Will an iPad replace my Dell Mini 10v hackintosh laptop? I asked my dad to get me an iPad during his trip to the US. He managed to buy a unit at the Apple Store and the iPad is with him at the moment. He’s still holiday-ing over there.

My dad seeing an iPad for the first time in the Apple Store.

Viewing Photos on the iPad.

I’ll get it when he comes back to Malaysia sometime next week.

Since I use my hackintosh Dell Mini 10v mostly for surfing the net, viewing digital comics and reading ebooks on my bed; I think the iPad will be a great replacement for the netbook.

Will write more once I get my hands on the iPad in 10 days time.

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I woke up this morning to the news of Apple product updates. I couldn’t read them fast enough. New iMacs, MacBooks, Mac Minis, Time Capsule, Airport Extreme, Magic Mouse, and Apple Remote. A MacBook with 7 hour battery. Wow!

I wonder how many hackintosh laptop owners are being tempted to get the “real thing”. Using a hackintosh laptop is a great experience, but using a real Mac laptop somehow feels more satisfying. The Mac multitouch trackpad is a joy to use.

I for one am drooling over the new 2.53GHz Mac mini with 4GB RAM. I am using my aging 1.83GHz MacBook like a desktop machine by attaching it to an external monitor, keyboard and mouse. The MacBook Combo drive has died for a long time, the battery condition recently says “Service Battery”, which basically means, the battery could die anytime, we just don’t know when.

Any hackintosh owner out there tempted by the ‘real thing’?

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