about Bluetooth connnectivity, WiFi, and better pricing in the Sony store? Now I'm really dreaming!)

07-07-2009, 04:49 PM	#17
bsandersen Nerd Posts: 13 Karma: 10 Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Acton, MA Device: Sony PRS-300,505, Kindle 2, iPad	I've been booting parallels to run Sony's goofy software on my MacBook Pro. It will be interesting to see if I can migrate the digital content I've purchased from my "PC" side to the native Macintosh platform without loss. Yes, it should work, but "should" and "does" are two different words for a purpose. I'd stopped recommending the PRS-505 to my Mac-using friends because of this problem. We'll see if their efforts are sufficient to cause me to reverse that position. I wonder how many sales they've lost to Kindle because of this? After all, the Kindle/computer interface just appears as the world's most expensive thumb drive. Simple and effective. Perhaps the next generation of Sony reader will be as slick. (While I'm at it, how about Bluetooth connnectivity, WiFi, and better pricing in the Sony store? Now I'm really dreaming!)