Comments on: Review: Dell Mini 9 Netbook http://www.justechn.com/2009/02/21/review-dell-mini-9-netbook Just another WordPress weblog Sat, 13 Mar 2010 13:46:45 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: abby http://www.justechn.com/2009/02/21/review-dell-mini-9-netbook/comment-page-1#comment-7193 abby Fri, 03 Apr 2009 07:05:27 +0000 http://www.justechn.com/?p=486#comment-7193 Good review , I think the netbook will soon become the main trend on the computer market!Thank you for your big work! Here I also have a good share: tradestead , there are many kinds of beautiful and useful consumer electronics that I like it very much! Good review , I think the netbook will soon become the main trend on the computer market!Thank you for your big work!
Here I also have a good share: tradestead , there are many kinds of beautiful and useful consumer electronics that I like it very much!

]]> By: Robert http://www.justechn.com/2009/02/21/review-dell-mini-9-netbook/comment-page-1#comment-5659 Robert Mon, 09 Mar 2009 18:54:13 +0000 http://www.justechn.com/?p=486#comment-5659 "For a device this small the manufacturer should ditch the keyboard and make it into a tablet. A tablet this size can have an onscreen keyboard that you can use with your thumbs, like the iPhone. Using this keyboard long term will probably result in some major hand cramping." Having used an onscreen keyboard of a similar size I can tell it sucked for anything more then the very basics. For an iPhone it's ok. but for a real computer it sucks. While you could possibly get hand cramping from the dell mini 9's keyboard, you would get the same thing with an onscreen type, because they would need to fit in the same physical space. FWIW I hated the keyboard on my Asus EeePc 701 but the Dell Mini 9 keyboard is a great compromise for those who don't want a netbook that is bigger than 9" I have yet to get hand cramps and I use it a lot. The perfect design option I see, is a keyboard where each half slides out sideways, like that on a laptop years ago (can't remember the make/model) Cheers Robert “For a device this small the manufacturer should ditch the keyboard and make it into a tablet. A tablet this size can have an onscreen keyboard that you can use with your thumbs, like the iPhone. Using this keyboard long term will probably result in some major hand cramping.”

Having used an onscreen keyboard of a similar size I can tell it sucked for anything more then the very basics. For an iPhone it’s ok. but for a real computer it sucks.

While you could possibly get hand cramping from the dell mini 9’s keyboard, you would get the same thing with an onscreen type, because they would need to fit in the same physical space.

FWIW I hated the keyboard on my Asus EeePc 701 but the Dell Mini 9 keyboard is a great compromise for those who don’t want a netbook that is bigger than 9″ I have yet to get hand cramps and I use it a lot.

The perfect design option I see, is a keyboard where each half slides out sideways, like that on a laptop years ago (can’t remember the make/model)

Cheers
Robert

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