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    Dell Mini 9 Accelerometer Hack Creates One Affordable Little Windows Tablet

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    Image of safil safil
    11/08/09

    In reply to Dell Mini 9 Accelerometer Hack Creates One Affordable Little Windows Tablet
    best place to buy another dell mini 9? any suggestions? my other gotten misplaced/ i mean stolen, dohh... #dellmini9
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    JCWhitless promoted this comment safil was starred safil was unstarred
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    11/08/09

    @safil: I have a mini9 for sale I got cheap. It is locked down and I can't get pass the password though. It says the admin name is safil. Will sell for 900$ or trade rims for a Monte Carlo. #dellmini9
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    11/08/09

    In reply to Dell Mini 9 Accelerometer Hack Creates One Affordable Little Windows Tablet
    Is there anything the Dell mini 9 can't do? #dellmini9
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    JCWhitless promoted this comment Arudar was starred Arudar was unstarred
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    11/08/09

    @Arudar: I've just purchased my third one.

    I haven't found anything yet it can't do. #dellmini9
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    11/08/09

    @JCWhitless: aren't there some resolution issues? like cutting off the top of some windows? #dellmini9
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    Image of JC Whitless JC Whitless
    11/08/09

    @RT100: I think a bigger issue is the java problems and the atom processor. Side scrollers not appearing etc.

    A mini 9 is a little like a 15 year old boy at a construction site. Handy, quick, able to do lots of things quickly, just don't have it do any heavy lifting.

    I switched to the international keyboard so I can type better, and sometimes hook it up to an old monitor and keyboard/mouse it it doesn't have to move.

    It goes with me whenever I travel, and it is my 'entertainment' machine at work.

    Really, if you have about 250 to spend, check out the dell outlet for a Vostro a90 (The mini9 twin), it really is a fun little machine.

    Also, the touchpad is scores better than the 10v, which my wife loves and I can't figure out how to use. #dellmini9
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    Image of met2art met2art
    11/08/09

    In reply to Dell Mini 9 Accelerometer Hack Creates One Affordable Little Windows Tablet
    "Toucherometer powers, Hacktivate!" #dellmini9
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    11/11/09

    @met2art: That's where this all started :) [www.mydellmini.com] #dellmini9
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    Image of Crazy_Talk Crazy_Talk
    11/08/09

    In reply to Dell Mini 9 Accelerometer Hack Creates One Affordable Little Windows Tablet
    why are these things never thinner then their laptop counterparts? seems like it could be slimmed down considerably since the keyboard/touchpad is gone. #dellmini9
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    11/08/09

    @Crazy_Talk: The keyboard doesn't add much thickness at all. Neither does the touchpad. I've popped the keyboard off of my laptop and it's a very thin, flimsy piece.

    This one isn't all that thick, but tablets have to basically contain the top half and the bottom half of a laptop in one piece, then add a touchscreen. They also have to be somewhat resilient.

    Is anyone else turned off by the idea that these tablets have their screens exposed all the time? #dellmini9
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    Image of fuchikoma fuchikoma
    10/15/09

    In reply to Michael Dell Hates Netbooks, But Loves Windows 7: What About You?
    I have a Dell Inspiron 8600 I used to use as a portable workstation. It was good enough that I could install Oracle 9i server on a virtual machine, then run the client on my main Windows installation and connect to it to do some database sandbox work...

    Then I got an OLPC XO-1. Not even 450MHz - a single core AMD Geode CPU, and 256 MB of RAM. Usually when I travel I take the XO because it's so small and light, but still good enough to run a web browser. Actually, now I usually just take my iPod Touch and something that can charge it like the XO.

    So... I'm really not saying I want my 15" screen back. I do have a full-size desktop for "serious" work, but for mobile computing, I find it's much better to emphasize the "mobile" than the "computing" half of the equation.7
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    Edited by fuchikoma at 10/15/09 5:31 PM fuchikoma was starred fuchikoma was unstarred
    Image of philibuster philibuster
    10/14/09

    In reply to Michael Dell Hates Netbooks, But Loves Windows 7: What About You?
    I use a netbook, the eee 901 with upgraded ram and SSD. The ram helped speed, but the SSD upgrade really was the biggest upgrade to "double-click lag". I do my writing on it as well, which is surpringly not terrible. I SSH and VNC into a eight-cpu linux server to do all my high performance computing.

