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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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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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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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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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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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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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Parapraxis
10/14/09

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

@Parapraxis: Dyslexia makes baby Jesus cry.
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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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Kaiser-Machead
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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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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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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MarcusMaximus
10/14/09

@Log1c: [www.touchscreens.com]

Found in 5 seconds searching on google.
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Log1c
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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pɹɐoqʎǝʞuǝʞoɹq
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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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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SQLGuru
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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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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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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pɹɐoqʎǝʞuǝʞoɹq
10/16/09

@Parapraxis: Sorry, my cost prohibitive comment was meant for SQLGuru. #dellmini9
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Noobs-R-Us
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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mangosquash
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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SigmundTheSeaMonster
10/14/09

@mangosquash: So, women are the market?
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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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jinushaun
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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groma3eka
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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Eruanno
10/14/09

In reply to Michael Dell Hates Netbooks, But Loves Windows 7: What About You?
Netbooks suck because they are slow and small.

A notebook screen should not go below 13 inches and not above 17.
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Slack3r78
10/14/09

@Eruanno: Netbooks are awesome because they're small and fast enough. I went from using a 15" MBP as my only computer, to carrying an 8.9" netbook everywhere I go and using a desktop at home.

It's really hard to overstate how nice the portability of a netbook compared to a 15" notebook really is if you're constantly on the go.
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B3ND3R
10/14/09

In reply to Michael Dell Hates Netbooks, But Loves Windows 7: What About You?
Headline: "Michael Dell Trashes Netbooks, Loves Windows 7"

Well, if *Michael Dell* says it, it must be the untainted gospel. After all, he has such an unblemished track record when it comes to predicting consumer behavior. Here is one who never, ever puts his foot in his mouth.

You doubt? Witness -

October 6, 1997:

At the Gartner Symposium and ITxpo97, Michael Dell added his voice to the chorus when asked what could be done to fix Apple [then troubled financially].

"What would I do? I'd shut it down and give the money back to the shareholders," Michael Dell said before a crowd of several thousand IT executives.

October 14, 2009:

DELL - 15.31
market cap - 29.94B

AAPL - 190.02
market cap - 170.22B

Michael Dell... futurist and innovator.
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Serolf Divad
10/14/09

In reply to Michael Dell Hates Netbooks, But Loves Windows 7: What About You?
I've been in love with netbooks ever since the original EeePC 701. I've currently got a Dell Mini 9 and my only regret is that Dell is discontinuing the model (and the 8.9" form factor alltogether).

Not everybody wants to lug around an 8 lb laptop.
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Chris Hansen
10/14/09

In reply to Michael Dell Hates Netbooks, But Loves Windows 7: What About You?
Dell didn't really trash the netbook in that quote. He pretty much said what I'd have to agree with. Netbooks aren't bad, but I like the size and portability of my Inspiron 15. It's not too heavy, and the screen isn't too small to work off of.
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SQLGuru
10/14/09

@Leonce: I would agree. I've told anyone that asks that a netbook is not a first computer. The person who gets a netbook is looking for a device they can take around easily and use it to "kill time", not do "real work". It's great for taking notes (that are later beefed up into something at a real computer), they are great for surfing the web while on the go, they are great for watching media wherever you are.

But when you want to do a significant amount of work, you'll want to be at a desktop or a full sized laptop. I'd like to see netbooks include some really good integrated syncing software so that anything I do on my netbook automatically syncs to the computer where I'll actually work on it.
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Slack3r78
10/14/09

@SQLGuru: Can't agree with this: "The person who gets a netbook is looking for a device they can take around easily and use it to "kill time", not do "real work"."

While my netbook does get used for a lot of screwing around, part of the reason I love it is that it's a bit easier to deal with when I'm at a customer's site. Having a sub 3lbs device I can hold in one hand in a cramped server room and pull up any notes or network diag tools I need makes my life a good bit easier.
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beercheck
10/14/09

@Slack3r78: Plus, since I take it everywhere, I'll cry a lot less if someone breaks into my car and swipes the cheap little netbook rather than a full fledged laptop.
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