Smitty,

I agree with most of what you said, except for the death of the used book market. It should be easy for me to say, beam my book to you, and then you get to go on-line to get another registration code. You get a discount for getting a registration code only, and would not have to pay full price. The system would have a record that you did not download the original book. The amount of the discount would depend on the age of the book. Newer book, less discount.

Granted, I keep my original book, which I paid full price for, but the publisher could still get more then 1/2 price for a beamed book. It would be a win for both. There could even be a time limit where there would be no discount given on a new ebook for say 60 days. I beam the book to you and you go online and pay full price.

This would be an advantage to both the reader and publisher. You could even do it on-line on your mobile device. Whatever book reader you use could have a link in the menu to obtain a registration code immediately.

It would also help spread the word about e-books. I travel constantly and see folks with Treos, Blackberrys and Windows mobile devices. Most of them don't read books on them, they only check email. I've showed many people the books I read, and told them where to go to get them. I use both Fictionwise and Ereader, and probably have 200 books between both libraries.

If the books could be standardized between platforms, it would actually be easier to spread the word. I can sitting at a coffee shop, and the shop having a list of books to e-read. Beam the book, enter a registration code, and you are up and running, on any platform. Heck, even the major book dealers could get in the loop. Put a booth in and let folks download and pay right there.

I just upgraded my Intel Mac Mini and My Macbook.. both appear to be running smoothly. I love Time Machine. I have attempted to make backups in the past, but this is super easy. Since it does it every hour, I have much more peace of mind that I haven't deleted an important document in the morning, that I'll need at night. My previous backups were daily and weekly, which still allowed for mistakes.

I also like the cover flow for viewing documents and files in folders.. Trying to remember what I named a document last month or last year isn't an issue anymore!!

So far, I LIKE it!

I like Gadget.. but how about Gizmo.. both fit the owner and some of us even remember the movie that made Gizmo famous!

Now you can add another Gadgeteer test.. does it survive the Gizmo touch... :-)