Pix, that's awesome to hear, since I suspect next Sunday I'm going to open a Kindle Touch from Dad Santa, based on something he said today (i.e., "Don't buy a Kindle with the money we gave you for your birthday"). I like the 1st-gen Kindle but I lust after the skinnier lighter newer ones with the bigger drive.

You are going to love it, ‘Suela. I wasn’t expecting s big gift this year since we decided to go on vacation instead, so I was very surprised and very happy.

ETA: ND tells me that I actually had a 2nd-gen Kindle. I just know I’ve had it 3 years or so. All I can tell you is that this one is sleek, fast, and oh-so-pretty.

My only minor gripe is that occasionally I will brush the screen and skip forward or back, but that’s rare.

That's one thing I'm worried about, but I haven't really started using it to read, so I'm not sure the best way to hold it to avoid accidentally turning pages.

How much does the Kindle Touch hold? I'm looking forward to the realization that I am holding SO MANY BOOKS in my hand.

My Kindle Keyboard has... well, near enough to infinite space. Hundreds of books, anyway. I don't leave my books on there all the time - I remove them eventually, except for a few "that should always be on there" books like A Short History of Nearly Everything, and keep them archived on my computer (as well as the Amazon servers, for ones I bought)

P-C, did you get my e-mail with my book list, btw? I wasn't sure if your profile addy still works.

I've finally decided on my tablet--I'm getting the Samsung Galaxy 10.1 32GB, along with a bluetooth keyboard and a case with an easel in it so I can use the tablet as a laptop when I do my library research and to take notes in class.

I spent an hour or so with Cisco getting my wireless router hooked back up (why did I ever unplug the thing when Comcast replaced their box?), so my wifi works great. Now I just have to figure out how to use the wireless option on my printer.

(I am jealous of your 32GB)

P-C, did you get my e-mail with my book list, btw? I wasn't sure if your profile addy still works.

Oh, I did! Sorry for not responding. There are definitely a few titles in there I may want to borrow at some point, but for now, I've got some free legal stuff to try out, although they aren't as nicely formatted as a proper ebook would be.

When you "archive" something, you can always retrieve it as long as you have Wifi, right? It's just not taking up space otherwise? Not that I have space issues right now.

So when I got my MacBook three years ago it had a battery life of about 4 hours (if I wasn't watching video). Now I'm down to about 2.5 hours, sometimes even less.

What's the mechanism for replacing a Macbook battery? Do I have to take it to the Apple store, or can I do it myself?

When you "archive" something, you can always retrieve it as long as you have Wifi, right?

Yes, though this only applies to things from the Amazon store. When you're putting something on there from another source, you don't archive - you delete.

Just so you know, though, many of the books available from Gutenberg, etc, are also available for free through the kindle store. Same version, just as free, but you get the advantages of a book from their ecosystem, including whispersync and cloud-saved notes/highlights/bookmarks, and the ability to archive the book. I always check their first for a free out-of-copyright title, since the convenience is so high.

I save many books but the ones I "archive" if they are not amazon books are on calibre.

Consuela, don't know about current ones but it's always been quite easy in the past.