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What I've been waiting for.
I'm a dedicated Apple guy, but about a month or so ago, a funny thing happened: I bought the newest model of the MacBook Air, and suddenly, I didn't need an iPad anymore. I asked myself what it was that attracted me to the iPad, and came up with several items--but mostly, I just read on it, and everything else I used it for could be done by my Air and iPhone. I sent my iPad 3 to my dad (he's 83, and he loves the retina screen), and I tried a first-generation iPad Mini to see what that was like, but reading on it just hurt my eyes, so I returned it. A couple of days later, Amazon let it be known they were upgrading the Paperwhite, and I took the leap, even though I've never owned an e-reader before. I received it about three hours ago.
So, in those three hours, I've already uploaded the books I'd been reading on my iPad via the Kindle app, and finished the first several chapters of a book I've been trying to start for a few weeks; the biggest difference for me was the complete lack of eye strain, which I've really noticed (I'm 55) on the iPad, and (I wish I could italicize this) it made reading as easy and as fun as a third grader getting through the newest Encyclopedia Brown. I'm not joking: all you want to do is sit back, relax, turn pages, and engross yourself. I feel like a "real reader" again.
So for now, I've got my MacBook Air for daily stuff, my iPhone for truly mobile things, and my Kindle Paperwhite for reading. How great is that? I'll update this with more pros and cons in a week or two, but for now, I'm just amazed.
October 2013 · Electronics · verified purchase