On Tiny Computers And My Desire For One

Sgt Eversman

So I've recently had a craving for a Dell Mini 9 for the purposes of travel and portable WiFi faggotry, but as of late I haven't had much money. To be honest I've been more interested in them mostly because they make perfect hackintoshes since they are fully driver compatible and its easy to do. Still though, I wasn't one to drop $300 bucks willy-nilly. Not quite impusle buy range.

Until today, that is.

So now I need to figure out if I should

A. Spend $200 on cool electronic stuff
[strike]B. Spend $200 on drinks / bars / movies[/strike]
[strike]C. Keep my $200 and try to be responsible[/strike]
[strike]D. LarLar[/strike]

Focus: Do you have a tiny computer? Discuss them.

Update 2:30pm: I chose "A"

Fandyien

HELP I'M A ROCK

Sgt Eversman

HELP COMPUTER

Kovak

you can get like the asus mini laptop things for like 300 and htey're way cooler

Fandyien

Or you could not spend money on a gimmicky little shitmachine that is one-fifth of a computer.

Mysst

sure, I just got paid, why not

Butters

A 16GB solid state drive? I can't enough porn on that.

Kovak

fandy i actually think the little miniinternet laptops are quite useful

i mean like 300 dollars

and they weigh like 2 pounds

and you can internet and type papers

which is all i do with a computer anyway

Macro9

Get it if you need it and have the money. Keep your money if you don't need it.

The end times are upon us. So that money could be used to build an elaborate machine to kill yourself with.

spono

I'll sell you my 5 year old dell laptop for $200

it has a whole forty gigabytes of hard drive capacity

Fandyien

Kovak wrote: »

fandy i actually think the little miniinternet laptops are quite useful

i mean like 300 dollars

and they weigh like 2 pounds

and you can internet and type papers

which is all i do with a computer anyway

I guesssssss.

But it just seems wrong to buy a tiny little computer that is powerless to do anything but wi-fi and word process.

Centipede Damascus

I would love to be able to use a tiny computer to access wifi wherever I go and use that wifi to connect with my computer at home to access files and such.

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Mysst

Fandyien wrote: »

Kovak wrote: »

fandy i actually think the little miniinternet laptops are quite useful

i mean like 300 dollars

and they weigh like 2 pounds

and you can internet and type papers

which is all i do with a computer anyway

I guesssssss.

But it just seems wrong to buy a tiny little computer that is powerless to do anything but wi-fi and word process.

I want one for internetting on the couch. laptops are too fucking big

Sgt Eversman

But think of everything you can do with wifi

hulu

netflix on demand

Richard M. Nixon

my wife has an acer aspire one and loves it to pieces

t fandyien - depends on what you need it for. if all you do is internets and type up reports, they're perfect and you can carry them in your coat pocket

the hackintoshing made me interested in the mini9 as well but i don't imagine i'll get one because i just bought a vostro2510 and frankly i'd rather buy a bass guitar with the money.

Sgt Eversman

The Far Side wrote: »

oh my god look at that computer its so small and cute i didn't know they could do that

I KNOW

Kovak

Mysst wrote: »

Fandyien wrote: »

Kovak wrote: »

fandy i actually think the little miniinternet laptops are quite useful

i mean like 300 dollars

and they weigh like 2 pounds

and you can internet and type papers

which is all i do with a computer anyway

I guesssssss.

But it just seems wrong to buy a tiny little computer that is powerless to do anything but wi-fi and word process.

I want one for internetting on the couch. laptops are too fucking big

exactly

think of like

the places you could now internet comfortably

Fandyien

I like my enormous loud glowing desktop.

Darkness Mundus

I've pretty much decided on getting one when I go back to school for word processing essentially. I'll see what the technology's like in a few months.

Kovak

but fandy say you also want a laptop

but really full size laptops cant do much besides internet and word process anyway

and they get all hot

and they weigh like 8 pounds

bent

I have an eee 700 series and it is hella useful for watching porn in bed

Richard M. Nixon

Kovak wrote: »

but fandy say you also want a laptop

but really full size laptops cant do much besides internet and word process anyway

and they get all hot

and they weigh like 8 pounds

i can play tf2 on mine, and probably bf2 if i ever get around to remembering to install it.

Fandyien

Kovak wrote: »

but fandy say you also want a laptop

but really full size laptops cant do much besides internet and word process anyway

and they get all hot

and they weigh like 8 pounds

Naww, man, having a full-sized laptop is all about being able to play old games in class. Like, the main reason my Mac exists is so I can play Fallout 2 during my two and a half hour lecture class.

But for other people I concede that you are pretty much absolutely right and these are a pretty good deal

KrunkMcGrunk

$200 though, that ain't bad.

Makes me want to get one so I can have it for writing when I am out and about.

Jordyn

Don't buy things you cannot afford.

Moriveth

I really want an Eee.

Kovak

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834220440

is the one im thinking about buyin

KrunkMcGrunk

If that thing were powerful enough to do video editing, and had firewire + USB, I'd be sold.

Darkness Mundus

I played the shit out of WoW on my laptop...
It's essentially a desktop now. All sorts of shit comin' outta mah usbs 'n whatnot. Dead ass battery (lol gg dell) among other things (GETS SHIT HOT)

MrMonroe

The tiny laptop is like the least appealing computer product in the universe. I have pretty big fucking hands and all I can imagine getting out of owning one of those things is carpal tunnel.

Fandyien

Yeah, one of these would do awful things to my long spidery weird hands.

Sgt Eversman

MrMonroe wrote: »

The tiny laptop is like the least appealing computer product in the universe. I have pretty big fucking hands and all I can imagine getting out of owning one of those things is carpal tunnel.

It's not for you.

Macro9

I really want an ION to replace my old HTPC.

http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/12/nvidia-ion-platform-gets-demonstrated-at-ces/

Darkness Mundus

I have girl hands. My fingers are only as long as the letters on this enormous keyboard.

That may be fiction.

But...you know...fuck you.

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KrunkMcGrunk

No firewire is a deal-breaker

Jordyn

Sgt Eversman wrote: »

MrMonroe wrote: »

The tiny laptop is like the least appealing computer product in the universe. I have pretty big fucking hands and all I can imagine getting out of owning one of those things is carpal tunnel.

It's not for you.

Yeah, that's pretty much what he just said.

Sgt Eversman

fuck it. I'm getting one. I have decided.

GRMike

My brother got an Asus eeePc for Christmas and it is pretty awesome. I recommend it.

Fandyien

I can't remember the last time I needed firewire.