Comments on: bits and bytes : the dell mini 9 as a mac laptop for photographers

By: Chuck Ezell

Chuck Ezell — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 19:22:16 +0000

Awesome info here. I purchased a Dell Mini 10v for this very purpose but had questions about Aperture and Lightroom. Since you’re running Photoshop, I’m fairly certain I’ll be able to run Lightroom.

Great for photographers Thanks so much Simon!

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By: Stephen Olmstead

Stephen Olmstead — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 19:30:00 +0000

This one of the most helpful posts I’ve read on the Dell Mini 9 for my purposes! Seems like most people use this as a tinkering/hobby/fun computer. While all three of those are true for me, my main purpose was to create a portable creative suite machine that I could easily take with me on the job wherever I go. I’m graphic designer by profession and this machine appealed to me after learning that it can run OSX and can be super charged with the 2gb of ram and the 32 or 64GB Run Core SSD drives. It won’t be winning any production awards for speed, but I am extremely excited to be able to carry this with me at all times now for showing freelance clients projects and for being able to work on projects on the fly when necessary. I’m really pumped to have this syncing with my Mac Pro production machine at home via dropbox. Thanks for all your work in creating this review- for the tiny niche of creatives using this little guy for photography, design, and illustration this was majorly helpful. A lot of our industry scoffs at netbooks, but I think there is definitely a place for them given the right circumstances. Your bag/camera/netbook setup is sweet- love how concise it is. I’m working on a similar setup for when my mini arrives that will allow me to take everything I need without any extra room for the stuff I don’t.

PS- Would love to see some video of this thing in action- especially photoshop reads/writes to get an idea for it’s horsepower. I’ll create some test vids once I get mine if I can’t find anything similar until that time.

By: simonridgway

simonridgway — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 11:36:33 +0000

Yeah, that Remote app does look interesting, but I’m a Blackberry user, so its not for me.

The bag is a Domke F1X “Little Bit Larger” (love their names). It’s the perfect bag for working on the run and its what I always use for press jobs and when I’m going to be moving around a lot or working out in the street etc. I’ve had it for years and its still looking good! I use Think Tank bags for my more corporate/commercial stuff when I need to carry a lot more gear and I have somewhere to put it all down. Their range of bags is really excellent. Highly recommended.

By: Mark Hood

Mark Hood — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 11:30:02 +0000

Simon, useful little breakdown of what you use on your Mini when on a shoot…

I use onOne’s DSLR Remote app, which works nicely with the Mini too http://www.ononesoftware.com/detail.php?prodLine_id=38

One question though, what camera bag are you using, it looks ideal! It looks like a Domke, am I right?