Netbooks are arguably one of the more talked about parts of the PC industry these days. I think part of this is because innovation is lacking right now, but that’s a whole other post. Netbooks are flying out of every manufacturer under the sun, new colors/shapes/sizes/features are dropping into refreshed models at an alarming rate, and the geek community is taking these cheap ultraportable PC’s to the extreme with custom modifications.
Recently an article was published about the author’s experiences with a “Hackintosh,” or computer hacked to run Apple’s OS X operating system. The machine in question also happened to be a Dell Mini 10. The author’s observations on the computing experience, both as a Hackintosh and as a netbook, prompted two other bloggers to share their experiences with Hackintosh netbooks (another a Dell Mini as well).
The verdict?
- OS X hacked on to a PC notebook (or netbook) just isn’t a reliable solution (surprise)
- User experience on most netbooks sucks, specifically typing (in the case of these articles, mostly on the Dell Mini)
- Build quality on $400 machines is…well, you get what you pay for
I found this slew of articles interesting, considering they are coming from tech savvy bloggers who hacked a netbook and finally threw their hands up in frustration. The observations on typing are particularly eye opening for those considering a netbook as a low cost PC.
Along those same lines, I came across an old review of the Dell Mini 9 netbook on where Anand talks quite a bit about netbook keyboards and even does a typing test. He too doesn’t like the compromises a netbook keyboard entails, particularly some of the key location choices that Dell made.
Read on for the original articles below and let me know what your verdict is: are you seriously considering a netbook purchase? And if so, would it be your primary machine?
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