Should I buy a Kindle or a new laptop?
by admin on Monday, February 15th, 2010 | 9 Comments
I have about $500 and was wondering what you think I should buy? A new laptop or a Kindle? I need a new computer, but it can wait. It’s not really bad. Just old. I WANT a Kindle but I don’t NEED it. What should I do?
I just got a kindle2 for christmas. Best gift i have ever gotten. In the long run,books are way cheaper and instant. Its basically an ipod for books. The kindle is way better than the nook. There are even many school textbooks available for it.
I would say you will love the kindle its jst amazing you will love to read books from kindle and also it has a text-to-speech features so jst great
you can know more about kindle from
http://amazon-kindle-vs-nook-vs-sony-reader.blogspot.com/
Buy from amazon
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0015T963C?ie=UTF8&tag=wwwbestdisc08-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B0015T963C
There’s a lot more you can do with a laptop than you can do with a Kindle. And you can read a book on a laptop too.
I’ll say the Kindle will bring you something really new. The laptop will replace your original one so it will be faster, but see if you can just stay with your original computer for some time and save some more money to get it later. And since books on the Kindle are cheaper than actual books (and there are lots of free books), it should help you save up money faster for the laptop!
I own the Kindle 2, so let me give you some of my opinions about it for you to decide. I’ve to say I love it! I think I’ve read over 30 books with my Kindle, no glitches so far! Kindle books are cheaper than actual books and I think I’ve saved over $100 for the books I’ve bought on the Kindle.
One of the reasons I love my Kindle is that it has helped me improve a lot on my efficiency and utilize my time. Before I have the Kindle, waiting time like when I’m waiting for friends or waiting for shuttle bus or some thing like that is simply wasted. Now I just need to bring the Kindle 2 along with me, and all my favorite books are inside it. Another thing I like the most is the text-to-speech function, which means I can “read” books without even holding or looking at the Kindle. Now I like to use this function when I’ve myself busy on some boring things, say when I’m on the step machine or doing some housework…
I like reading as well, and at the beginning I did miss a bit on the feeling of reading books. But now I love to hold the Kindle, the e-ink seems to work very well, it is really like reading books… Now I often read with the Kindle for several hours but I don’t feel tired… And I now prefer to manage all books inside the Kindle rather than my never big enough bookshelf… And like to do bookmarking, annotation, dictionary lookup without any additional thing but a Kindle.
There are quite a lot of free books (tips: if you’re outside the U.S. all the books will have US$2 added, but when you choose to download to computer when you check out, the $2 will be waived, and you can copy the books to your Kindle through USB cable), and many Kindle books, magazines and newspapers are cheaper than the actual paper version. I remember I read these reviews about the benefits of the Kindle when I decided to buy it:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/redirect.html?ie=UTF8&location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2Freview%2FR2DUM7S4XW06QN%3Fie%3DUTF8%26ASIN%3DB00154JDAI%26nodeID%3D%26ref%255F%3Dcm%255Fcr%255Fpr%255Fcmt&tag=moreinfo-po-20&linkCode=ur2&camp=1789&creative=390957
http://www.speedreaderxreview.com/is-kindle-2-worth-the-price
Finally, in case you don’t know, Amazon has put a price slash on the Kindle 2 just before Christmas, and it is now selling $100 cheaper than the price I got my Kindle, and it adds in international wireless access and native PDF support… So take the chance if you want it.
Hope it helps
I’d get the laptop. It’s more versatile than a kindle and you can still download books from the web and read with it.
I love my Kindle 2 very much, and I say the Kindle. Right now I’ve read over 10 books with the Kindle, and I really like the idea that I can bring and store all the books with the handy device. Besides, it uses the e-ink technology, it is really clear like reading books; and even I read with the device for long hours, I don’t feel tired. My only complaint is the white case, right now all the Kindles are in white color… I think it will be cool if I can have a black or deep blue color Kindle
I suggest you to read this review from a top reviewer who is also a book lover, it outlines quite a lot of benefits of the Kindle and also why it is worth especially at the end of the review:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/redirect.html?ie=UTF8&location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2Freview%2FR2DUM7S4XW06QN%3Fie%3DUTF8%26ASIN%3DB00154JDAI%26nodeID%3D%26ref%255F%3Dcm%255Fcr%255Fpr%255Fcmt&tag=more_info-20&linkCode=ur2&camp=1789&creative=390957
And you know, there are some websites like these two, where you can find more than ten thousand free books for the Kindle. So no need to go to library to borrow them, you can actually own them:
http://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Main_Page
http://manybooks.net/
So the Kindle will save you quite a lot of money in long term, and may be you can buy more things with the money saved.
Hope this helps.
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Cheers,
Jeff
Windows 7 Outreach Team
I suggest you to get the Kindle.
This article is written by a person who sees the trend of ebook readers. May be you can see the benefits of ebook readers from his point of review to decide:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/redirect.html?ie=UTF8&location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2Freview%2FR3QM7LGL62MZ4X%3Fie%3DUTF8%26ref%255F%3Dcm%255Fcr%255Frdp%255Fperm&tag=ereader-2-20&linkCode=ur2&camp=1789&creative=390957
This is also the best review about the Amazon Kindle that I’ve ever read.
You have the budget for the newest generation of Kindle with all the wireless bells and whistles! Lucky you!
Kindle DX Wireless Reading Device (9.7″ Display, U.S. Wireless, Latest Generation): http://bit.ly/8z9fuy