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Also the keyboard will be full size which makes it a LOT better for every day use.

I can see this being absolutely fantastic for university students....]]>Oct 26th 2008 9:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/26/dell-launches-the-inspiron-mini-12/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/26/dell-launches-the-inspiron-mini-12/
Talk to me when it is 400, or 450.

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If you can't... um... "find" XP to put on your netbook, you're not trying hard enough. Or just buy a copy on eBay. So cheap now, especially for a home copy without SP3.]]>Oct 26th 2008 10:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/26/dell-launches-the-inspiron-mini-12/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/26/dell-launches-the-inspiron-mini-12/]]>Oct 27th 2008 4:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/26/dell-launches-the-inspiron-mini-12/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/26/dell-launches-the-inspiron-mini-12/
For the millionth damn time, Vista works fine on 1GB.]]>Oct 27th 2008 5:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/26/dell-launches-the-inspiron-mini-12/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/26/dell-launches-the-inspiron-mini-12/
And for the record, 1GB is not the max for this thing either. Even the 9 supports 2GB.]]>Oct 27th 2008 5:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/26/dell-launches-the-inspiron-mini-12/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/26/dell-launches-the-inspiron-mini-12/
interesting that the battery life is soo poor (from the review) as poulsbo is meant to use about a third of the power consumption of the chipset in the mini 9]]>Oct 27th 2008 7:31AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/26/dell-launches-the-inspiron-mini-12/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/26/dell-launches-the-inspiron-mini-12/
Actually it's not a full sized keyboard. The APC hands on says "standard netbook keyboard" which likely means it's one of those 95% ones. This seems like an absurd design decision on Dell's part. Judging from the picture there's nearly an inch on either side of the keyboard, and it should have been very easy for them to include a full sized one.]]>Oct 27th 2008 8:59AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/26/dell-launches-the-inspiron-mini-12/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/26/dell-launches-the-inspiron-mini-12/Oct 27th 2008 10:38AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/26/dell-launches-the-inspiron-mini-12/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/26/dell-launches-the-inspiron-mini-12/Oct 26th 2008 9:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/26/dell-launches-the-inspiron-mini-12/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/26/dell-launches-the-inspiron-mini-12/]]>Oct 26th 2008 10:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/26/dell-launches-the-inspiron-mini-12/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/26/dell-launches-the-inspiron-mini-12/
Wha? Relax, man. Some of us would just like a little more oomph in our netbooks, and don't want to feel like we've been jilted when it releases soon after our purchase. Don't need to deeply analyze it so much.]]>Oct 26th 2008 11:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/26/dell-launches-the-inspiron-mini-12/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/26/dell-launches-the-inspiron-mini-12/
If i could get a EEE desktop type computer that would handle high def video better than the current generation one, I'd buy one to put on each of my HDTVs, and I think the dual core atoms will definitely help in that respect.]]>Oct 27th 2008 1:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/26/dell-launches-the-inspiron-mini-12/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/26/dell-launches-the-inspiron-mini-12/I feel like duel core atoms ......."

Must be the kind of cores that take ten paces each, turn and shoot until one of them falls. ]]>Oct 27th 2008 1:58AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/26/dell-launches-the-inspiron-mini-12/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/26/dell-launches-the-inspiron-mini-12/http://pc.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/2008/0904/kaigai_2l.gif

On the Intel processor chart Atom dual core is not due out until Q3 2009. Where are you guys getting this info?

]]>Oct 27th 2008 4:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/26/dell-launches-the-inspiron-mini-12/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/26/dell-launches-the-inspiron-mini-12/
You're thinking of the follow-up (Pineview(-DC)) to the current Atom (Diamondville). The Atom 330 (Diamondville-DC) is the current dual-core offering and it's available since Q3'08.]]>Oct 28th 2008 12:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/26/dell-launches-the-inspiron-mini-12/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/26/dell-launches-the-inspiron-mini-12/Oct 26th 2008 9:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/26/dell-launches-the-inspiron-mini-12/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/26/dell-launches-the-inspiron-mini-12/Oct 26th 2008 9:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/26/dell-launches-the-inspiron-mini-12/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/26/dell-launches-the-inspiron-mini-12/Oct 26th 2008 9:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/26/dell-launches-the-inspiron-mini-12/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/26/dell-launches-the-inspiron-mini-12/Oct 26th 2008 9:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/26/dell-launches-the-inspiron-mini-12/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/26/dell-launches-the-inspiron-mini-12/That's unpossible!]]>Oct 26th 2008 10:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/26/dell-launches-the-inspiron-mini-12/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/26/dell-launches-the-inspiron-mini-12/Oct 26th 2008 10:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/26/dell-launches-the-inspiron-mini-12/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/26/dell-launches-the-inspiron-mini-12/Oct 26th 2008 10:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/26/dell-launches-the-inspiron-mini-12/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/26/dell-launches-the-inspiron-mini-12/Oct 26th 2008 10:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/26/dell-launches-the-inspiron-mini-12/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/26/dell-launches-the-inspiron-mini-12/
I'll admit that font/UI scaling is certainly not perfect (especially in XP) and we all look forward to the day of true resolution-independent vector graphics interfaces, but it's actually not that big of deal. I can't stand shitty low-res LCDs, especially for a device whose primary use is web browsing... 800 pixels is not enough...]]>Oct 26th 2008 11:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/26/dell-launches-the-inspiron-mini-12/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/26/dell-launches-the-inspiron-mini-12/
Oh and nice attempt at trying to be a grammar/English nazi Peter. Way to pick the low hanging fruit. 1st year ESL students could have pointed that one out.]]>Oct 27th 2008 12:31AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/26/dell-launches-the-inspiron-mini-12/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/26/dell-launches-the-inspiron-mini-12/
They don't have alot of power as it is, and you want to put more into 2D bullshit for what?

