04-21-2009, 05:45 PM
DharmaDog wrote:
I didn't mean to suggest they are the same, or address the same market. I have an iPhone and I figure it does do about 80% of what a netbook does. It's good enough for me.
I'm just interested in how big this hackintosh market is relative to the iPhone market amongst Mac users.
80%?? Really? Can your iPhone:
Do video chatting?
surf websites that use Flash?
Run iPhoto/iMovie/iDVD/Garageband?
Allow you to hook up external drives and printers?
Hook up a real mouse and keyboard?
Then hook to a real monitor to run programs like Photoshop?
Easily create/edit documents, spreadsheets, etc and save those files to disk?
Create and update a website?
You know, the things most people do on their mac.
Don't get me wrong. I own a MacPro, a MacBook,an iPod Touch and a Dell Mini 9. I had hoped the iPod Touch would be able to be a good substitute for the Macbook in cases where I just needed email/web access. But it really hasn't been, especially because of the Flash thing. People complain about typing on the Mini. Compared to the Touch, it's heaven. The Mini 9 is a WHOLE LOT closer to a Macbook than the Touch is.
I've seen people say "The Mini is NOT a substitute for the Macbook!". I beg to differ. They say things like "The screen is too small" or "The keyboard sucks". True. But it HAS a screen. It HAS a keyboard. It WILL run pretty much every piece of software a Macbook will.