Laptops Dell Inspiron Mini 9 @ $349

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its out in the open peeps:

Dell's Inspiron Mini 9 pops official -- starts at $349 - Engadget

Dell Inspiron Mini 9

My Components
Obsidian Black
Ubuntu 8.04 with custom Dell interface
512MB DDR2 at 533MHz
4GB Solid State Drive
No Camera Option

My Service
1Yr Ltd Warranty and Mail-In Service

Also Includes
Intel® Atom Processor® N270 (1.6GHz/533Mhz FSB/512K cache)
Glossy 8.9 inch LED display (1024X600)
Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 950
Wireless 802.11g Mini Card
32WHr Battery (4 cell)
No WWAN Option, Inspiron
No Installation
 
lol looks like a major letdown considering that same spec aspire one is for a cool 100$ less, heck u can get a 6cell One for 400$ which is still cheaper than this
 
ya, its quite expensive.

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Expensive :P

I am still cheering for 9" netbooks. The lenovo will have a 9" outside US i believe and theres the Acer Aspire currently in the US for 400$ with the 6Cell :D

:@ Hope Acer lowers India prices or introduces 6cell version soon :)
 
Mini Hands on:

Hands-on with the Dell Inspiron Mini 9 | Crave, the gadget blog - CNET

Too exp IMO with 16Gb SSD (>500$ :P)

Other features are pretty much the same as all other netbooks.

One of the comments on the page I agree with almost exactly :P

The price of the inspiron is really disappointing. I wish they would have hit the rumored price of $299. For $349, I can pick up an Aspire with 1GB ram, 120GB harddrive, Windows XP, and a 0.3 MP webcam compared to 512MB ram, 4GB SSD, Ubuntu, and no webcam on the inspiron.

I really don't mind the lack of the f-keys or the small storage of the SSD, but the lack of RAM, the webcam, and windows XP at $349 is disappointing. Maybe there will be some coupons that can hit the price eventually, but instead of making a splash with a nicely speced netbook at an impulsive price, Dell has placed themselves near the bottom of the pack spec wise and has priced themselves too high. I have been ready to buy the inspiron mini, but this has fallen short of my expectations.
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Even the Asus 1000H seems like a good option if ur going to spend so much, tho I think 10" is a bit bigger than I would like, but then, thats just me and my personal opinion :ashamed:
 
its a let down for me...

too bad DELL could ahve capitalized on this one... rather it decided to downplay... damn..

its between asus 1000h or mis wind.. although wind build quality is a concern....
 
I've a question for all these mini laptop users. How do you find the keyboard of the asus laptops v/s the MSI wind v/s Dell mini PC v/s other mini PCs? I mean, I looked at photos of the keyboard on the Acer Aspire and I find for eg: the left shift key to be pathetic, some silly unwanted keys around the arrow navigation pad etc.
 
sydras said:
I've a question for all these mini laptop users. How do you find the keyboard of the asus laptops v/s the MSI wind v/s Dell mini PC v/s other mini PCs? I mean, I looked at photos of the keyboard on the Acer Aspire and I find for eg: the left shift key to be pathetic, some silly unwanted keys around the arrow navigation pad etc.
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you get used to it pretty quickly i guess. + no one intends to write a novel on it anyway :P

Talking of non-standard keys, have you used laptops before? Most laptops anyway have non-standard keyboards which you WILL need to get used to.

If you are referring to size, the Acer/Asus 9/10 inchers are still pretty good. Try getting hold of the original EEE701 and try teh keyboard. I have small hands and so I could type on it, but a friend who tried it ended up cursing it :rofl: ts no joke, trying to type for any length of time on that :P

So long as its simple chatting/ID/passwd ur ok, anything else and you shud get a USB keyboard along ;)

EDIT: If you are looking for one and havent used one of these netbooks before, I STRONGLY suggest you first try one out before buyin :)
 
I found the keyboard on my EEE 901 to be pretty small to start with

I would peck at the keys with my fingers and would still make typos (ask the unfortunate souls who I would chat with using the EEE) :rofl:

couple of days of usage and I can type on it nearly as fast as a full sized keyboard
 
BTW that Anandtech review is pretty good...

I see a lot of people falling into the belief that a netbook like the EEE 901/Acer One will fulfill their need for a full fledged primary laptop

It simply won't..

Netbooks are meant to be a supplement to your existing computing hardware arsenal , and the Anandtech article makes it very clear right at the start of the review
 
None of notebook manufaturers have come with different processsor...same atom,same 945chipset...Atleast they could use a different chipset like 965 mobile chipset...
 
@sri: Intel has a low power chipset specially designed for the Atom coming soon :) 965 is prob not certified by Intel for the Atom or something, + it will prob drive prices up as well ;) 945 is cheapest.

@superczar: It depends on usage actually. I believe that review was a little bit biased. I would intend to do a lot with a netbook if I had one. I know I would need more than 4/8 Gb space anyway :P That much is too less even for an OS with my fav apps installed + at least some music + a movie or 2 ;)

A friend bought an Acer Aspire One: He was looking at PMPs for ~15k. Now he prefers this as a multimedia player. Wifi/net access/ + 120Gb HDD, pretty good for going from 15 to 22k ;) The specs (for the Dell) seem too less compared to what Acer/Lenovo are offering for a similar price.

At the very least, there should have been an option to put in a HDD instead of an SSD. + the keyboard layout is pretty weird and will need constant adjustment. At least with the other companies, it might be smaller, but its essentially the same, allowing one to get used to typing on a smaller keyboard and switch back to a full size one anytime.

My 2 cents :)
 
@techie....I do agree from price point of view that 945 is cheapest....performance is miserable when compared to others..i still don't understand to what class of people these netbooks are made?i know it has less weight,easy to carry etc etc..The asus EEE1000H which retails around 25k...Does it make sense to buy when there are laptops having pentium dual cores which are similarly priced having better perofrmance...?What i want to know is it worth the money?Also Nano which beats atom in all benchmarks why would anyone go for this?:huh:
 
superczar said:
I see a lot of people falling into the belief that a netbook like the EEE 901/Acer One will fulfill their need for a full fledged primary laptop

It simply won't..

Netbooks are meant to be a supplement to your existing computing hardware arsenal , and the Anandtech article makes it very clear right at the start of the review
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Many, or should I say 'most', don't actually need a quad-core, or even, a dual-core setup for their daily needs - which scarcely falls beyond a few hours of net browsing, using email, instant messaging, word processor and spreadsheet programs and listening to music. And when portability is taken into account with these basic needs, a usual 14" or 15" laptop is too bulky a convenience to be carrying around all day. Most of the UMPCs in past have either been too pricey, or too focused on one segment of customers or two to be taken seriously for mass marketing.

Products like Eee PC and Aspire One, however, have changed it forever. Now you can have almost all the benefits of a conventional laptop crammed inside a tiny netbook that's not heavy on your pocket at all. Not everyone buys a laptop for playing Crysis or heavy multimedia work. That, in fact, defies the very purpose of portable computing - being hard on battery life. Netbooks offer you the best of both worlds, thus catering to the mobile computer market almost perfectly.

I don't see how a 9" Eee PC or Aspire One with BT, WLAN, Windows XP, dolby sound, SSD/HDD or both options and 5-7 hrs of battery life for ~20k don't fulfill the need for a "full-fledged" laptop any worse than a ~1.20k laptop with more or less the same features and a much worse battery life.
 
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