Hi, I work in software and I’m trying to find ways to reduce eye strain in my work and studies. Specially because I’m starting my thesis right now. While I have some ebooks, the vast majority of the time I’m reading documentation on the web, on a terminal or IDE. I do read ebooks but that’s a tiny percentage of the time.
I’ve mainly looked at boox so I’m basing this off of their available lineup. But I’m super open to alternatives.
I’m torn on which device to get, specially on size. the 10" with a keyboard (definetly not the keyboard case though) sounds amazing to SSH into my computer and be able to properly write code that way. But it’s way too big to use as an auxiliary device for quick notes or web browsing when I’m at my desk with a kb + mouse + laptop. For that more handheld, quick handwritten notes with the option for web use, reading docs and that sort of stuff, the 7" really seems like the ideal size (I use an ipad mini for this currently and its great, I’ve tried the 10.2" and it wasn’t a great experience).
There’s also the matter of color. I added a grayscale filter on my computer and syntax highlighting still works well, though the color boox devices have a higher resolution overall so I may as well spring for one of those.
As for budget, $600 is pushing it. A caveat, I’m not in the US, so I don’t know if that amazon super lenient return policy works here. I want to get the right one off the bat. Also, I’m aware of the pine note. If it were available it would be a no brainer, but I need something sooner.
Those of you with experience, hopefully with the same usecases, I’d love to get feedback>
I own two Boox devices, the Note Air 2 Plus, and the Page. The NA2+ is primarily used as a notebook replacement, while the Page has become my go-to reader. I use the Page to read anything from pdf files to even documentation using eInkBro. The whole experience is very good, and while I wouldn’t trust either of them to handle anything actually related to my work due to privacy reasons, they’ve become a valuable part of my working process.
I haven’t tried connecting a keyboard to either device and typing like that, so I can’t say much about that experience. But I do agree that with greyscale and a bit of fine tuning, you should be able to get nice syntax highlighting as well.
Good to know. Probably a better solution to get cheaper dedicated devices for each. It sees the remarkable 2 can be “hacked” and added a terminal which could take care of the privacy issue. Thanks!