[geeks] HP Mini 2133 OS Options

Dan Sikorski me at dansikorski.com
Fri Jan 23 12:36:23 CST 2009


Bill Bradford wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 23, 2009 at 10:38:30AM -0500, Dan Sikorski wrote:
>   
>> Last weekend i loaded up the windows 7 beta on my mini to check it out.   
>> I might try out ubuntu on it before i settle on OSX just to get a tour  
>> de OS's.
>>     
>
> I was tempted for a short while to put OSX on the EEE 4G that I picked up
> on sale, but the screen size really rules it out (800x480).  Otherwise, its
> a neat little toy and perfect mobile terminal/serial console/internet
> machine.
>   

That is still a bit of a problem with the 1024x600 display of the Dell 
Mini running OSX.  Some of the settings windows are a little too big for 
the display.  There is a setting to allow scaling of the screen down 
some that some of the forums report working well, but i didn't try it.

    -Dan Sikorski



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