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Nice story about running OS X on a Dell Mini 9 on XLR8yourmac.com - Robert M - 04-20-2009
Hi everyone,
A pleasant read!
Robert
Re: Nice story about running OS X on a Dell Mini 9 on XLR8yourmac.com - SDGuy - 04-20-2009
"Now you see why the Dell mini 9 is capturing so much attention ...It's a Macbook at a sub-Mac mini price. "
Exactly!
Re: Nice story about running OS X on a Dell Mini 9 on XLR8yourmac.com - Robert M - 04-20-2009
SD,
I hope Apple doesn't do anything that disrupts the usage of a Dell Mini 9 as a "macintosh" netbook. That'd be a pain in the neck. Eventually, I'll have to replace my Winbook Craptop and the Dell Mini 9 is by far the replacement notebook of choice. Unless Apple comes to its senses and offers a Macbook Mini.
Robert
Re: Nice story about running OS X on a Dell Mini 9 on XLR8yourmac.com - C(-)ris - 04-20-2009
SDGuy wrote:
"Now you see why the Dell mini 9 is capturing so much attention ...It's a Macbook at a sub-Mac mini price. "
Exactly!
I think that is a little misleading. The mini9 is nothing like the MacBook. Only thing they have in common is that they can run OS X and are intel based.
Re: Nice story about running OS X on a Dell Mini 9 on XLR8yourmac.com - Robert M - 04-20-2009
C(-)ris,
What am I missing here? A Dell Mini 9 is a scaled back notebook computer. A Macbook is a notebook computer that isn't scaled back. Of course, they're going to be a bit different, aside the Macbook being an Apple produced Mac. But, to say they are nothing alike is ridiculous.
Robert
Re: Nice story about running OS X on a Dell Mini 9 on XLR8yourmac.com - vision63 - 04-20-2009
Hopefully Apple will kick it's butt with some awe-inspiring piece of work that we'll line up around the block to get.
Re: Nice story about running OS X on a Dell Mini 9 on XLR8yourmac.com - hal - 04-20-2009
Robert M wrote:
C(-)ris,
What am I missing here? A Dell Mini 9 is a scaled back notebook computer. A Macbook is a notebook computer that isn't scaled back. Of course, they're going to be a bit different, aside the Macbook being an Apple produced Mac. But, to say they are nothing alike is ridiculous.
Robert
As the owner of both, I'll say it. A Mini9 aint no macbook.
Things that macbooks have that mini's don't/can't have
13" screen
2 ram slots w/4GB max (at least)
usable keyboard
quality track pad
sata hard drive
optical drive
dvi out
that's enough for now, but there's a LOT more...
Re: Nice story about running OS X on a Dell Mini 9 on XLR8yourmac.com - hal - 04-20-2009
vision63 wrote:
Hopefully Apple will kick it's butt with some awe-inspiring piece of work that we'll line up around the block to get.
apple will NEVER offer something this inexpensive - that's the whole appeal... if they matched the size and weight, apple's offering will START at $500.
and I'm fine with that...
Re: Nice story about running OS X on a Dell Mini 9 on XLR8yourmac.com - Robert M - 04-20-2009
Hal,
Never said they were Macbooks. To say they are would be just as ridiculous as saying they are nothing alike. They are both notebooks but geared for entirely different markets.
Robert
Re: Nice story about running OS X on a Dell Mini 9 on XLR8yourmac.com - C(-)ris - 04-20-2009
Robert M wrote:
Hal,
Never said they were Macbooks. To say they are would be just as ridiculous as saying they are nothing alike. They are both notebooks but geared for entirely different markets.
Robert
The quote from the article said they were MacBooks. That is what Hal and I were commenting on. You seem to agree but the article does not, the writer said "Now you see why the Dell mini 9 is capturing so much attention ...It's a Macbook ..." Which to me is saying that he thinks the mini9 does everything a MacBook could do.