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Also, I'd like it to look a little more industrial and less like a toy. Some harder edges and more metal (I'd pay a little extra and I am sure others woudl too). Maybe a Latitude Mini 9 soon?]]>Sep 26th 2008 6:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/26/how-would-you-change-dells-inspiron-mini-9/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/26/how-would-you-change-dells-inspiron-mini-9/
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1001_3-10050225-92.html

You can't expect much of a product when the CEO of the company thinks it's only good for second-class use. The notion of "good only for a 30min experience" is exemplified in the bastardized keyboard layout that only exacerbates the weakness of netbooks. The availability of only black and white colors--when other Dell products get the colorized treatment--shows this to be a half-hearted effort for a perceived second-class product. Dell only wants to not get left behind, but he isn't playing to win. Dell's problem has been the willingness to put out mediocre products just to have a place at the table--cue the Dell DJ and now the mini Insp.]]>Sep 26th 2008 6:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/26/how-would-you-change-dells-inspiron-mini-9/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/26/how-would-you-change-dells-inspiron-mini-9/
my problem now is that any regular laptop now seems huge, and by that i mean the amplitude of space for your desktop, perhaps i should have just skipped netbooks and gotten myself a regular Inspiron.

Cheers,
Nick-
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Someone needs to make a physical sync button on portables to start backups or sync content from another desktop,server or whs, so that you can synchronize the content without having to turn on the netbook. Given that these netbooks usually have limited disk space, it would make sense to be able to manage content easily. ]]>Sep 27th 2008 12:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/26/how-would-you-change-dells-inspiron-mini-9/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/26/how-would-you-change-dells-inspiron-mini-9/
I said "others" would pay more. Not everyone on Earth.]]>Sep 28th 2008 5:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/26/how-would-you-change-dells-inspiron-mini-9/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/26/how-would-you-change-dells-inspiron-mini-9/
It looks like any other Inspiron and it will be upgraded and improved. The Inspiron 1500 took until the 1525 to be a decent and usable laptop. Just give it time and Dell will sort everything out. Or be made irrelevant by a Apple netbook (PLEASE).


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Personally, I'm very happy with my Mini. By having an SSD and no fans the little thing actually generates 0 noise. It's a little weird at first, not being able to hear the disk churn through data or whatever, but its definitely easier on the ears at night time (when you really notice it). Solid build, nice screen, and good keyboard (compared to Eee/Aspire etc). I think Dell really got this one right.]]>Sep 26th 2008 8:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/26/how-would-you-change-dells-inspiron-mini-9/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/26/how-would-you-change-dells-inspiron-mini-9/Sep 27th 2008 1:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/26/how-would-you-change-dells-inspiron-mini-9/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/26/how-would-you-change-dells-inspiron-mini-9/
Oh, and we NEED more than the pathetic battery life these things are getting.

Oh, and near instant-on.]]>Sep 26th 2008 6:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/26/how-would-you-change-dells-inspiron-mini-9/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/26/how-would-you-change-dells-inspiron-mini-9/Sep 26th 2008 9:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/26/how-would-you-change-dells-inspiron-mini-9/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/26/how-would-you-change-dells-inspiron-mini-9/
the single/double quote key is in the weirdest place

Also, the ability to use 2 fingers on the touchpad to scroll would be very nice.]]>Sep 27th 2008 3:25AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/26/how-would-you-change-dells-inspiron-mini-9/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/26/how-would-you-change-dells-inspiron-mini-9/Sep 27th 2008 4:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/26/how-would-you-change-dells-inspiron-mini-9/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/26/how-would-you-change-dells-inspiron-mini-9/Sep 27th 2008 10:49AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/26/how-would-you-change-dells-inspiron-mini-9/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/26/how-would-you-change-dells-inspiron-mini-9/
But then again, I keep the thing plugged in constantly... so...]]>Sep 28th 2008 4:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/26/how-would-you-change-dells-inspiron-mini-9/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/26/how-would-you-change-dells-inspiron-mini-9/Sep 26th 2008 6:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/26/how-would-you-change-dells-inspiron-mini-9/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/26/how-would-you-change-dells-inspiron-mini-9/Sep 26th 2008 7:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/26/how-would-you-change-dells-inspiron-mini-9/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/26/how-would-you-change-dells-inspiron-mini-9/Sep 26th 2008 6:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/26/how-would-you-change-dells-inspiron-mini-9/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/26/how-would-you-change-dells-inspiron-mini-9/
not quite, you would have to charge $1500 more for it.]]>Sep 26th 2008 8:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/26/how-would-you-change-dells-inspiron-mini-9/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/26/how-would-you-change-dells-inspiron-mini-9/Sep 26th 2008 6:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/26/how-would-you-change-dells-inspiron-mini-9/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/26/how-would-you-change-dells-inspiron-mini-9/Sep 26th 2008 6:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/26/how-would-you-change-dells-inspiron-mini-9/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/26/how-would-you-change-dells-inspiron-mini-9/Sep 26th 2008 6:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/26/how-would-you-change-dells-inspiron-mini-9/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/26/how-would-you-change-dells-inspiron-mini-9/
I meant the Macbook Pro.

