Apple's Ipad

[lm6y]

[stomachmonkey]

Originally Posted by Aurel

Exactly my point.
I paid $400 for a toshiba netbook that has a bigger screen than ipad, 160 gb storage, 9h Li-ion battery autonomy. I can even run OSX on it with a little bit of hacking . But right now I am quite happy with Ubuntu.

Currently the only 100% hackable Netbook is the Dell Mini9 and Vostro.

Your Toshiba will not have WIFI, Ethernet, Bluetooth, Video out, Audio i/o or WWAN.

Hackig a Netbook is not for the faint hearted.

[Aurel]

Originally Posted by stomachmonkey

Currently the only 100% hackable Netbook is the Dell Mini9 and Vostro.

Your Toshiba will not have WIFI, Ethernet, Bluetooth, Video out, Audio i/o or WWAN.

Hackig a Netbook is not for the faint hearted.

It will with a different wifi card. I am not saying I want to invest the time doing it, but it has been done. Rebuilding a 911 motor is not for the faint hearted either .
And yes, I could have bought a CHEAPER and easier to hack netbook, but I liked the 9h battery autonomy on the Toshiba.

[red-beard]

Originally Posted by stomachmonkey

Over 10%. Puts them about tied with Acer in the #3 spot. BTW, Acer includes eMachines and Gateway.

Dell is dropping, HP has taken the #1 spot. Both around 25% share. That includes corporate sales, servers, a huge part of both of their businesses, a category that Apple does not compete in.

I think Apple and it's stock holders are quite happy with where they are.

The 6.6% figure came from the Macbook website.

[slakjaw]

Hey, you cant fool me Apple. Thats just a really big iPhone.

[dd74]

Originally Posted by Math

At work we bought 1700 dells this year.

Yes, at work you did. But I was speaking of the user who buys one for their personal use.

So question to you: for your own uses, would you buy an Apple or a Dell?

[dd74]

Originally Posted by stomachmonkey

Currently the only 100% hackable Netbook is the Dell Mini9 and Vostro.

Your Toshiba will not have WIFI, Ethernet, Bluetooth, Video out, Audio i/o or WWAN.

Hackig a Netbook is not for the faint hearted.

Dell Mini9, huh? No hope for my Inspiron 6000 to run OSX. I ask, because ergonomically, the Inspiron is a really nice machine with a great screen.

[RKC]

Seems neat, if it can really replace the newspapers and magazines I get. Think it is a bit ahead of its time though, because of technological and publishing realities. We'll see....Doesn't make any sense on some level, as I actually like opening up a book, a newspaper or a magazine....but then, I used to stare at album covers and liner notes too, and I seem to buy plenty of music these days regardless.

Maybe we'll all be reading our published content online soon just like the scifi movies said we would. After all, at some point, printing a Wall Street Journal locally here in Chicago and having some fellow drop it on my driveway at 5am is a bit ridiculous if you really think about it, just as driving to a record store or video rental store has come to seem ridiculously wasteful of time, resources, etc. in this day and age when you can just press a button and have that content come to you. We're all going to look like the humans in Wall*E the way things are going....

Funny bit, BTW - all the complaining about the market share and cost issues with Apple - this from a bunch of people who buy cars from a tiny company with a tiny market share - cars that are outperformed in price and equalled in speed/capability/reliability by many a Japanese make. By people who spend extra money for antique guns and motorcycles that are outperformed by modern, less costly alternatives. By people who wonder why 99+% of the population drive such soulless little tin cans, and can't see the intangible worth of something well crafted even if it costs more.

Apple's slick marketing is a trick, as is Porsche's. But marketing can only sell pet rocks and such truck for so long. The product really has to have something to it that resonates with people if a car company or computer company is to keep its consumer glow going for a decade or more. After all, all those muscle car guys are now absolutely right - we're all driving VW's! (as are the Lamborghini and Buggati folks!)

A car is just a car, unless it has that certain something - that makes it more than the sum of its parts or the sum of its stats. I suppose we all use computers so much these days that we are starting to attach ourselves to them in the same way gearheads attach themselves to cars. I see nothing wrong with a little fanaticism now and then.....

