Re: Physical books versus PDF, was Re: Programming the 65816

[mdj <mdj.mdj@gmail.com>]

On Nov 25, 5:40 am, dog_...@macgui.com (D Finnigan) wrote:
> Michael J. Mahon wrote:
>
> > Now I have a "portable" copy when the hard copy is at home.  ;-)
>
> It's a matter of preference, but I wonder how many people like to have a
> physical book, such that it could be carried about the house, rather than a
> PDF?

Well, as they say, "You can't grep dead trees" so if utility is the
only measure the e-book wins hands down.

That said, I *like* looking things up in the old Apple manuals and
have been known to while away an evening just (re)reading a manual and
picking up something I hadn't previously noticed.

So I'd say that the small space occupied by e-books means I don't have
to choose, and can have my cake and eat it too.

Matt