Go get a normal cheapo dell laptop for 700$ out of dell outlet and you'll be happy.]]>Oct 27th 2008 1:14AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/26/dell-launches-the-inspiron-mini-12/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/26/dell-launches-the-inspiron-mini-12/http://apcmag.com/scoop_we_review_the_inspiron_mini_12__dells_supersized_yet_superslim_12_inch_netbook.htm).]]>Oct 26th 2008 9:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/26/dell-launches-the-inspiron-mini-12/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/26/dell-launches-the-inspiron-mini-12/Oct 26th 2008 9:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/26/dell-launches-the-inspiron-mini-12/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/26/dell-launches-the-inspiron-mini-12/Oct 26th 2008 10:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/26/dell-launches-the-inspiron-mini-12/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/26/dell-launches-the-inspiron-mini-12/Oct 26th 2008 9:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/26/dell-launches-the-inspiron-mini-12/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/26/dell-launches-the-inspiron-mini-12/
The original 700/701 Eee's I've seen as low as $229 (refurbished), but I have seen the Aspire One with the 120GB HDD and 1GB RAM for as low as about $275. Probably, there have been others, but I don't know. Look around :)]]>Oct 27th 2008 4:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/26/dell-launches-the-inspiron-mini-12/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/26/dell-launches-the-inspiron-mini-12/Oct 26th 2008 9:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/26/dell-launches-the-inspiron-mini-12/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/26/dell-launches-the-inspiron-mini-12/600 wasn't enough, so the mini 9 wasn't a serious option for my family..]]>Oct 26th 2008 10:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/26/dell-launches-the-inspiron-mini-12/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/26/dell-launches-the-inspiron-mini-12/Oct 26th 2008 10:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/26/dell-launches-the-inspiron-mini-12/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/26/dell-launches-the-inspiron-mini-12/Oct 27th 2008 9:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/26/dell-launches-the-inspiron-mini-12/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/26/dell-launches-the-inspiron-mini-12/Oct 27th 2008 1:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/26/dell-launches-the-inspiron-mini-12/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/26/dell-launches-the-inspiron-mini-12/I don't quite know what you could need to do on a /netbook/ that would require windows..]]>Oct 27th 2008 1:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/26/dell-launches-the-inspiron-mini-12/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/26/dell-launches-the-inspiron-mini-12/Oct 26th 2008 10:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/26/dell-launches-the-inspiron-mini-12/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/26/dell-launches-the-inspiron-mini-12/Oct 26th 2008 10:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/26/dell-launches-the-inspiron-mini-12/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/26/dell-launches-the-inspiron-mini-12/Oct 26th 2008 10:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/26/dell-launches-the-inspiron-mini-12/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/26/dell-launches-the-inspiron-mini-12/Oct 27th 2008 9:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/26/dell-launches-the-inspiron-mini-12/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/26/dell-launches-the-inspiron-mini-12/Oct 27th 2008 10:08AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/26/dell-launches-the-inspiron-mini-12/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/26/dell-launches-the-inspiron-mini-12/Oct 26th 2008 10:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/26/dell-launches-the-inspiron-mini-12/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/26/dell-launches-the-inspiron-mini-12/Oct 26th 2008 10:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/26/dell-launches-the-inspiron-mini-12/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/26/dell-launches-the-inspiron-mini-12/Oct 26th 2008 10:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/26/dell-launches-the-inspiron-mini-12/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/26/dell-launches-the-inspiron-mini-12/Oct 27th 2008 12:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/26/dell-launches-the-inspiron-mini-12/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/26/dell-launches-the-inspiron-mini-12/Oct 27th 2008 3:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/26/dell-launches-the-inspiron-mini-12/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/26/dell-launches-the-inspiron-mini-12/Here's a few differences, jsut for the heck of it:
iBook wighed a little over twice as much, coming in over 5 pounds.
Had shorter battery life (and of course the core was never higher than 1.4ghz)
Was 1.35" tall.
Had 4:3 ratio screen.

You know what, most of that is irrelevant. What am doing. Why am I awake? I don't know.
Anyway, I'd say those old iBook are a lot like a netbook, but of course not as good at it because they're older technology.
I can run Leopard and XP in Parallels just fine on my Wind, and still watch Hulu without it skipping. And it runs really cool and quiet. The iBook would be warm, and even running two youtubes in Firefox would start making it feel old.
But otherwise, I'd say yes about your remark. The old iBooks come in somewhere around a crappy netbook by today's standard.]]>Oct 27th 2008 5:17AM