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CrunchDeals: Dell Mini 9 for $199, today only

Contributor — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 14:30:00 +0000

Happy Friday, deal hunters. You can pick up a Dell Mini 9 netbook for $199 today. Can’t you find a little extra room near your couch for an inexpensive netbook? Won’t you give the Mini 9 a decent home?!

If you can find it in your heart to adopt this computer, you’ll find it has the following specs:

Intel Atom N270 CPU (1.6GHz)
8.9-inch LCD at 1024×600
4-cell battery
Ubuntu Linux
512MB RAM
4GB solid state drive
No Bluetooth, no camera

So it’s not a powerhouse by any means but, hey, couch + netbook = never having to get up.

Inspiron Mini 9 [Dell.com via technabob]

Dell Mini 10 spotted in the UK

Contributor — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 16:00:00 +0000

As netbooks go, Dell has the Mini 9 and the Mini 12. Now it appears that the Mini 10, as shown at CES, has quietly emerged in the UK. You can buy it from Tesco for £349.00 if you’re not down with the 9- or 12-inch versions.

I checked Dell’s UK website and there’s no mention of the 10-inch Mini, so perhaps its being quietly rolled out to select retailers. Early specs had put the screen at 1280×720 resolution, although the specs on Tesco’s product page list it as boring, run-of-the-mill WSVGA at 1024×600.

Dell Inspiron Mini 10 [Tesco Direct via Tech Digest]

Touchscreen hack for the Dell Mini 9

Matt Burns — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 14:40:23 +0000

Some peeps love touchscreens and the Dell Mini 9 is the latest netbook to receive the upgrade. By using the USB lines from the Mini 9s PCI-e pins, the mod nerd semi-permanently attached an Ebay-purchased touchscreen. The results shown above are a bit janky, but at least it works. Definitely not prime-time ready, but still, kind of neat in a nerdy way.

source via jkkmobile

The Dell Mini finds its artsy side

Matt Burns — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 16:40:20 +0000

There is no doubt that the Dell Inspiron Mini 9 and 12 are hot netbooks, but the standard digs are just a little too Dell. You know what we mean. Even the new pink and red models are still a bit pedestrian. But these new lid designs will certainly scream, “Look at me! I have a sweet mini-laptop and I’m in a coffee shop!” Available now.

Dell Mini 12 netbook starts at $549 with no option to upgrade RAM and Vista Home Basic as the only OS

Contributor — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 15:40:00 +0000

Aw, man. Good news, bad news. The good news is that the Dell Mini 12 is now available. The bad news is that it starts at $549, the one gigabyte of RAM isn’t upgradeable, and your only choice for an operating system is Vista Home Basic.

There are three models available for $549, $599, and $678, respectively. The lowest-end has a 1.33GHz Atom CPU, 40GB hard drive, and a three cell battery. The other two have 1.6GHz processors, six cell batteries, and 60GB or 80GB hard drives.

Other than that, the normally-fun process of customizing your Dell machine isn’t too involved. I’ll go on record and say that the non-upgradeable one gigabyte of RAM and only offering Windows Vista Basic is going to keep plenty of people away from this machine. It’s a shame, too. I was looking forward to this little guy.