[island911]

Originally Posted by slakjaw

Hey, you cant fool me Apple. Thats just a really big iPhone.

. . .that doesn't make calls.

When it finally does make calls too, that will be dubbed; the iPad with Wings.

[mca]

Originally Posted by dd74

would you buy an Apple or a Dell?

Dell workstation, Apple laptop.

My Dell workstations have always been durable, fast and problem free. My Dell laptop however is a piece of crap.

[Super_Dave_D]

Originally Posted by dd74

Dell Mini9, huh? No hope for my Inspiron 6000 to run OSX. I ask, because ergonomically, the Inspiron is a really nice machine with a great screen.

My mini 9 will be available in March if you are interested.

[Aurel]

Originally Posted by dd74

Dell Mini9, huh? No hope for my Inspiron 6000 to run OSX. I ask, because ergonomically, the Inspiron is a really nice machine with a great screen.

Here is a compatibility table , FWIW.

[porsche4life]

How much would a Mini 9 and snow leopard set me back? I want something with iVideo....

[Aurel]

Originally Posted by porsche4life

How much would a Mini 9 and snow leopard set me back? I want something with iVideo....

About 200 bucks

[porsche4life]

Can't get the mini 9 anymore... only the mini 10v

[Aurel]

Originally Posted by porsche4life

Can't get the mini 9 anymore... only the mini 10v

Still can on ebay...

[UconnTim97]

Pee-wee Gets An iPad! from Pee-wee Herman

[stomachmonkey]

Originally Posted by porsche4life

Can't get the mini 9 anymore... only the mini 10v

The 10v is 100% hackable.

Check here regularly.

You can get one today for $259.

Easier to start with 10.5 as the most current Snow Leopard update omits Atom chip compatibility. You can get it back with a bit more work.

[porsche4life]

fer sure... Nickelodeon white with green slime....

NVM.... all thee 9s are black....

[jyl]

I will stick with print for magazines and books that I want to keep. Stuff that I read and then discard, I'm quite receptive to reading electronically.

At work, I used to get a six inch stack of reports each day. Now I get the equivalent of two feet, via email. The latter is more useful.

Seems neat, if it can really replace the newspapers and magazines I get. Think it is a bit ahead of its time though, because of technological and publishing realities. We'll see....Doesn't make any sense on some level, as I actually like opening up a book, a newspaper or a magazine....but then, I used to stare at album covers and liner notes too, and I seem to buy plenty of music these days regardless.



Maybe we'll all be reading our published content online soon just like the scifi movies said we would. After all, at some point, printing a Wall Street Journal locally here in Chicago and having some fellow drop it on my driveway at 5am is a bit ridiculous if you really think about it, just as driving to a record store or video rental store has come to seem ridiculously wasteful of time, resources, etc. in this day and age when you can just press a button and have that content come to you. We're all going to look like the humans in Wall*E the way things are going....



Funny bit, BTW - all the complaining about the market share and cost issues with Apple - this from a bunch of people who buy cars from a tiny company with a tiny market share - cars that are outperformed in price and equalled in speed/capability/reliability by many a Japanese make. By people who spend extra money for antique guns and motorcycles that are outperformed by modern, less costly alternatives. By people who wonder why 99+% of the population drive such soulless little tin cans, and can't see the intangible worth of something well crafted even if it costs more.



Apple's slick marketing is a trick, as is Porsche's. But marketing can only sell pet rocks and such truck for so long. The product really has to have something to it that resonates with people if a car company or computer company is to keep its consumer glow going for a decade or more. After all, all those muscle car guys are now absolutely right - we're all driving VW's! (as are the Lamborghini and Buggati folks!)



A car is just a car, unless it has that certain something - that makes it more than the sum of its parts or the sum of its stats. I suppose we all use computers so much these days that we are starting to attach ourselves to them in the same way gearheads attach themselves to cars. I see nothing wrong with a little fanaticism now and then.....