MAKE AN OSX 10.6 BOOTDISC FOR NETBOOK FULL
Below is a chart of battery times when using both the 3 cell and 6 cell while either having hulu running full screen 100% of the time, or auto refreshing 3 webpages (cnn, engadget, and yahoo news) 100% of the time. However, the 6 cell battery at least performs well even if it’s not pretty. However, the 3 cell battery is flush with the bottom and adds no extra thickness or ugliness: This effectively adds about an extra inch of thickness at the back and causes the netbook to sit at a relatively sharp angle. Not only that, but it sticks straight down from the netbook as opposed to others’ which tend to at least extend at an angle towards the back. If you’ve held/used an acer aspire one, msi wind, hp mini – they’re all pretty much the same as the Mini 10/10v in “build quality”.Īesthetically, the 6 cell extended battery on these looks awful. Overall build quality for both Mini 10/10v is on par with most any other netbook – no flex, sturdy lid, etc. What’s strange, though, is that this isn’t an issue with the 10v – I can have my thumb on the button and still use my finger to move the cursor…strange (and I cannot find an option to turn off multitouch).
However, when I keep my thumb on the touchpad button (not depressed, just resting on it), I am unable to use my other fingers for navigating the cursor – it registers both fingers as a multitouch action (even though my thumb is on the touchpad button area and not the “navigation” part). I am used to having my thumb rest on the touchpad buttons and then just using my middle finger to navigate the cursor.
The touchpad is a catch 22 for me on the Mini 10 – it’s great in that it’s large and works just like any other touchpad, but the multitouch really gets in the way. This isn’t necessarily a bad thing, it’s just different. One thing that is different when compared to most netbooks/laptops is that the function keys require you to hold down the FN key, as opposed to having the “extra” keys (brightness, volume, external monitor, wifi switch, etc) needing the FN key. There is no noticeable flex and the keys are not loose. The keyboard’s size is 92% of a regular keyboard and none of the keys are placed in crazy locations (…such as the Dell Mini 9…).
MAKE AN OSX 10.6 BOOTDISC FOR NETBOOK PC
The Mini 10/10v have one of the better keyboards I’ve used in netbooks (other than the EEE PC 1000HE or Samsung NC20). Here, you can see that they are the same other than usb placements and HDMI (10) vs VGA (10v).Īnd lastly, the front and rear are the same! Build quality / keyboard / touchpad: When compared side to side, the only difference is that the Mini 10 has an HDMI port (10v VGA), the 10v’s screen is a bit recessed, and they have different placements of USB ports – otherwise, unnoticeable differences in dimensions/appearance:Īs you can see above, the Mini 10v’s screen does not sit flush with the bezel like it does with the Mini 10, nor is it as glossy. The below specs are that which were used in the reviewed units, (specs in parenthesis are different options that are available, but not reviewed): All things considered, for the price you can get them for in the Dell Outlet, I would have to say they are the best netbook you can get today – with the 15% outlet coupons (which come out every few weeks), you can likely get grab one for around $228 before tax that is 10”, 1.3mp camera, Intel Atom 1.6ghz, 6 cell battery – about the same specifications as any other 10” netbook at a fraction of the price! Now, on with the review (both in general, and compared to each other): Specifications: There have been many sales on the (refurbished) Dell Mini 10 and 10v’s lately, so here is a comparison review of them.
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