11-24-2009, 09:31 PM
macphanatic wrote:
...edit: How's the keyboard on this? I'm thinking about getting my wife one for Christmas. She has a Dell Latitude 630 for work. She'd be using it for email, web, and iTunes. Turning it into a Hackintosh is not an option. She doesn't get the appeal of Mac. Still working on that though.
Very timely - Black probably can answer better, but I tried out my sister's Mini 10v this weekend - the slightly larger keyboard definitely is easier to use (I use a Mini 9 daily, but have gotten used to the smaller keyboard) - I could actually touchtype on it without the mistakes I usually get when using a Mini 9. For those uses (web, email, iTunes), it'd be fine. If you ever need to use it more seriously, you can always plug in an external keyboard, mouse, and monitor.
The one drawback is the 1024x576 screen resolution. The fix for that is to install Netbook Resolution Customizer to get access to additional resolutions. It doesn't actually change the built-in screen's resolution beyond native capability, but instead tricks XP into thinking a larger monitor is available - which you can pan around in, 1024x576 pixels at a time.