Solid State Disk maker RunCore has released a new line of 50mm mini-SATA PCIe SSDs for the Asus Eee PC T91 and Dell Inspiron Mini 9 netbooks. Both versions are part of the RunCore Pro IV Light line and are designed for netbooks with mini PCIe slots rather than hard drives. In a nutshell, these SSDs offer faster read and…

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The Dell Inspiron Mini 9 may have been (mostly) discontinued, but the 8.9 inch netbook is still popular with hackers and folks that want to install OS X on a netbook. I was never a big fan of the keyboard on the Mini 9. For one thing it lacks Fn keys. But you know when that’s not a problem? When…

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Sure, Dell has an on-again, off-again love affair with the Inspiron Mini 9. The company has announced the discontinuation of the product at least once or twice, even though the 9 inch netbook has a way of continually popping up in the Dell store. But whether you’ll be able to buy a new Mini 9 next month or not, there…

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The Dell Vostro A90 and Dell Inspiron Mini 9 are basically the same computer. They have the same specs, run the same software, and even take the same BIOS updates. The only real difference is that the Vostro A90 has a solid black chassis and is marketed as a business class machine, while the Dell Inspiron Mini 9 has a…

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The Dell Inspiron Mini 9 is one of the easiest netbooks to install OS X on. While Apple doesn’t support this endeavor (and in fact, claims that today’s netbooks have junky screens, keyboards, and other hardware), the Mini 9 can be tweaked to run OS X with the WiFi, sound, sleep, Bluetooth, and other features working perfectly. With a price…

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The Dell Vostro A90 netbook is virtually identical to the Dell Inspiron Mini 9. Except it’s painted black from head to toe. But like the Mini 9, the Vostro A90 has an 8.9 inch, 1024 x 600 pixel display, 1.6GHz Intel Atom N270 CPU, 512MB to 1GB of RAM, up to 16GB of flash storage, 802.11b/g WiFi and optional Bluetooth….

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The Dell Vostro A90 netbook is basically just a Dell Inspiron Mini 9 dressed up in a dark, (like solid black) case. Yet for some reason, when Dell launched the Vostro A90 as a business class netbook in Japan, the company decided to charge ¥92,830 or about $998 for the mini-laptop, which is significantly more than Dell charges for the…

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Dell has apparently dressed up the Inspiron Mini 9 netbook with a coat of black paint and redubbed it the Dell Vostro A90. While the Inspiron Min is clearly aimed at consumers and perhaps educational markets, the Vostro line of laptop computers is typically targeted at business users. And the black paint certainly makes the Vostro A90 look a little…

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