I use the Deskjet 1050 with my Mac laptop running OSX 10.6.8. It responds quickly, and prints out readable documents. The print quality is average to good, depending on the job. I have not tried to print out photo quality documents, but find that color is close to what is on my screen, black characters are crisp, but not on a par with m Epson printers.
The light weight of the Deskjet printer, and its small footprint make it perfect for use in tight spaces. I do find the printer a bit noisy, and the paper input is quite limited, meaning that printing large documents downloaded from the internet is sometimes interrupted while I reload paper. so I try to save these to print out on one of m other printers. Al-in-all, I would recommend this printer to a friend on a limited budget, to college students for use in their dorm rooms, and to others who have only light duty printing needs.