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2009-08-25 , 21:48
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Originally Posted by daperl View Post
@johnkzin:

I'm guessing you're at least a part time Mac guy. If so, Snow Leopard is out this Friday. It would be interesting if it installs well on a Dell mini. If so, with SL's Exchange support, Windows on an $800 netbook becomes more irrelevant.
I'm sort of toying with leaving Mac OS X for Ubuntu, but I still have some Macs.
An Apple Tablet would probably make me reconsider that, or decide to retain some level of hybrid approach.

I wouldn't, though, install OS X on my dell mini, for the same reason I wouldn't install Ubuntu on a random netbook (like the Nokia). It becomes harder to support, and I don't feel like fighting those battles, these days.

And if Apple actually releases a ≥ 10" tablet, it would certainly have Mac OS and not iPhone OS. But that would mean Intel and not ARM, and the rumor is that battery life has killed the project twice already. September could be a really fun month.
Yeah, the rumor is: 6" with iPhone OS X, and 10" with Mac OS X. I definitely AM interested in the 10" with Mac OS X on it, if that becomes a reality. ESPECIALLY if it has Apple's Display port and USB port(s).

But, if the Nokia netbook is getting 12 hours battery life out of a 10" netbook ... why can't a 10" Apple Tablet do the same? One of the thoughts is that Nokia is able to do this by using the next generation of Atom ... certainly Intel is just as willing (if not more) to sell that same next generation Atom to Apple.

And, while I wouldn't install Ubuntu on the metal, I might be more than willing to buy VMWare Fusion and/or Parallels, and install Ubuntu on that. Ubuntu & Mac OS X on a 10" tablet. Great for use during my commute. With a kickstand or dock-like holder, and with my folding USB keyboard (and maybe a mouse), great for use at a meeting. Add Apple's display port, with a VGA adapter, and I can hook it up to my existing KVM switches (at work and home).

What's not to like? Sure, the virtual Ubuntu install would be slow, but I don't do a lot of intensive stuff on my dell mini, either.
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