Quote:
Originally Posted by svandamme
pop, what netbook did you get?
the real mini's with Atom
or the inspiron 11z with Dual Core low voltage cpu??
I've got full XP drivers for the latter
|
It was a Dell Mini-10 I think it was called. Not a bad little machine really. I looked at around 2 dozen different ones. I think even with the limitations of the stupid Windoze 7 "Basic" it'll be okay for her needs - at least for now. I've been able to find work-arounds for all the limits and aggrivations so far (installed that "crack" program for the desktop wallpaper that I mentioned, disabled all the goofy dancing clowns on the desktop, toned down the interface a bit, disabled all but the basic functions of the touchpad, making it much more user-friendly, bought and gave her a nice new ergonomic mouse, which makes the basic cursor control stuff a lot easier (and comfortable) than the touchpad in any case.
To get back to the subject, my own Win7 experience thus far is that it's just more of the same-old, same-old from Bill Gates & Co. More superfluous stuff that's way overpriced and gets in the way more than it helps. But it's not terrible and does what it's supposed to do once you get past all the "cutesy" stuff. Also enter my earlier comment regarding a systemic problem of marketing trumping engineering for the record. I stand by that one. They've been guilty of this for YEARS.