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I bought the Dell Mini-10 a year ago, and I love it. The keyboard on the Dell is laid out slightly better than the Eeepc (IMO), and it runs Windows 7 fast enou
by steverb 17y ago
I bought the Dell Mini-10 a year ago, and I love it.
The keyboard on the Dell is laid out slightly better than the Eeepc (IMO), and it runs Windows 7 fast enough for the majority of what I do. I went with the 6 cell battery, so start up time isn't an issue (just put it to sleep).
My only issues with it are that the screen resolution is too small to do any real coding on (but big enough in a pinch) and flash video can get a little choppy.
No other issues, and I use it constantly, either by itself, or as a secondary machine when working on my desktop.
- stilldavid 17y agoAnother nod for the Dell Mini-10. I bought it with Ubuntu preinstalled, but wound up swapping Netbook Remix for a plain install of Karmic. With Google Chrome running fullscreen, it's a very usable and capable web browsing machine, but I echo Steve's comments about trying to do any real coding on it. 6-Cell battery is worth it, the keyboard is well laid-out and decently large, and I went with the 32 Gig SSD so I don't have to worry about bumping it during operation. It's a bit unnerving hitting the power button waiting for the comforting hum of starting up, as the whole system is passively cooled and makes zero noise. My main gripe is that it's near impossible to click and drag on the small touchpad with the integrated button.
- steverb 17y agoThank you. I forgot to add that the touch pad stinks. Putting a strip of scotch tape along the bottom where the "buttons" are helps things considerably. Wireless mouse helps more.