If you really want to take that gorgeous new iMac feeling with you when you travel, you can - buy the Air and watch yourself fall in love with it. Though your iPhone will be relegated to loo-time i'm afraid
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If you really want to take that gorgeous new iMac feeling with you when you travel, you can - buy the Air and watch yourself fall in love with it. Though your iPhone will be relegated to loo-time i'm afraid
I do agree to some degree, avoid hackint0sh its headachy with a lot of little quirks and issues (feels like a broken piece of machine/software).
BUT give windows xp a try. It runs very very fast and most of the time you'll be using safari (for windows) or firefox anyways and it works very well.
I cant say the same for a mini 9 but the samsung nc10's keyboard is so nice that I love typing on it and it also has a multitouch trackpad (which it does get a while to used to since its small) but the keyboard feels like a normal sized keyboard and the screen is very vivid and clear.
Also not to mention the 7 hour battery life which is the big selling point.
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Let's be clear... I don't believe I've read from any posters in this thread who advocated getting rid of all of your machines and replacing them with a netboook. Clearly, that is not what they were designed to do and be.
They are not replacements. But they are; extremely portable, inexpensive, fun to hack around on (and to learn to do this) and completely functional even when hacked with OSX (and I'm speaking about the Dell Mini 9 here).
Like everything else, they are not for everyone, to be sure. However, don't be so closed minded as to not see the possible benefits and upside of these machines, especially if you haven't actually tried one. If you have tried one and it's not for you, then you have your answer. Until then, keep the option in mind as a fun, inexpensive alternative to hauling around a bigger MacBook, a heavier MacBook Pro or a much more expensive MacBook Air.
The great thing too, is that if you buy a Mini 9, hack it (which is easy) and don't like it, you will almost certainly be able to sell it for at least what you paid for it.
m&c
Let's be clear... I don't believe I've read from any posters in this thread who advocated getting rid of all of your machines and replacing them with a netboook. Clearly, that is not what they were designed to do and be.
They are not replacements. But they are; extremely portable, inexpensive, fun to hack around on (and to learn to do this) and completely functional even when hacked with OSX (and I'm speaking about the Dell Mini 9 here).
Like everything else, they are not for everyone, to be sure. However, don't be so closed minded as to not see the possible benefits and upside of these machines, especially if you haven't actually tried one. If you have tried one and it's not for you, then you have your answer. Until then, keep the option in mind as a fun, inexpensive alternative to hauling around a bigger MacBook, a heavier MacBook Pro or a much more expensive MacBook Air.
The great thing too, is that if you buy a Mini 9, hack it (which is easy) and don't like it, you will almost certainly be able to sell it for at least what you paid for it.
m&c
If you want a mobile machine thats a joy to use all day long and has most of the power of a normal notebook the MBA is for you.
If you want a mobile machine for brief use (even numerous times a day) with sufficient power for routine or lightweight tasks a Netbook may be for you.
The price and all day usability are the big factors for the MBA (well and the OS if you are like me).
If you want a mobile machine for brief use (even numerous times a day) with sufficient power for routine or lightweight tasks a Netbook may be for you.
The price and all day usability are the big factors for the MBA (well and the OS if you are like me).