One Rob Galbraith, referred to as a “veteran photographer and detail-obsessed camera reviewer” by Wired, has proclaimed that the Dell Inspiron Mini 9 was pitted against the 15-inch Apple MacBook Pro in terms of color accuracy, and won. He tested the Dell Inspiron Mini 9, MacBook Pro, Lenovo W700 and an IBM ThinkPad T60 laptop to see which was the best option for a pro mobile photographer. At the end of it all, the Lenovo with an optional built-in color calibrator was declared the winner in color accuracy, while the ThinkPad come out as the the one which offers the best viewing angles. What surprising is how something that’s supposed to be cheap with use of low-quality hardware gets to best a $2000 piece of equipment that’s “engineered to standards that don’t even exist yet.” Another reason to love your darling old netbook.

Rob Galbraith via Wired