Anybody reading on PC ?

[pidgeon92]

I don't like reading long passages of anything on my iMac. I'd never read a novel on it. If an article is more than a few paragraphs, I end up skim-reading it. If it requires clicking a link to get to the next page, I rarely get there.

[Phogg]

I am reading this now on an Asus Vivotab Note 8.
Though it's an eight inch tablet, it runs the full version of Windows 8.1.
Using an external monitor together with a Bluetooth mouse and keyboard I am good.
When Intel's 14nm chipsets hit the market in the second quarter of 2015 we will see full windows on phablets.

All the lines are blurring.

[DreamWriter]

I don't enjoy reading books on a computer screen. It's too difficult for my eyes to track across the wider screen.

I use a Kindle or Android tablet for reading e-books.

[wodin]

Originally Posted by webroot

good points but not many people will have windows tablet (maybe those students who got it free), you may have sound reasons for buying it? but for simplicity if we skip windows 8. and about your academic books its quite likely they are pdf format so skip th!at also.

I believe your being a bit short sighted webroot, I too have a Surface Pro 3 tablet/laptop/desktop PC that is every bit as powerful as my home desktop computer and more powerful than my CAD/engineering station at work, and I do the majority of my reading on it. Perhaps 10% to 25% of my reading is on my smartphone, and the rest is on my Surface.

Since my rooted Nook HD+ died, I have found the 12" screen on the Surface to be just about the optimal size for my elderly eyeballs.

[DiapDealer]

So who here reads entire epub novels over 300 pages long (with no pictures) on a 13" or larger screen that has no way to detach the keyboard from it (if, in fact, a keyboard is attached directly to it) ... on Tuesdays?

[theducks]

PC reading is for:

when I need to RTFM
Editing EPUB's
Spot checking EPUB's

LCD Tablet:
Looking at the Color Covers (using CC)
When the EPUB crashes on my PEz (and I can't find any EPUB or CSS errors)
PDF drawings/datasheets for hardware I am installing

My Pz is my #1 reader because the page turn buttons are in the right place for me.
The K4NT is #2 but the Page buttons are just in the wrong place for my XL glove sized hand

[ATDrake]

Originally Posted by DiapDealer

So who here reads entire epub novels over 300 pages long (with no pictures) on a 13" or larger screen that has no way to detach the keyboard from it (if, in fact, a keyboard is attached directly to it) ... on Tuesdays?

Occasionally, me. This is because I have acquired a lot of free books with no pictures other than the cover art, which were exclusive offers via the iTunes store which, not being in possession of a compatible iDevice, I needs must read them using iBooks on my Mac, if I want to read them at all, since I never managed to get that iTunes DRM-stripping thingy to work for me.

I do have to set iBooks to Night mode and turn the font size up and the screen brightness way down, though, otherwise the glare is really uncomfortable. And I read in sporadic sessions rather than binge-through the way I would with paper and e-ink.

[Freehunter]

I was reading on a Palm TX and on the PC. Mostly PC laptop when I got one. Switched to ASUS T100TA (full Windows 8.1) without keyboard for most non paper reading. Most of my purchases are ebooks now.

Here is my old beat up Toshiba laptop and my ASUS. Book is opened in calibre's book viewer:

[eschwartz]

Originally Posted by DiapDealer

So who here reads entire epub novels over 300 pages long (with no pictures) on a 13" or larger screen that has no way to detach the keyboard from it (if, in fact, a keyboard is attached directly to it) ... on Tuesdays?

Not me, I only do that on Wednesdays and Fridays, and then only between the hours of 9AM and 2PM. (3PM if the moon is full.)

Tuesdays are a horrible, dastardly time to read ebooks on a screen without a detachable keyboard.

[cfrizz]

Yup, when I'm home I read on my pc. 90% of my reading is done on my pc, the other 10% is done on my Note 2.

I started out reading Fanfic on my pc, then started reading ebooks on it before I got my first Sony reader.

