General Discussion

Im thinking about buying a kindle for use at my university. As we get supplied with some big textbooks in pdf format how good is the kindle at reading these? Do I have to convert them to a kind of Kindlepdf thing or is it just a case of drag and drop? Do they read word documents aswell?
 
Is the kindle worth getting or should I just keep carrying my laptop to uni almost every day?

You know what you need Andy is an Ipad they are a mere £500. Imagine doing all the stuff your phone does but on a bigger screen haha

Thats why the kindles £100 price tag attracted me!

You really don't want to read textbooks on a Kindle. Trust me. It's a strictly linear reading device. The minute you have to start flipping back and forth is the minute its usefulness falls to pieces.

yeah as lane says a text book for a scientific/ mathematical subject would not be ideal on the kindle. As for me i have recently ordered the new kindle but i do a subject where they just say read this chapter and then come in and talk about it, not a great deal of cross referencing and looking up to be done so I think i will be alright.

@takedown50:
What you really want is this, but of course it isn't released yet and will be more expensive than what you want. 

Thats does look amazing! the price tag will be considerably more though!