    Incidentally, I used to have a 12" laptop. It was small at the time, but it sucked to travel with. This netbook is the easiest computer ever to travel with. It's like a normal sized hardcover book.
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    Image of Jesus_Jones Jesus_Jones
    10/14/09

    In reply to Converted Dell Mini 9 Netbook Makes For a Great Internet Tablet
    pity about the touchscreen as it looks like a resistive not capacitive one.
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    Image of deanbmmv deanbmmv
    10/14/09

    @Jesus_Jones: Source article confirms it's resistive.
    Why would that matter? Pen works much better on a mouse based UI anyway. (though Win7 is designed to be finger friendly I guess)
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    Edited by deanbmmv at 10/14/09 1:27 PM deanbmmv was starred deanbmmv was unstarred
    Image of Jesus_Jones Jesus_Jones
    11/09/09

    I used that resistive touchscreen before in an acer and it's like reading trough 20 layers of clingfilm and it feels like you're touching the screen with a prophylactic on the end of whatever appendage you choose to use. #dellmini9
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    10/14/09

    In reply to Converted Dell Mini 9 Netbook Makes For a Great Internet Tablet
    All that modding and still left the four-letter profanity across the front. For shame.
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    Image of Parapraxis Parapraxis
    10/14/09

    @Kaiser-Machead:
    AAPL?
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    10/14/09

    @Parapraxis: Dyslexia makes baby Jesus cry.
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    Image of MarcusMaximus MarcusMaximus
    10/14/09

    @Kaiser-Machead: What about adult Jesus? Or dead Jesus? Or newly back to life but will soon die again Jesus?
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    10/14/09

    @MarcusMaximus: Adolescent Jesus is fairly indifferent. Hormones, you know. Adult Jesus would've whipped the shit out of you. Dead Jesus would have a blast freaking out his old friends during the resurrection.

    "BOO!"

    *heart attack*

    "Oh man you should've seen your face! Uh....Mark? Eh well I'll see you in a bit."
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    Image of Parapraxis Parapraxis
    10/14/09

    @Kaiser-Machead: you shouldn't talk to the former president of the united states that way.

    I'll sic Cheney on your ass!
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    Image of Log1c Log1c
    10/14/09

    In reply to Converted Dell Mini 9 Netbook Makes For a Great Internet Tablet
    Damnit. I need a 15.4" widescreen touchscreen so I can do this with my old laptop.
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    Image of MarcusMaximus MarcusMaximus
    10/14/09

    @Log1c: [www.touchscreens.com]

    Found in 5 seconds searching on google.
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    10/14/09

    @MarcusMaximus: Oh I've found lots of em. I really want a 5 wire resistive one. That is the hard to find part.

    Plus I want one that I can modify to go under the bezel because I'll be taking the laptop apart and making a new case for it.
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    10/14/09

    In reply to Converted Dell Mini 9 Netbook Makes For a Great Internet Tablet
    I'm interested in how he is going to do the accelerometer. I've looked into that myself and found no easy solution. Unless I completely missed something, which is possible.
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    Image of Parapraxis Parapraxis
    10/14/09

    @pɹɐoqʎǝʞuǝʞoɹq: how about a spirit level duct taped to the side of the tablet?

    Or better yet, an iPhone with the Spirilt level app duct taped to the side of the tablet?
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    10/14/09

    @Parapraxis: Google is your friend.
    [www.phidgets.com]

    (replaced link with one that looks more easily embedded into the device -- and looks to be real-time instead of "record and download")
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    Edited by SQLGuru at 10/14/09 1:25 PM SQLGuru was starred SQLGuru was unstarred
    Image of pɹɐoqʎǝʞuǝʞoɹq pɹɐoqʎǝʞuǝʞoɹq
    10/14/09

    @Parapraxis: perhaps i should reiterate, I haven't found a method that wasn't cost prohibitive. Yeah, you can do anything if you throw enough money at it.
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    Image of Parapraxis Parapraxis
    10/15/09

    @pɹɐoqʎǝʞuǝʞoɹq: when I wrote that comment, my tongue was so far in my cheek Tyler Durden was jealous. #dellmini9
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    10/16/09

    @Parapraxis: Sorry, my cost prohibitive comment was meant for SQLGuru. #dellmini9
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    10/14/09

    In reply to Converted Dell Mini 9 Netbook Makes For a Great Internet Tablet
    Can't people just wait another 6 months for the iBook tablet? Come on! Keep you drawers on!
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    10/14/09

    In reply to Michael Dell Hates Netbooks, But Loves Windows 7: What About You?
    "not big enough, give me my 15-inch back."
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    10/14/09

    @mangosquash: So, women are the market?
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    Image of bagellord bagellord
    10/14/09

    In reply to Michael Dell Hates Netbooks, But Loves Windows 7: What About You?
    Netbooks have their place. I know for a fact that having a netbook would help my dad at his job with the meetings he has to be able to type notes and use outlook for email easily. It'd be better than carrying a 17" notebook around
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    10/14/09

    In reply to Michael Dell Hates Netbooks, But Loves Windows 7: What About You?
    No, there's no "imposed" limitation. Performance doesn't mean anything if the screen is still 10" or smaller. Netbooks are tiny by definition, and not your primary computer.

    Personally, I think netbooks are a fad. People will prefer low end laptops over netbooks.
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    10/14/09

    In reply to Michael Dell Hates Netbooks, But Loves Windows 7: What About You?
    a piece of dirty insincere marketing. of course, 15'' notebooks are cool, cos they are expensive and have higher profit margin; and win 7 + office 2010 are even cooler, as long as you don't forget to shell out for "all the latest hardware" to Mr Dell.
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