I can read them on my two different Sony reader for pc or if I'm desperate on the ADE software on my pc.

I honestly don't care about the format so long as I am able to read!

[Ntsimp]

I do some of this, although it's secondary to my handheld device. The first time I ever read Moby Dick was in a web browser on a laptop.
Because I recently switched my desktop monitor from 1280x1024 to 1920x1080, a few days ago I changed the default view in Okular to "Facing Pages", so I can see two pages at once like a paper book. I find that makes it much more comfortable; I've started reading more on my computer. It's nice for pdf, djvu, and epub.

[webroot]

Sorry for looking shortsighted I didnt knew microsoft tablets are doing quite well, I got impression from press news there lot of anti MS blogger would condemn/ laugh at every next MS product, they would label it doomed failure. but seems like that is not the case.

Here replies are mixed type, some said they prefer on pc that intrigued. looks like we need to wait more years when cell phone become equally powerful and can be connected to monitor and keyboard something similar to mac mini. till then PC is stuck in the middle ! so for now i cant make any judgement.

[4691mls]

Originally Posted by pidgeon92

I don't like reading long passages of anything on my iMac. I'd never read a novel on it. If an article is more than a few paragraphs, I end up skim-reading it. If it requires clicking a link to get to the next page, I rarely get there.

Same for me and my PC. I would have to be pretty desperate to try to read an actual book on the PC. Just not comfortable.

[jehane]

I'm curious as to the reason for the question, when it seems you have pre-determined your answer.

Originally Posted by webroot

Sorry for looking shortsighted I didnt knew microsoft tablets are doing quite well, I got impression from press news there lot of anti MS blogger would condemn/ laugh at every next MS product, they would label it doomed failure. but seems like that is not the case.

That's what you get for going to Apple sites. :P Seriously, I was considering getting a Surface Pro 3 to replace my old laptop which is on its last legs. I decided to wait a bit longer since (a) it's currently a backup laptop anyway so I don't *need* it right now, (b) it looks like some more Windows tablets/hybrids are coming out now and (c) some other personal reasons. I'm primarily looking at Windows machines since I've found Android to be inadequate for what I want to do with my tablet. Since my current primary laptop is 12" (and a convertible, though not detachable), the SP3 or its successor will be a great replacement when the time comes.

Here replies are mixed type, some said they prefer on pc that intrigued. looks like we need to wait more years when cell phone become equally powerful and can be connected to monitor and keyboard something similar to mac mini. till then PC is stuck in the middle ! so for now i cant make any judgement.

Arguably many of the high end cellphones (especially the phablets) could be connected to a monitor and keyboard now if you really wanted to. I doubt that cellphones will ever become equally powerful as contemporaneous desktops or laptops unless there is a demand to use them that way. Current cellphones, even budget ones, are already more powerful than desktops of the not-too-distant past.

I read on PC (laptop) - news, magazines (still have to zoom on 10" tablet though next time I'll be considering aspect ratio), academic journal articles (same reason), web stories (sometimes also on tablet) and when it's the only device available to me. Like a couple of years ago when my e-ink reader died and I was in a remote location for several months.

[crane3]

As the question is reading on a PC, I have to say that I do read novels on a PC. However, consider that some "light novels" were written for reading via a browser on the web. I was reading a light novel that had 13 volumes, about 300-450 pages each volume, before I found that both pdf & epub files for each novel were available; downloaded & continued about half-way. Re-reading the early novels now I find I missed some stuff; or they didn't register.

Now on the 14th volume, will have to read on the PC as the translations become available; kind of like volume 13 where reading on the PC is necessary as each chapter is translated & the volume 13 isn't available until all the chapter translations are completed.

I don't like to use the browser(s) on a tablet as they are too limiting for what I want to do; even firefox on the tablet is limited in adaptability & restrictive even if it is more adaptive on a PC or Mac.