http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/29/dells-mini-inspiron-eee-pc-killer-revealed/ Engadget Comments for Dell's "mini-Inspiron" Eee PC killer revealed http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2010 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/29/dells-mini-inspiron-eee-pc-killer-revealed/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/29/dells-mini-inspiron-eee-pc-killer-revealed/May 29th 2008 12:57AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/29/dells-mini-inspiron-eee-pc-killer-revealed/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/29/dells-mini-inspiron-eee-pc-killer-revealed/May 29th 2008 12:59AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/29/dells-mini-inspiron-eee-pc-killer-revealed/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/29/dells-mini-inspiron-eee-pc-killer-revealed/May 29th 2008 1:32AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/29/dells-mini-inspiron-eee-pc-killer-revealed/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/29/dells-mini-inspiron-eee-pc-killer-revealed/
But seriously, competition may make us all better off, but Dell and their kludgy spam infested dreck make the world worse. The same spam that
a) they get paid by the software makers to install on YOUR PC.
b) they'll offer to not provide for a nominal fee.

So their either charge you, or the software guys. Either way, Michael Dell was asked about the future of the company, the direction, the new technology, new markets... all he could come up with was to start bragging about *cough 7% profit margins, or some such drivel.]]>May 29th 2008 2:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/29/dells-mini-inspiron-eee-pc-killer-revealed/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/29/dells-mini-inspiron-eee-pc-killer-revealed/May 29th 2008 2:00AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/29/dells-mini-inspiron-eee-pc-killer-revealed/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/29/dells-mini-inspiron-eee-pc-killer-revealed/
Something to mess around with, websurf from the couch while watching TV, etc. I think there's a huge market for something like this, as long as it's well-executed. Cheap and middling performance is okay, huge corners cut is not.

Unfortunately I'm just not willing to deal with Windows more than I have to, but perhaps it's time to see what the latest and slickest Linux distros are. Something lightweight, pretty, and fast fast fast. Hard to believe I haven't run a Linux desktop in over 5 years now, after doing it for 8. It would be interesting to see how things have changed (or haven't).]]>May 29th 2008 2:02AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/29/dells-mini-inspiron-eee-pc-killer-revealed/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/29/dells-mini-inspiron-eee-pc-killer-revealed/May 29th 2008 4:01AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/29/dells-mini-inspiron-eee-pc-killer-revealed/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/29/dells-mini-inspiron-eee-pc-killer-revealed/
eh, preloaded programs mean that computers are cheaper. If they took $50 the price, they could load as much crap on my computer as they wanted. Not that hard to get rid of it...]]>May 29th 2008 3:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/29/dells-mini-inspiron-eee-pc-killer-revealed/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/29/dells-mini-inspiron-eee-pc-killer-revealed/Thinkpad
MacBookNano
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For all the climaxing Engadget does over the EEE w/e the actual laptop looks fugly in my opinion. Plus I don't understand why exactly this is such a huge trend and why people want such small laptops to begin with. It would be hard to see and type on such a small thing for me.

But to each his own.

Hopefully Dell delivers a decent product.]]>May 29th 2008 8:01AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/29/dells-mini-inspiron-eee-pc-killer-revealed/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/29/dells-mini-inspiron-eee-pc-killer-revealed/May 29th 2008 3:07AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/29/dells-mini-inspiron-eee-pc-killer-revealed/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/29/dells-mini-inspiron-eee-pc-killer-revealed/May 29th 2008 1:00AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/29/dells-mini-inspiron-eee-pc-killer-revealed/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/29/dells-mini-inspiron-eee-pc-killer-revealed/May 29th 2008 1:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/29/dells-mini-inspiron-eee-pc-killer-revealed/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/29/dells-mini-inspiron-eee-pc-killer-revealed/
It's not upside down. There are two ways to put thing son the lid of a laptop. 1 way where when the lid is closed the owner (the only one who matters) gets to see the text/logo right side up. The other way (which i think is better) is to make the logo appear right side up when the lid is open. The reason i say the 2nd way is better is: do you use your laptop by sitting there with the lid closed and staring at the logo for hours on end?

