'Our Mrs. Reynolds'
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I am very tempted by my roommate's Paperwhite.
My problem is that lately I've been sending more and more of my purchased books to the iPad, not because I enjoy reading on it particularly (the Kindle is nicer on my eyes), but because the setup for looking at and choosing the books I have read/want to read/etc is easier and nicer. Ugh.
I have a Kindle Fire and I like having the light and being able to watch Netflix on it but it is heavy - so a Paperwhite would be better.
About the first thing I did went I got it was to walk from a well-lit room into a pitch black room and watch the screen look exactly the same.
The Fire is useful for surfing and media, but I'm doing most of my reading on the Paperwhite.
Definitely the Paperwhite. I have an old keyboard Kindle, and I love it, but I definitely envy the contrast on the Paperwhite.
So I bought an extra 3TB USB drive to extend my 2TB NAS. Only the NAS is currently RAID1 mirrored. So since the USB drive is a new volume, I can't just say, hey, extend onto here. I'm thinking maybe I should go to RAID5?
But then I'd need to store the current backup somewhere while I reconfigured. Which I will probably have to do anyway. In which case I'm thinking about moving off Memeo to some other, more robust, backup software. But then I'd have to figure out how to migrate the old backups.
Hm.
So my next question: Where has the best price on the Paperwhite? Is it Amazon? (Full disclosure: I'm a Prime member, so I don't pay shipping.)
So I bought an extra 3TB USB drive to extend my 2TB NAS. Only the NAS is currently RAID1 mirrored. So since the USB drive is a new volume, I can't just say, hey, extend onto here. I'm thinking maybe I should go to RAID5?
You'll lose 1TB, but I can't think of another option if you want redundancy.
Jilli,
you might want to look at prices on Amazon and Target and Best Buy for comparison. I bet Amazon has the best price though.
If you're looking to save a little money, you can always get the version that has the ads. If you absolutely hate them, you can pay $20 at any time and Amazon will remove the ads (pretty much instantly).
Your other decision is between 3G (more expensive) or Wi-fi. I had 3G on my last Kindle and rarely used it. So I went with Wi-fi this time and don't regret it.
I adore my Paperwhite!