Gotta love the Windows fanboys. They are kind of like foreign intelligence services, so damn clueless yet they think they are God's omniscient gift to the universe. At least they haven't found Linux yet. Those guys, well, they know just enough to be dangerous.]]>Sep 26th 2008 8:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/26/how-would-you-change-dells-inspiron-mini-9/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/26/how-would-you-change-dells-inspiron-mini-9/Sep 26th 2008 8:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/26/how-would-you-change-dells-inspiron-mini-9/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/26/how-would-you-change-dells-inspiron-mini-9/
Christ... What's so vague! Dell mini 9 = 9" screen. I said add 8". 8"+9"=17" At least it did the last time I was in a math class. Oh lets see, we are talking about portable computers and not mainframes.

17" portable computer, all aluminum case with an Apple logo. Gee, I don't know many of those - oh wait, I know only one.

Yeah, you guys are real Einsteins.... And idiotic? Well, since it seems you had trouble adding two simple numbers, empirically I would assume that you were the idiot.]]>Sep 26th 2008 9:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/26/how-would-you-change-dells-inspiron-mini-9/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/26/how-would-you-change-dells-inspiron-mini-9/Sep 26th 2008 9:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/26/how-would-you-change-dells-inspiron-mini-9/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/26/how-would-you-change-dells-inspiron-mini-9/
You see, with Apple's being so over-priced, and the marketshare so low, not many are familiar with the MacBook Pro, or whatever. In fact, the only reason I remember the Air is because it's the over-priced laptop that, as an HP employee, one of my CTOs used to cut his birthday cake with. Oh, and Lenovo, Sony and several other manufacturers make a far better version.

Go play with your trendy, iPhone-using, Starbucks drinking poser friends. You're clearly far too good for us simple-minded intarwebz users.]]>Sep 27th 2008 1:57AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/26/how-would-you-change-dells-inspiron-mini-9/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/26/how-would-you-change-dells-inspiron-mini-9/Sep 27th 2008 1:58AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/26/how-would-you-change-dells-inspiron-mini-9/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/26/how-would-you-change-dells-inspiron-mini-9/
I meant the Macbook Pro."

Macbook Air or Pro, do I really care? Apple products suck anyway.]]>Sep 27th 2008 2:00AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/26/how-would-you-change-dells-inspiron-mini-9/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/26/how-would-you-change-dells-inspiron-mini-9/Sep 28th 2008 4:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/26/how-would-you-change-dells-inspiron-mini-9/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/26/how-would-you-change-dells-inspiron-mini-9/Oct 9th 2008 11:18AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/26/how-would-you-change-dells-inspiron-mini-9/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/26/how-would-you-change-dells-inspiron-mini-9/]]>Sep 26th 2008 6:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/26/how-would-you-change-dells-inspiron-mini-9/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/26/how-would-you-change-dells-inspiron-mini-9/Sep 26th 2008 7:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/26/how-would-you-change-dells-inspiron-mini-9/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/26/how-would-you-change-dells-inspiron-mini-9/
Running Ubuntu would be a great goal. Maybe a company could pick up support for something like Jarnal to use the tablet features.
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Get the Ubuntu version shipping already.]]>Sep 26th 2008 6:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/26/how-would-you-change-dells-inspiron-mini-9/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/26/how-would-you-change-dells-inspiron-mini-9/Sep 27th 2008 2:14AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/26/how-would-you-change-dells-inspiron-mini-9/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/26/how-would-you-change-dells-inspiron-mini-9/Sep 26th 2008 6:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/26/how-would-you-change-dells-inspiron-mini-9/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/26/how-would-you-change-dells-inspiron-mini-9/Sep 26th 2008 6:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/26/how-would-you-change-dells-inspiron-mini-9/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/26/how-would-you-change-dells-inspiron-mini-9/Sep 26th 2008 7:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/26/how-would-you-change-dells-inspiron-mini-9/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/26/how-would-you-change-dells-inspiron-mini-9/Sep 27th 2008 1:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/26/how-would-you-change-dells-inspiron-mini-9/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/26/how-would-you-change-dells-inspiron-mini-9/Sep 27th 2008 3:16PM