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To: Done, gone. who wrote (83642)	7/6/2009 7:42:10 PM
From: HerbVic	Respond to of 213182

Welcome back Michal. Thanks for the heads up. Those little jobbers are interesting. To me it's in the same sense that go carts are interesting. Fun to play with. Might be useful with more storage. You still shootin' big time Broadway Theatre?

To: Done, gone. who wrote (83642)	7/7/2009 12:50:26 AM
From: Cogito	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 213182

>>The reason I'm posting it is this: If anyone here has the ear of Apple, tell them. They're missing the boat here HUGE, even though they invented the netbook market, with the Duo, back when I had one and love it. BRING BACK THE MAC NETBOOK.<< Done, Gone - I'm glad you like your 400 dollar hackintosh. I'm sure it will be fun for as long as it holds together. The only thing Apple is missing out on is a low profit sale that comes with the same support costs they have on their more profitable notebooks. I'm sure they're happy to live without that. - Allen

To: Done, gone. who wrote (83642)	7/8/2009 10:13:31 AM
From: Done, gone.	1 Recommendation Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 213182

A couple of thoughts to add, given the responses. 1. For $400, the best Apple offers at present is the 32GB iTouch. For the same money, the Dell mini 9 with OSX installed is a fully functioning Mac computer. Every application I use on my 15" MBP works on the mini, including Parallels, allowing me to run not just Mac software, but Windows as well. The mini is now my primary, daily use computer. Why wear down the MBP for mundane stuff? Why lug it around? The mini is perfect for laying around cruising the web, even streaming movies. I already said it has the farthest wifi reach of any Mac I ever had. Driving home from photo gigs I can download my cards directly to the 32GB SD card in the SD slot - again, no moving parts so no worry when the ride is bumpy - and when I get home, I'm ready to connect the 32GB card to my MBP and get to work editing on my 30" monitor. The iTouch is a very sorry, incapable substitute for all that, for the same money. 2. Build. Ironically, I got the Dell mini 9 as a backup, when my MBP had to go for repair because the track pad died, for the second time within a year. Apparently, the first generation MBP had a track pad issue. Didn't know that, now I do. All in all, the MBP has been in for repairs three times, and its battery has been replaced four times. Meanwhile, the Dell mini has passed the drop test, from desk level onto a hard floor. A small scratch on the corner is the total damage. Solid state hard drives have their advantages: no moving parts to break upon impact. From what I can tell, months into using the Dell mini 9, it's one solid piece of hardware! 3. If Apple made an equivalent, for say $750, I'd buy it in a heartbeat. So would many others. And no, a tablet will not do, I don't want to use part of my screen real estate as a virtual keyboard! I think that just about covers it. Done, gone.