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Otherwise, you'd be able to include mini Sony Laptops that cost upwards of $2000 in the "netbook category"]]>Nov 13th 2008 12:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/13/dells-mini-12-netbook-is-ready-for-us-orders-ships-in-december/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/13/dells-mini-12-netbook-is-ready-for-us-orders-ships-in-december/Nov 13th 2008 12:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/13/dells-mini-12-netbook-is-ready-for-us-orders-ships-in-december/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/13/dells-mini-12-netbook-is-ready-for-us-orders-ships-in-december/
That's the thing, it seems like no netbook yet has quite matched initial offerings; cheap (300 bucks), small (sub sub SUB 10"), and good battery life.]]>Nov 13th 2008 12:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/13/dells-mini-12-netbook-is-ready-for-us-orders-ships-in-december/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/13/dells-mini-12-netbook-is-ready-for-us-orders-ships-in-december/Nov 13th 2008 1:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/13/dells-mini-12-netbook-is-ready-for-us-orders-ships-in-december/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/13/dells-mini-12-netbook-is-ready-for-us-orders-ships-in-december/Nov 13th 2008 1:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/13/dells-mini-12-netbook-is-ready-for-us-orders-ships-in-december/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/13/dells-mini-12-netbook-is-ready-for-us-orders-ships-in-december/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/13/dells-vostro-a860-yours-for-a-song-and-379/1#c15595323

um... hello dell, your offering another laptop with twice the specs at half the price - really?]]>Nov 13th 2008 8:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/13/dells-mini-12-netbook-is-ready-for-us-orders-ships-in-december/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/13/dells-mini-12-netbook-is-ready-for-us-orders-ships-in-december/
That said, it will probably fall by a few hundred rather quickly.]]>Nov 14th 2008 9:44AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/13/dells-mini-12-netbook-is-ready-for-us-orders-ships-in-december/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/13/dells-mini-12-netbook-is-ready-for-us-orders-ships-in-december/
a little overpriced?]]>Nov 13th 2008 12:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/13/dells-mini-12-netbook-is-ready-for-us-orders-ships-in-december/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/13/dells-mini-12-netbook-is-ready-for-us-orders-ships-in-december/Nov 13th 2008 2:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/13/dells-mini-12-netbook-is-ready-for-us-orders-ships-in-december/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/13/dells-mini-12-netbook-is-ready-for-us-orders-ships-in-december/Nov 13th 2008 2:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/13/dells-mini-12-netbook-is-ready-for-us-orders-ships-in-december/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/13/dells-mini-12-netbook-is-ready-for-us-orders-ships-in-december/Nov 13th 2008 2:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/13/dells-mini-12-netbook-is-ready-for-us-orders-ships-in-december/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/13/dells-mini-12-netbook-is-ready-for-us-orders-ships-in-december/Nov 13th 2008 2:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/13/dells-mini-12-netbook-is-ready-for-us-orders-ships-in-december/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/13/dells-mini-12-netbook-is-ready-for-us-orders-ships-in-december/Nov 13th 2008 3:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/13/dells-mini-12-netbook-is-ready-for-us-orders-ships-in-december/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/13/dells-mini-12-netbook-is-ready-for-us-orders-ships-in-december/Nov 13th 2008 5:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/13/dells-mini-12-netbook-is-ready-for-us-orders-ships-in-december/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/13/dells-mini-12-netbook-is-ready-for-us-orders-ships-in-december/Nov 13th 2008 1:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/13/dells-mini-12-netbook-is-ready-for-us-orders-ships-in-december/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/13/dells-mini-12-netbook-is-ready-for-us-orders-ships-in-december/Nov 13th 2008 12:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/13/dells-mini-12-netbook-is-ready-for-us-orders-ships-in-december/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/13/dells-mini-12-netbook-is-ready-for-us-orders-ships-in-december/http://www.dell.com/content/products/productdetails.aspx/laptop-inspiron-12?c=us&cs=19&l=en&s=dhs
also be sure to look at the picture on the top corner that shows it clearly running the unavailable Windows XP]]>Nov 13th 2008 4:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/13/dells-mini-12-netbook-is-ready-for-us-orders-ships-in-december/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/13/dells-mini-12-netbook-is-ready-for-us-orders-ships-in-december/Nov 13th 2008 12:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/13/dells-mini-12-netbook-is-ready-for-us-orders-ships-in-december/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/13/dells-mini-12-netbook-is-ready-for-us-orders-ships-in-december/Nov 13th 2008 12:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/13/dells-mini-12-netbook-is-ready-for-us-orders-ships-in-december/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/13/dells-mini-12-netbook-is-ready-for-us-orders-ships-in-december/Nov 13th 2008 12:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/13/dells-mini-12-netbook-is-ready-for-us-orders-ships-in-december/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/13/dells-mini-12-netbook-is-ready-for-us-orders-ships-in-december/
This thing would be better running Windows XP. In fact, Microsoft would have been alot better off if they'd waited a year or two to introduce Vista.

