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DS1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-27-09 02:15 PM
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Dell Mini-9 microlaptop for 200 bucks. One day only
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flvegan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-27-09 02:18 PM
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1. But I want mine in Promise Pink!
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DS1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-27-09 02:20 PM
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2. Then you'll pay extra, Power Ranger!
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MrCoffee Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-27-09 02:22 PM
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3. My 4 year old is lobbying wicked hard for a netbook
We were at Best Buy the other day and I practically had to use dynamite to get her away from them.
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HarukaTheTrophyWife Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-27-09 02:34 PM
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4. When I was four, I was still playing with GI Joes and crossdressing my barbies
Netbook?

Crazy kids these days.
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tigereye Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-27-09 03:14 PM
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5. and here we were dickering over getting the 13 year old a laptop...


:rofl:
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tigereye Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-27-09 03:16 PM
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6. worth it?



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Midlodemocrat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-27-09 03:20 PM
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7. Should I get one? What are the limitations oh wise one.
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DS1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-27-09 03:22 PM
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8. surfing
being a small laptop.

dunno, really
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CreekDog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-27-09 05:40 PM
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15. i tried one at the store
Edited on Fri Feb-27-09 05:40 PM by CreekDog
they keyboard is so narrow you can't comfortably type on one.

if you have man hands that is. do you? the guy last night thought you were a guy so... :shrug:
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Midlodemocrat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-27-09 08:49 PM
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19. LOL. Shrek hands, remember?
I was thinking about getting one for BabyM and giving BoyM the one I just got.
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CreekDog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-27-09 09:27 PM
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22. it's like you live in that town that Newhart lived in
everybody you meet is a total idiot. :rofl:
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no name no slogan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-27-09 03:23 PM
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9. Dude, are you getting a Dell?
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Nickster Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-27-09 03:29 PM
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10. Here's an article on how to make it a Hackintosh. You'll need the bigger HD though.
Edited on Fri Feb-27-09 03:37 PM by Nickster
http://i.gizmodo.com/5156903/how-to-hackintosh-a-dell-mini-9-into-the-ultimate-os-x-netbook


You should be able to get this a bit cheaper if you have access to the Dell EPP program too.
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Deja Q Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-27-09 08:52 PM
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20. Wow. Couldn't a viagra be substituted for the surgery?
:hurts:


:yoiks:



(Dells suck. And not in a good way.)
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struggle4progress Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-28-09 01:05 AM
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23. cool! eula violation but very very cool!
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Nickster Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-28-09 09:49 AM
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24. Yeah. I tried it on an older laptop and it worked very well. I love doing stuff like that.
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La Lioness Priyanka Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-27-09 04:33 PM
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11. are you saying this from a position of being a fraudulent IT guy?
one must know
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DS1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-27-09 04:34 PM
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12. Fraudulent?
I bought my credentials online just like everyone else!
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La Lioness Priyanka Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-27-09 04:36 PM
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13. true. very credible it guy. apparantly your username is outdated too.
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SoxFan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-27-09 04:41 PM
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14. My lap is getting more macro as I get older
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Orrex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-27-09 05:45 PM
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16. That's a super-tiny hard drive, though!
I have more memory in my desk lamp.
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Rabrrrrrr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-27-09 05:50 PM
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17. Wow - standard with Ubuntu Linux!
Finally Linux is going mainstream.

Took all the fun out of Linux when it sold out and went gui, though.

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DS1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-27-09 08:54 PM
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21. Yeah that's pretty slick
and much more compact on the HD than anything M$
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crispini Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-27-09 07:15 PM
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18. Thanks for posting! My mom got one.
She's been wanting a little mini-gizmo; this one was the right price and the reviews were good. :D
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