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Technical references, definitely, though they are often available as HTML rather than needing a reader for ebook formats. I have an old Windows tablet that I u
by dspillett 3y ago
Technical references, definitely, though they are often available as HTML rather than needing a reader for ebook formats.
I have an old Windows tablet that I use for reading occasionally – it is bigger than my phone (lower pixel density considerably, but fine enough), can be carried around more easily than a laptop, and at this point in its life is expendable – that counts as desktop with regard to running apps. Windows 8.1 though so now EOL, I'll have to see how well Linux likes its hardware as I don't fancy Win10+ on that spec!
Also: you don't need to be reading entire books for the app to be useful, especially as it runs on other devices, so you have the same reader elsewhere.
- walteweiss 3y agoThis link may be helpful for you https://openrt.gitbook.io/open-surfacert/ https://openrt.gitbook.io/open-surfacert/
- dspillett 3y agoThis tablet is Intel everything, so “true” Windows rather than RT on ARM.
- globular-toast 3y agoFor technical references it's a very sad day if the only thing I can find is a PDF or ePub. It hasn't happened yet. Technical references aren't read sequentially; random access is essential. By far the best technology available for random access is a book. Web browsers are a close second, but only if the content has been formatted specifically for the web.
- thaumasiotes 3y ago> Technical references, definitely, though they are often available as HTML rather than needing a reader for ebook formats. If you can read HTML, you already have an epub reader available. epub is just a package of HTML documents.