If you were still holding onto hope that you mights be able to pick up a 9 inch Dell Inspiron Mini laptop, it looks like you’re out of luck. As I mentioned the other day, Dell has removed the Inspiron Mini 9 from its web site. And today Dell is sending out a note to […]
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Is Dell discontinuing the Inspiron Mini 9?
Dell appears to have removed its 8.9 inch netbook from its web site. Well, mostly. If you visit the Dell Mini site today you’ll only find information about the Dell Inspiron Mini 10 and Inspiron Mini 10v. You can still click on Mini 9 from a drop-down menu, but you’ll be taken to a page […]
Super Talent launches Dell Inspiron Mini 9 SSD upgrades
super tYesterday Active Media released 2 new SSDs designed for the Dell Inspiron Mini 9. Now it’s Super Talent’s turn. The company launched a half mini PCIe solid state disk and a double wide half mini PCIe. The half mini model will be available either as an MLC disk with 16GB to 32Gb of storage […]
You can’t always get what you want (Dell Vostro A90/Mini 9 mixup)
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 […]
Another view: Maybe Apple shouldn’t make a netbook
Apple has consistently denied each and every rumor that the company is making a netbook, while dropping hints that we could see something new in the ultraportable (and hopefully low cost) space iin the future. Most recently, Apple COO called netbooks “junky” and maligned the software and hardware of today’s models. On the service, it […]
Dell Vostro A90: The cheapest Macbook Mini?
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 […]
Dell Vostro A90 does America
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, […]
Dell’s international keyboard for the Inspiron Mini 9
The Dell Inspiron Mini 9 is one of the cheapest netbooks around, with a starting price of just $249. It’s also one of the smaller mini-laptops on the market, wehing in at just 2.3 pounds and measuring about 9.1″ x 1.3″ x 6.8″. But in order to keep the size small, Dell did some interesting […]
1 in 3 Dell netbooks runs Ubuntu Linux
There’s been a lot of talk over the last few months about how Windows has been crushing Linux on netbooks. When Asus launched the Eee PC 701 back in 2007, it ran Xandros Linux and open source enthusiasts started proclaiming that netbooks would help Linux finally make it as a mainstream consumer-oriented operating system. It’s […]
Dell Inspiron Mini 9 display bests Macbook Pro in color accuracy
While plenty of folks will try to tell you that mini-laptops like the Dell Inspiron Mini 9 are only good for some light web browsing (which has led to the popularity of the term “netbook”), the truth is that these little machines can come in handy in a variety of situations. As a freelance radio […]