"You could buy an inexpensive PC for "above $400" and an inexpensive laptop for about $200 more than that so why again would you want this?"
Apples and oranges. E-ink gets far better battery life than an inexpensive laptop or desktop. Plus it is easier to carry around an e-ink book reader that is less than a pound than carrying around a laptop. It's like someone saying why should they get a $400 PDA phone when they can get a cheap laptop with Skype.
"I thought the point of e-ink displays was that they're cheap."
I never heard of that being the point of e-ink displays. The point of E-ink was always promoted as their almost identical look to text and their low power requirements.
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"You could buy an inexpensive PC for "above $400" and an inexpensive laptop for about $200 more than that so why again would you want this?"
Apples and oranges. E-ink gets far better battery life than an inexpensive laptop or desktop. Plus it is easier to carry around an e-ink book reader that is less than a pound than carrying around a laptop. It's like someone saying why should they get a $400 PDA phone when they can get a cheap laptop with Skype.
"I thought the point of e-ink displays was that they're cheap."
I never heard of that being the point of e-ink displays. The point of E-ink was always promoted as their almost identical look to text and their low power requirements.