I would change the date, and fast forward to the dual-core Atom.
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?
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.
Agreed, it feels more like of a family laptop rather than a business laptop, then again was targeted for what Michael called the , 30 min tasks.. pffft, 5 hours on a single charge for me didnt stop me..
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.
Totally disagree with you - options are nice, but no one wants to pay extra for this. I got a $450 dell laptop with c2, 3 gigs of ram, and 250gb hd, and all the gimmicks. Why would i pay 450 for a 9 inch powered down version? Please don't mix the two markets. People might be willing to pay more for ultraportables, but not for low powered netbooks.
I would agree with IY. A docking station would make this really useful.
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.
Just put a regular 1.8 inch hard drive in there and i'll be happy.
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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I would change the date, and fast forward to the dual-core Atom.
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?
I would change Michael Dell's attitude:
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.
Agreed, it feels more like of a family laptop rather than a business laptop, then again was targeted for what Michael called the , 30 min tasks.. pffft, 5 hours on a single charge for me didnt stop me..
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-
I want a DB9 port. I travel a lot setting up routers and firewalls. I need something small to connect to the console port.
No, I would not pay extra. It's already too expensive. These netbooks need to come down in price.
Totally disagree with you - options are nice, but no one wants to pay extra for this. I got a $450 dell laptop with c2, 3 gigs of ram, and 250gb hd, and all the gimmicks. Why would i pay 450 for a 9 inch powered down version? Please don't mix the two markets. People might be willing to pay more for ultraportables, but not for low powered netbooks.
Yes. Latitude Mini 9, Please. w/ docking connector and support for DVI
d00b, you do realise that's true of al netbooks, right?
I would agree with IY. A docking station would make this really useful.
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.
@Jeebus, David
I said "others" would pay more. Not everyone on Earth.
Just put a regular 1.8 inch hard drive in there and i'll be happy.
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).