I paid $10 for a bootleg copy of the CD manual from someone off ebay and I thought at first that it lost something in the copying process. But I later heard from others that had originals that had the same quality issues that I had. Its OK for the $10 I paid but I would rather have a hard copy. I like flipping through paper pages and just seeing what catches my attention. I can't do that with the CD. I also like the portability of a book manual. I don't have a laptop computer nor do I want one if I have a perfectly good PC. The problem is I can't take my PC to my reading room.