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SigmundTheSeaMonster
05/30/09

In reply to Dell to Discontinue Our Favorite Hackintoshable Netbook, the Mini 9
I threw a 64GB SSD (Runcore) for $199 in mine and its great. I suppose if the Mini 10 were to have the GMA950 GPU, then Hackintosh will live on.

Personally, the 9 is just the right size. But the keyboard isn't the best. Still, preferable over MBAir and others...
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frigg
05/30/09

In reply to Dell to Discontinue Our Favorite Hackintoshable Netbook, the Mini 9
Is it possible to hackintosh an actual mac under bootcamp, just for the fun of it?
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Monty
05/30/09

In reply to Dell to Discontinue Our Favorite Hackintoshable Netbook, the Mini 9
With Psystar filing for bankruptcy and now this, we might actually be forced to buy a real Apple Macintosh -- the horror. It is just as well, it was just one more geeky thing on my "to do list" that I probably never would have gotten around to.
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TrollSlayer
05/30/09

@OMG! Twinkies!: There's always that 7 thing. Anyway, why would you want to buy a toy dell computer just to install an OS made for children?
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Monty
05/30/09

@OMG! Helmets!: Various reasons:

1. Children always look like they are having so much fun.

2. I want to be more child-like, if that is possible.

3. Like most children, there is something exciting about doing complicated things that I should not be doing.

4. There are many things besides OS X on a Dell you can show children that will shock and amaze them, but most of them are illegal. I keep finding out - the hard way.
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GrossGreg
05/07/09

In reply to Dell Mini 10 Will Drop To $299 This Month
After using a netbook for two months, I've come to the conclusion that electronics (PC's) fit into two categories: Pocketable and Non-Pocketable. It sounds obvious, but if it can't fit it in my pocket, I need a bag for it...and if I need a bag for it, I might as well be carrying around a full-fledged laptop.
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Killjoy
05/07/09

@GrossGreg: If you carry it around all day long you will notice a significant difference between a two pound laptop and a six pound laptop.
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Kaiser-Machead
05/07/09

@Killjoy: There are full-fledged laptops that come in at well under to about half of six pounds. The bigger difference here is price. More often than not, powerful notebooks that come in at the size of netbooks come in at or above $1K.
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OMG! Ponies!
05/07/09

In reply to Dell Mini 10 Will Drop To $299 This Month
And yet Apple is shitting on this category.

We're in a recession and if we don't get out of it by August, this might be where the Back-To-School market is. If Apple wants market share of the computer market, Apple's going to need to be able to produce a cheap sub-$500 netbook.

Take a page from the PC netbook playbook and have it run an older version of OSX (possibly Jaguar) on older (read: cheaper) hardware that can be scaled-down and can run cool.

Parents pay through the nose for tuition. The laptop is where costs get cut.
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Skiphex
05/07/09

@OMG! Ponies!: I don't think Apple will have a problem getting the Back-To-School market. I go to Temple University which is regarded as an inexpensive college and many kids have Apple products. Granted, I have seen a rise in netbooks, but they are still the minority compared with the countless Macbooks floating around. I would imagine if you can afford a more expensive college, then the chances of having Apple products would increase further.
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Kaiser-Machead
05/07/09

@OMG! Ponies!: You wouldn't need to go that far back on the OS scale. I can run 10.4 on a 1GHz PPC from 2002 with zero issue, so if Apple produced an Atom proc netbook, 10.4 should suit it just fine. Knowing Apple though, they'd find a way to shoehorn Leopard/Snow Leopard into them, before they ever go back on their older OS's.
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OMG! Ponies!
05/07/09

@Skiphex: That's the thing. Some of the pricier private schools are sending out "Are you sure?" letters to students who need more aid than others. NYU gotten written up by Gawker for doing this.

I can understand plonking down the bucks for the graduation/off-to-college present, but the returning junior may have a harder time - especially when parents are realigning debt priorities. It's bad enough that a generation is paying for four years of cable bills with student loans; paying for a computer 20 years after buying it is just as bad.
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ripfire
05/07/09

@OMG! Ponies!: Apple wouldn't stoop down to making netbooks. It'll just taint their image.
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Kaiser-Machead
02/23/09

In reply to Dell Mini 10's RAM Won't Be Upgradable Past 1 GB
I don't understand why a licensing deal would force them to fix the RAM. Why not just, you know, NOT offer the extra ram as BTO, per their agreement, and allow us lovely patrons to do the upgrading ourselves?
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Kaiser-Machead
02/23/09

@Kaiser-Machead: On second thought, that could still be unwanted incentive. In either case, it still sounds a tad evil.
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Ryanraven
02/23/09

@Kaiser-Machead: Anything that tiny is always evil. Little lizards, Leprechauns, bunnies, children, and all sorts of stuff.
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Kaiser-Machead
02/23/09

@Ryanraven: You forgot Plankton. Always trying to thwart Spongebob's good time.
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ceilingFANBOY
02/18/09

In reply to Dell Mini 10 Selling for $400 on February 26
I still find it odd that everyone is making a big deal about it being able to do 720p but it still doesn't even have plans for an option of blu-ray. It's not even like Dell is pulling an Apple and avoiding blu-ray in their computers.
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Caroline Brennen
02/18/09

In reply to Dell Mini 10 Selling for $400 on February 26
You can get the mini 9 for $245 with win XP and 1 gb RAM for $245 at Sam's Club

[www.techdealdigger.com]
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ceilingFANBOY
02/18/09

@Caroline Brennen: Thanks for the link for the link to the deal.

:-p
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elementary
02/18/09

In reply to Dell Mini 10 Selling for $400 on February 26
HDMI out is nice though. Is this the only netbook that has it?
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Cordfucious of Tech Clan
02/18/09

@elementary: the HP mini's have display port
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Hello Mister Walrus
02/13/09

In reply to AT&T Stores to Stock Netbooks?
Uh... these look like stolen presentation slides.
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strider_mt2k
11/19/08

In reply to Dell Inspiron Mini 12 Review
Meh.

The Mini 9 is the sweet spot.

THIS is just greed.
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misterrios
11/19/08

In reply to Dell Inspiron Mini 12 Review
But can it play Crysis? Oh, sorry, too soon?
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Jrsy Devil's Advocate®
11/19/08

@misterrios: "Too soon? "

No, more like too late.
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strider_mt2k
11/19/08

@misterrios: Be ashamed at your pedestrian comment.

Never too soon for THAT.
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