1st 'official' thread from the OS X Dell mini

[DaviDC.]

I think our fearless Leader has missed the boat on the netbook craze.
Mac users seem to want a tiny laprop but the 'all knowing one' hasn't seen fit to provide.

If I could put this little sucker to sleep & have it wake up & function normally I'd have no complaints at all with it.

It even found my network & connected when I started it up this time with no intervention from me at all.

I just got through looking for a larger SSD for it because I know 8GB isn't going to be enough in the long run. Only 2 companies carry them; one is out of stock & the other charges over $16 to ship something smaller than half a candy bar.

[BigGuynRusty]

DaviDC. wrote:
I think our fearless Leader has missed the boat on the netbook craze.
Mac users seem to want a tiny laprop but the 'all knowing one' hasn't seen fit to provide.

If I could put this little sucker to sleep & have it wake up & function normally I'd have no complaints at all with it.

It even found my network & connected when I started it up this time with no intervention from me at all.

I just got through looking for a larger SSD for it because I know 8GB isn't going to be enough in the long run. Only 2 companies carry them; one is out of stock & the other charges over $16 to ship something smaller than half a candy bar.

iPod Touch 32GB.
But the Dell is cool.

BGnR

[MacArtist]

I really like Apple's hardware but I too feel Steve is missing the boat.

I like the accessibility the iPod Touch provides to email and the web but the screen is a bit too small for me. A 9" screen would be heaven. Price it realistically and people will buy it.

Is there SSD hard drive easily accessed in the Dell Mini?

[p8712]

The Voodoo 9.5 Kernel will give you normal sleep and wake.

So will this prefpane http://www.jinx.de/SmartSleep.html if you don't know how to change the kernel.

[BigGuynRusty]

MacArtist wrote:
Is there SSD hard drive easily accessed in the Dell Mini?

Yeppers!!
Just like the RAM, through a hatch in the bottom.
Ten Second access.

BGnR

[BigGuynRusty]

Here you go MacArtist.:
http://www.liliputing.com/2008/09/how-to...9-ssd.html

BGnR

[DaviDC.]

I just got through shutting it down & putting it away for a while.

If it's going to ever be a usable computer, the SSD has GOT to be upgraded. There's 7.1GB available out of 8GB & the OS is about 6GB. This is after running Monolingual on it, which freed up almost a GB.

None of the USB ports are working. The only USB item that shows up in System Profile is the Webcam. The battery doesn't show up either. There's a PowerManagement package in one of the updates I downloaded & I just put it in my Shared Folder so the Dell can find it the next time I turn it on.

The Dell & Asus are both very easy to get into. Both have a panel on the bottom held in place with 2 screws.

I also got an email from the company that charges $16 for shipping, letting me know that it comes from Japan & must be insured.

[Article Accelerator]

DaviDC. wrote:
I think our fearless Leader has missed the boat on the netbook craze.
Mac users seem to want a tiny laprop but the 'all knowing one' hasn't seen fit to provide.

You missed the iPod touch. It's a tiny palmtop. $229.

[guitarist]

I think Dell makes the greatest computers on earth! Who needs Apple? Dells work really great with Windows OS too. What do you need Mac OS for?

[DewGuy]

DaviDC. wrote:
I just got through looking for a larger SSD for it because I know 8GB isn't going to be enough in the long run. Only 2 companies carry them; one is out of stock & the other charges over $16 to ship something smaller than half a candy bar.

Did you see this one:
http://dealmac.com/OCZ-2-5-64-GB-Serial-...66751.html