(though i must admit, when i first got my m1330 i did sit there with the lid closed and stare for a good 10 minutes)]]>May 29th 2008 1:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/29/dells-mini-inspiron-eee-pc-killer-revealed/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/29/dells-mini-inspiron-eee-pc-killer-revealed/
I agree tho: the logo *is* upside down. Clearly the person that did the render screwed-up. Traditionally the logo faces the other way so that people looking at the laptop from that side can see the badge. The way it is now is just... wrong...

Can't wait to see what kind of specs this machine has. When I get my next desktop & third 24" widescreen from Dell, I'll probably tell them to throw one of these in the box too.]]>May 29th 2008 1:27AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/29/dells-mini-inspiron-eee-pc-killer-revealed/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/29/dells-mini-inspiron-eee-pc-killer-revealed/May 29th 2008 1:32AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/29/dells-mini-inspiron-eee-pc-killer-revealed/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/29/dells-mini-inspiron-eee-pc-killer-revealed/May 29th 2008 1:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/29/dells-mini-inspiron-eee-pc-killer-revealed/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/29/dells-mini-inspiron-eee-pc-killer-revealed/
http://www.revfad.com/flip.html]]>May 29th 2008 1:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/29/dells-mini-inspiron-eee-pc-killer-revealed/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/29/dells-mini-inspiron-eee-pc-killer-revealed/May 29th 2008 2:14AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/29/dells-mini-inspiron-eee-pc-killer-revealed/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/29/dells-mini-inspiron-eee-pc-killer-revealed/May 29th 2008 3:33AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/29/dells-mini-inspiron-eee-pc-killer-revealed/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/29/dells-mini-inspiron-eee-pc-killer-revealed/
What's "apisdn umop"?


*Pause.*


You did what in my mop?!]]>May 29th 2008 6:51AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/29/dells-mini-inspiron-eee-pc-killer-revealed/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/29/dells-mini-inspiron-eee-pc-killer-revealed/
Thats the first thing to make me laugh this morning, in fact i laughed so hard I spit coffee all over my kitchen table!!! ]]>May 29th 2008 8:53AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/29/dells-mini-inspiron-eee-pc-killer-revealed/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/29/dells-mini-inspiron-eee-pc-killer-revealed/May 29th 2008 12:59AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/29/dells-mini-inspiron-eee-pc-killer-revealed/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/29/dells-mini-inspiron-eee-pc-killer-revealed/
what are you a pimp?]]>May 29th 2008 1:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/29/dells-mini-inspiron-eee-pc-killer-revealed/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/29/dells-mini-inspiron-eee-pc-killer-revealed/May 29th 2008 1:25AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/29/dells-mini-inspiron-eee-pc-killer-revealed/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/29/dells-mini-inspiron-eee-pc-killer-revealed/
And very funny!]]>May 29th 2008 6:34AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/29/dells-mini-inspiron-eee-pc-killer-revealed/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/29/dells-mini-inspiron-eee-pc-killer-revealed/http://gizmodo.com/393815/exclusive-dell-mini-inspiron-their-first-mini-laptop

It looks great, and the keyboard looks very nice. I think I'll be getting one of these. That new Aspire looks pretty nice though...]]>May 29th 2008 8:29AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/29/dells-mini-inspiron-eee-pc-killer-revealed/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/29/dells-mini-inspiron-eee-pc-killer-revealed/May 29th 2008 11:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/29/dells-mini-inspiron-eee-pc-killer-revealed/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/29/dells-mini-inspiron-eee-pc-killer-revealed/May 29th 2008 1:00AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/29/dells-mini-inspiron-eee-pc-killer-revealed/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/29/dells-mini-inspiron-eee-pc-killer-revealed/May 29th 2008 1:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/29/dells-mini-inspiron-eee-pc-killer-revealed/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/29/dells-mini-inspiron-eee-pc-killer-revealed/May 29th 2008 4:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/29/dells-mini-inspiron-eee-pc-killer-revealed/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/29/dells-mini-inspiron-eee-pc-killer-revealed/May 29th 2008 1:01AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/29/dells-mini-inspiron-eee-pc-killer-revealed/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/29/dells-mini-inspiron-eee-pc-killer-revealed/ Who 'ckin cares what you're a fan of?

