{"id":454,"date":"2009-03-19T19:59:56","date_gmt":"2009-03-20T03:59:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mike.peay.us\/blog\/?p=454"},"modified":"2010-12-31T07:27:58","modified_gmt":"2010-12-31T14:27:58","slug":"macbook-mini-lives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mike.peay.us\/blog\/archives\/454","title":{"rendered":"MacBook Mini lives!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I was happy to receive shipment confirmation on my <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dell.com\/content\/products\/productdetails.aspx\/laptop-inspiron-9?cs=19&amp;s=dhs&amp;ref=homepg\" target=\"_blank\">Dell Mini 9<\/a> order on Thursday and it showed up Tuesday afternoon. After quickly archiving the SSD (I had considered evaluating the pre-installed <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ubuntu.com\" target=\"_blank\">Ubuntu<\/a> Linux setup, but &#8216;eh, I&#8217;ve used Ubuntu before), I proceeded to install <a href=\"http:\/\/www.apple.com\/macosx\/\" target=\"_blank\">OS X Leopard<\/a> (10.5).<\/p>\n<p>My initial attempt didn&#8217;t work directly off of the install DVD (<a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.zdnet.com\/Apple\/?p=3258\" target=\"_blank\">the easy way<\/a>) so I had to resort to the more mucky <a href=\"http:\/\/i.gizmodo.com\/5156903\/how-to-hackintosh-a-dell-mini-9-into-the-ultimate-os-x-netbook\" target=\"_blank\">copy-install-DVD-to-external-drive<\/a> solution. On the plus side, the install proceeded fairly quickly as it was not hampered by the slowness of installing from DVD.<\/p>\n<p>After a few reboots and updates, I now have this:<\/p>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 33%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-454 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/mike.peay.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/img_0159.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"113\" src=\"https:\/\/mike.peay.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/img_0159.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-455\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-455'>\n\t\t\t\tRunning 10.5.6\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/mike.peay.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/img_0160.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"113\" src=\"https:\/\/mike.peay.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/img_0160.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-456\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-456'>\n\t\t\t\tMacBook Mini\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/mike.peay.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/dsc07225.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"113\" src=\"https:\/\/mike.peay.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/dsc07225.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-463\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-463'>\n\t\t\t\tThe &#8220;compact&#8221; Dell Mini 9 keyboard\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>I must say that it is the cutest and coolest little laptop that I&#8217;ve used in a while. I&#8217;ve been able to install the apps I want to use (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.getfirefox.com\" target=\"_blank\">Firefox<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.omnigroup.com\/applications\/omnifocus\/\" target=\"_blank\">OmniFocus<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/agilewebsolutions.com\/products\/1Password\" target=\"_blank\">1Password<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.islayer.com\/apps\/istatmenus\/\" target=\"_blank\">iStat Menus<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/growl.info\/\" target=\"_blank\">Growl<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.adiumx.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Adium<\/a>) as well as the VPN software for work so I can respond to any issue that might come up. After purging items mentioned in my <a href=\"http:\/\/mike.peay.us\/blog\/archives\/445\">last post<\/a>, I have 4.5G free on the 16G SSD (formats to 14.03G).<\/p>\n<p>It isn&#8217;t all paradise, however. Getting used to the keyboard is proving challenging. Not surprisingly, the keys are about 80% normal size, but I can live with that. The part that&#8217;s really strange is that the &#8216;\/&#8221; key which is normally to the right of ;\/: is now below .\/&gt; but the really annoying thing is the right shift key is half size right next to the up arrow. More often than not I end up moving the cursor up a line whenever I try to capitalize something.<\/p>\n<p>While I will opt for my work MacBook or the family MacBook Pro for anything really serious, the Mini 9 is a great little &#8220;goof around&#8221; Mac that Apple never made. After our budget digests the purchase in a month or two, I&#8217;ll pick up a 2G DIMM as I&#8217;m noticing the slowdown of OS X on 1G. I&#8217;ll also get a 8G SDHC Flash card for scratch and I&#8217;ll be ready for anything.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I was happy to receive shipment confirmation on my Dell Mini 9 order on Thursday and it showed up Tuesday afternoon. 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