To me, eink is definitely better for reading books, which is what most of those readers (Kindle, Kobo etc) are used for. The other big advantage is battery lif

To me, eink is definitely better for reading books, which is what most of those readers (Kindle, Kobo etc) are used for. The other big advantage is battery life. I have an old Kobo Aura I got second hand on eBay. I keep the WiFi turned off, have installed KOReader and load books over USB (with the held of Calibre). With semi-regular usage the battery lasts weeks if not months. Way longer than any phone or tablet I ever had. Granted of course those devices do a lot more, but it's nice to at least very rarely have to worry about whether you have enough charge to read a book. Like you I'm not sure of the advantages of eink for more general computing. I wonder what the (actual) battery life is like on the ReMarkable.