20 Mar
2010
20 Mar
'10
2:42 p.m.
On Mar 20, 2010, at 2:19 PM, Josh Dersch wrote:
I
suppose it may be a question of definition; on my (admittedly modern) PC here I can flip
pages in a PDF as fast as I can click the mouse (and they're readable just as fast)
even for something as large as the 11/40 engineering drawings. I do agree that I prefer
to have physical copies of documents where available, but for two different reasons: 1)
somehow, skimming a physical document for something is just easier, and 2) I hate zooming
in to see detail. Still, I don't stand a chance at getting physical copies of most of
this unless I want to print it myself (I usually don't) so PDFs are very convenient
in that regard...
(What I want to solve #2 would be a super-high DPI screen... I have a 1920x1200 display,
but it's still only 96 dpi. Something 200dpi or higher would be very nice (for things
other than PDFs, too...)
I have both hard copy & PDFs for most things that I work on. The PDFs take
considerable *less* physical space than all of the paper. A cabinet maker friend of mine
built me a bookcase specifically for all of the 11x17 binders that DEC put the prints
into. It makes them *much* more accessible.
I prefer to use the paper when I'm actually working on a machine. To help preserve the
originals that I have, I typically print out a few pages that I might need from the PDFs
when working on the actual HW. That way I also don't feel bad when I scribble notes
on them.
I typically use the PDFs for research/study (other than the source of work copies). I
also am fortunate enough to have a 30" display with a 2560x1600 resolution. It's
big enough and with enough resolution that I can typically view 11x17 pages full scale
(actually I make them full screen which renders them slightly larger than full scale). I
find it rare that I need to zoom in.
TTFN - Guy