OMG. I bought a PC.
by migs
WTF right? Ok here’s the thing. I love it when friends talk about cool new gadgets and toys… but I also hate it because that thing inside me says, “OMG I need one.”
Thanks to shant, I coerced my better half (and I really do mean better) to buying me the HP mini 1030nr netbook instead of the Sigma DP2 for my birthday. Better for him since it was half the price and I got a $50 gift card from my awesome co-workers which was just icing on the gadget goodness. So in the end, there wasn’t much coercion to be done.
Anyway, I love it. It’s great to keep in my LV tote at all times. The biggest thing that sucks is that it runs on the piece of shit OS, Windows XP. Ugh, my fingers are mad even typing windows. It brings me back to those days when I was 15 and spent half my day trouble shooting, taking off viruses and trying to make shit run more smoothly. Not cute.
Besides that, it’s great lol. I’m upgrading it to 2GBs of ram for only 25 bucks from Frys. I’m also looking into actually hackintoshing it and putting in mac OS X. The process doesn’t look as easy as other netbooks so I’m still debating. I also have a local computer guy who might be willing to do it so we’ll see. I’m waiting on an estimate to see if it’s worth it.
Keep reading for a short list of pros and cons and more images:
Pros:
- Small and lightweight
- Keyboard is fantastic
- 1GB ram (expandable to 2GB for cheap and takes a few seconds to do)
- Glossy screen… I know people hate glossy, but it truly brings images to life
- Portable, on the go portfolio (I’m keeping photography to show clients or possible clients)
- 16GB SSD, I don’t mind the minimal space as I don’t plan to use it for storage
- Comes with a really cool extra storage type usb stick that blends in with the netbook
Cons:
- The shell is glossy… now I don’t mind the screen because I don’t touch it, but when the case is glossy it leaves finger prints everywhere, that’s annoying.
- WINDOWS XP… I still don’t understand why people actually like this OS. It’s god awful.
- Battery life could be better
- Track pad buttons are awful. Why they would put the left and right mouse buttons on the SIDE of the track pad as opposed to the bottom is odd. There’s enough space to have put it on the bottom.
With all that’s said and done, I can see myself using this on the go as a personal diary if you will. Something I can connect with to pass the time while also having a digital portfolio at all times. If I end up getting mac OS X on here, I’ll report back. Otherwise, I’ll make due until Apple comes out with their response to this whole netbook phenomenon.
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Now if you were thinking about getting a netbook, or macbook air… and money wasn’t an issue, go for the macbook air. It’s 1,000 times better, but it’s also 1,000 times more expensive. Worth it to me if you need something portable to act as your main computer and don’t do heavy design work. For me, it wouldn’t make sense since I have an iMac. The HP mini is just a toy if anything. A fucking cool toy at that.
Comments
That is so cute! I think the biggest con for me is that it’s running Windows but other than that, the size is really nice and it seems perfect for what you are using it for.