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 […]
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Dell Inspiron Mini 9 gets reviewed: Verdict? Eh, pretty good
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 […]
Dell Inspiron Mini 9 available for order, ships in 2 weeks
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 — […]
Dell Inspiron Mini gets new name, higher price
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 […]
Eee PC 701 keeps getting cheaper, now under $300
UK retailer Expansys has slashed the price on the Eee PC 4G 701 to ÂŁ158.99 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 […]
Dell Inspiron 910 coming this week?
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 […]
Dell spills some more Inspiron 910 technical details
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 […]
Dell Inspiron 910 ships with “easy mode” software for Ubuntu
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 […]
A slightly closer look at the Dell Inspiron 910
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 […]
Dell Inspiron 910 docs leaked
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 […]