Comments on: Travelling with Mini-Me http://www.saunderslog.com/2008/11/28/travelling-with-mini-me/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=travelling-with-mini-me An outcome-driven leader, proven technology product developer, and marketer with over 20 years of hands-on experience including start-up, small and large business environments, and the board room. This is my blog. Thu, 26 Jan 2012 17:15:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Alec http://www.saunderslog.com/2008/11/28/travelling-with-mini-me/#comment-7373 Alec Fri, 28 Nov 2008 23:26:26 +0000 http://saunderslog.com/?p=4566#comment-7373 Tom - I like the keyboard on this thing quite well, and it's fast enough. I've had no trouble with flash video playback. I've even been playing back high bit rate 1024 wide 16:9 aspect ratio video. So far I haven't found it to be much of a compromise. Tom – I like the keyboard on this thing quite well, and it’s fast enough. I’ve had no trouble with flash video playback. I’ve even been playing back high bit rate 1024 wide 16:9 aspect ratio video. So far I haven’t found it to be much of a compromise.

]]> By: Tom Purves http://www.saunderslog.com/2008/11/28/travelling-with-mini-me/#comment-7370 Tom Purves Fri, 28 Nov 2008 20:01:56 +0000 http://saunderslog.com/?p=4566#comment-7370 Agree with everything you say about laptop bloat. I think anyone would be batshit crazy to buy a 7lb 15" notebook or worse a 17" (I mean, get a desktop already) But I couldn't do the mini's, even though I really really wanted to like them. I just sold my dell mini on ebay. A number of reasons: Atom processor was just too slow for video playback and some flash apps were like slideshows, the SSD on the dell horrifically slow and freezes the computer for seconds at a time, and the 9" keyboard too painful for my long fingers to type on (seriously, ouch). So I traded up to dell d420. 12 inches, core 2 duo 1.33Mhz, 2GB ram and 1280x800 resolution (a joy compared to 1024x600). It's not quite as cute or as light as the mini, but still barely 3lb and, on the whole, I am SO MUCH HAPPIER. cost of dell mini fully loaded: ~$500 CAD cost of lightly used <yr old dell 420 on ebay: ~$650 CAD Sounds like the HP is a little better size-wise than the dell, but I will be curious to see if you can stick it out ;) The world needs more 12" notebooks. (are you listening apple?) Agree with everything you say about laptop bloat. I think anyone would be batshit crazy to buy a 7lb 15″ notebook or worse a 17″ (I mean, get a desktop already)

But I couldn’t do the mini’s, even though I really really wanted to like them.

I just sold my dell mini on ebay. A number of reasons: Atom processor was just too slow for video playback and some flash apps were like slideshows, the SSD on the dell horrifically slow and freezes the computer for seconds at a time, and the 9″ keyboard too painful for my long fingers to type on (seriously, ouch).

So I traded up to dell d420. 12 inches, core 2 duo 1.33Mhz, 2GB ram and 1280×800 resolution (a joy compared to 1024×600).

It’s not quite as cute or as light as the mini, but still barely 3lb and, on the whole, I am SO MUCH HAPPIER.

cost of dell mini fully loaded: ~$500 CAD
cost of lightly used <yr old dell 420 on ebay: ~$650 CAD

Sounds like the HP is a little better size-wise than the dell, but I will be curious to see if you can stick it out ;)

The world needs more 12″ notebooks. (are you listening apple?)

]]> By: Alec http://www.saunderslog.com/2008/11/28/travelling-with-mini-me/#comment-7372 Alec Fri, 28 Nov 2008 19:21:43 +0000 http://saunderslog.com/?p=4566#comment-7372 But Andrew, I'm doing exactly what you are doing. Just got home, flipped open the Mini, checked email and the blog and now I'm replying to you. AND... I spent $499. How much was your Macbook? But Andrew, I'm doing exactly what you are doing. Just got home, flipped open the Mini, checked email and the blog and now I'm replying to you. AND… I spent $499. How much was your Macbook?

]]> By: Andrew http://www.saunderslog.com/2008/11/28/travelling-with-mini-me/#comment-7371 Andrew Fri, 28 Nov 2008 16:37:46 +0000 http://saunderslog.com/?p=4566#comment-7371 Just buy a MacBook already! Seriously Alec, I have a full featured workstation, that is just marginally larger than your netbook. The new Aluminum unibody MacBooks are an incredibly efficient, light and powerful travel companion, light durable amazing battery life. Case in point - I had my snow tires put on earlier this week, 3! people in the waiting room had unibody MacBooks and were working away... naturally we all started geekspeaking and agreed we never would have done this with PC's in the past, but it was just so easy to grab the MacBook and work anywhere it was just reflex to bring it to something as odd as snowtire changing.... Just buy a MacBook already! Seriously Alec, I have a full featured workstation, that is just marginally larger than your netbook. The new Aluminum unibody MacBooks are an incredibly efficient, light and powerful travel companion, light durable amazing battery life.

Case in point – I had my snow tires put on earlier this week, 3! people in the waiting room had unibody MacBooks and were working away… naturally we all started geekspeaking and agreed we never would have done this with PC's in the past, but it was just so easy to grab the MacBook and work anywhere it was just reflex to bring it to something as odd as snowtire changing….

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