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That's what an iPhone is for. ok,ok there's a gap for a 9-10" macbook. They should make one.

• SwellJoe 17y ago
  How is an iPhone a 9" laptop?
  • unalone 17y ago
    What axod was suggesting was that the people who need a laptop that small might be well off with what the iPhone's capable of. Certainly my iPod touch is what I use when I'm on the move, and it's capable of everything up to responding to people on Hacker News.
    • jrockway 17y ago
      Capable but not pleasant. Using my netbook is like using a slightly-slower version of my desktop machine. No compromises. (I carry around my HHKB with it, so the input experience is the same.)
  • axod 17y ago
    It kinda fits the gap for me. In terms of functionality, it's a netbook pretty much. The only difference is it's got a smaller screen, and a touchscreen instead of keyboard. Sure, it takes a little more fiddling, but I can easily ssh to servers, and fix things from my iphone, as well as any webapp/website things I need to do.
    • SwellJoe 17y ago
      The only difference is it's got a smaller screen, and a touchscreen instead of keyboard. Which are huge differences. Sure, I've had an ssh client on my phone for about six years now (Sidekick II first, and now a G1), but I can't do work on my phone, even though it has a reasonable keyboard for such a small device. But, my Mini 9 is actually a pretty reasonable device for most of the work I do, up to and including development (though its obvious sweet spot is email and forums and such, which I do a lot of since support is a huge part of my business; and using the phone would be way too slow). I wouldn't consider it a replacement for the big 15" lappy or my desktop machine for serious development or graphics work or whatever, but when I am travelling light, it's exactly the right size and form-factor.