"Your face is kinda something looking like if it was supposingly maybe fugly from that angle, and woah I'm not a fan of fugly faces"]]>Jun 2nd 2008 2:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/29/dells-mini-inspiron-eee-pc-killer-revealed/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/29/dells-mini-inspiron-eee-pc-killer-revealed/
I *suppose* I could stoop to running Windows 98 in VM Ware if I had to tho to conserve CPU and RAM. *shudder*]]>May 29th 2008 1:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/29/dells-mini-inspiron-eee-pc-killer-revealed/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/29/dells-mini-inspiron-eee-pc-killer-revealed/
I too suppose i can change to an XP :P (But will not change to Vista)]]>May 29th 2008 1:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/29/dells-mini-inspiron-eee-pc-killer-revealed/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/29/dells-mini-inspiron-eee-pc-killer-revealed/May 29th 2008 1:42AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/29/dells-mini-inspiron-eee-pc-killer-revealed/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/29/dells-mini-inspiron-eee-pc-killer-revealed/For one, the benefit of immediately rolling back to a safe/unb0rked image at the click of a button. Far, far better than the abomination that is System Restore.

For people that use XP for the few programs that we have to (which Wine stubbornly remains incompatible with, for instance), running a VM is far better than having a physical install to muck around with. ]]>May 29th 2008 2:07AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/29/dells-mini-inspiron-eee-pc-killer-revealed/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/29/dells-mini-inspiron-eee-pc-killer-revealed/May 29th 2008 1:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/29/dells-mini-inspiron-eee-pc-killer-revealed/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/29/dells-mini-inspiron-eee-pc-killer-revealed/May 29th 2008 1:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/29/dells-mini-inspiron-eee-pc-killer-revealed/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/29/dells-mini-inspiron-eee-pc-killer-revealed/May 29th 2008 1:08AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/29/dells-mini-inspiron-eee-pc-killer-revealed/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/29/dells-mini-inspiron-eee-pc-killer-revealed/May 29th 2008 1:53AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/29/dells-mini-inspiron-eee-pc-killer-revealed/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/29/dells-mini-inspiron-eee-pc-killer-revealed/May 29th 2008 6:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/29/dells-mini-inspiron-eee-pc-killer-revealed/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/29/dells-mini-inspiron-eee-pc-killer-revealed/May 30th 2008 2:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/29/dells-mini-inspiron-eee-pc-killer-revealed/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/29/dells-mini-inspiron-eee-pc-killer-revealed/Jun 8th 2008 6:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/29/dells-mini-inspiron-eee-pc-killer-revealed/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/29/dells-mini-inspiron-eee-pc-killer-revealed/]]>May 29th 2008 1:08AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/29/dells-mini-inspiron-eee-pc-killer-revealed/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/29/dells-mini-inspiron-eee-pc-killer-revealed/http://www.allinoneline.com/ProductDetails.aspx?productID=258]]>May 29th 2008 1:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/29/dells-mini-inspiron-eee-pc-killer-revealed/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/29/dells-mini-inspiron-eee-pc-killer-revealed/Not so sure about the computer....]]>May 29th 2008 6:43AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/29/dells-mini-inspiron-eee-pc-killer-revealed/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/29/dells-mini-inspiron-eee-pc-killer-revealed/May 29th 2008 8:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/29/dells-mini-inspiron-eee-pc-killer-revealed/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/29/dells-mini-inspiron-eee-pc-killer-revealed/May 29th 2008 1:12AM