While Laptop Magazine was busy reviewing the Linux version of the Dell Inspiron Mini 9, PC World got to spend some time with a Windows XP model. While the 8GB SSD wasn’t large enough to hold the magazine’s benchmarking tools, the review states that the machine was able to boot Windows in 30 seconds, load Microsoft Works in 8 seconds,…

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Joanna Stern has been able to spend some quality time with the new Dell Inspiron Mini 9 mini-notebook and she’s posted a thorough review over at Laptop Magazine. In general, she seems pretty happy with the PC for the price. She reviewed a Linux unit with 1GB of RAM and says the custom version of Ubuntu 8.04 Netbook Remix with…

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Dell has begun taking orders for the Inspiron Mini 9 mini-laptop. While the Direct2Dell blog says the Windows XP version will sell for as little as $399 US, the product page shows a $449 price tag. You can knock off about $20 by removing the integrated Bluetooth, but that’s as low as it goes — for now. Dell is also…

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Dell is expected to launch it new mini-laptop tomorrow, and Chippy at UMPC Portal has gotten his hands on what appears to be a product sheet for the new computer. It holds a few surprises: The laptop will be known as the Dell Inspiron Mini 9, not the Inspiron Mini or the Inspiron 910 as previously reported There will be…

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UK retailer Expansys has slashed the price on the Eee PC 4G 701 to £158.99 or just under $300 US. While the original Eee PC with its Celeron processor and 7 inch, 800 x 480 pixel display seems antiquated less than a year after it’s release, it’s still one of the most portable machines you’re likely to find for $300…

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Look, we’ve all been down this road before, and I don’t want to get your hopes up. But I think there’s a pretty good chance the Dell Inspiron Mini is coming sometime in the next week or so. Gizmodo is reporting that Dell will launch the laptop on September 5th. Blogeee says it will be available September 7th in France….

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No, Dell still hasn’t officially launched its upcoming Inspiron 910 mini-laptop. But the company has added a few technical support documents to its web site. So if you want to know more about the keyboard, status LEDs, or USB optical disc drive, just hit up the Dell web site. There are also a few interesting details. For example, if you’ve…

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For some reason companies seem to love throwing really larger shortcuts for commonly used programs onto tiny laptops these days. Asus pioneered the “easy mode” interface for the Eee PC. But others have followed suit with easy to use program launchers for Linpus Linux Lite (the OS used on the Acer Aspire One) and Ubuntu Netbook Remix (the flavor of…

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Sascha at Eee PC News.de managed to get his hands on a few more photos of the upcoming Dell Inspiron 910 netbook. These look like publicity shots, and while Gizmodo already posted a few of these images yesterday, it looks like Sascha’s anonymous tipster had a few more images up his sleeve. So if you want a closer look at…

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Gizmodo got their hands on some official looking spec sheets for the upcoming Dell Inspiron 910. There’s some shiny new pictures and a whole lot of info about the components. And Gizmodo’s source says the laptop will be released on August 22nd. My sources are telling me not to hold my breath and that we won’t see this the Inspiron…

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Let me start off by making something clear: I actually have no idea when Dell is going to announce or make available its new netbook. But since it didn’t happen earlier this week, I figured I’d pass along the latest rumors. As I mentioned yesterday, a Brazilian blogger I’ve never heard of claims to have the inside scoop, saying that…

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Time to pull out the salt shaker. A Brazilian blog is claiming that it has the official specifications for Dell’s upcoming netbook. But the blog doesn’t really cite any sources and doesn’t explain why it’s the only web site reporting on the news. That said, if you’re willing to delve into the world of unsubstantiated rumor, here’s what we’ve got:…

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