I have Vista on my dv6835nr and I enjoy it. But one thing is clear. If you have a low powered CPU or not enough RAM, Vista isn't fun.]]>Nov 13th 2008 12:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/13/dells-mini-12-netbook-is-ready-for-us-orders-ships-in-december/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/13/dells-mini-12-netbook-is-ready-for-us-orders-ships-in-december/
Now, that being said. I can't comment on how it would be like on a 1.3GHz Atom... This (net?)notebook, with a 1.3GHz Atom starting at $549 is almost laughable.]]>Nov 13th 2008 3:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/13/dells-mini-12-netbook-is-ready-for-us-orders-ships-in-december/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/13/dells-mini-12-netbook-is-ready-for-us-orders-ships-in-december/
http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/10/microsofts-xp-for-low-cost-pcs-defines-some-boundaries/

So the only way they could have put XP on is if they forced you to get a Vista Business license (which comes with XP pro license thrown in)]]>Nov 13th 2008 3:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/13/dells-mini-12-netbook-is-ready-for-us-orders-ships-in-december/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/13/dells-mini-12-netbook-is-ready-for-us-orders-ships-in-december/Nov 13th 2008 4:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/13/dells-mini-12-netbook-is-ready-for-us-orders-ships-in-december/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/13/dells-mini-12-netbook-is-ready-for-us-orders-ships-in-december/Nov 13th 2008 12:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/13/dells-mini-12-netbook-is-ready-for-us-orders-ships-in-december/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/13/dells-mini-12-netbook-is-ready-for-us-orders-ships-in-december/Nov 13th 2008 12:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/13/dells-mini-12-netbook-is-ready-for-us-orders-ships-in-december/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/13/dells-mini-12-netbook-is-ready-for-us-orders-ships-in-december/
GODDAMN YOU !]]>Nov 13th 2008 12:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/13/dells-mini-12-netbook-is-ready-for-us-orders-ships-in-december/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/13/dells-mini-12-netbook-is-ready-for-us-orders-ships-in-december/Nov 13th 2008 12:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/13/dells-mini-12-netbook-is-ready-for-us-orders-ships-in-december/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/13/dells-mini-12-netbook-is-ready-for-us-orders-ships-in-december/Nov 13th 2008 5:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/13/dells-mini-12-netbook-is-ready-for-us-orders-ships-in-december/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/13/dells-mini-12-netbook-is-ready-for-us-orders-ships-in-december/
Can we please keep the Netbooks down to less than 10 inches? The 8.9" form factor is just about perfect.]]>Nov 13th 2008 12:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/13/dells-mini-12-netbook-is-ready-for-us-orders-ships-in-december/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/13/dells-mini-12-netbook-is-ready-for-us-orders-ships-in-december/
They are really stretching the definition of "netbook" with this.

I think they should define it in an objective way, something like "a netbook is a laptop that is smaller than A4 and less than $xxx".

Otherwise, the screen-size-war will inevitably result in 15" laptops being called netbooks.]]>Nov 13th 2008 12:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/13/dells-mini-12-netbook-is-ready-for-us-orders-ships-in-december/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/13/dells-mini-12-netbook-is-ready-for-us-orders-ships-in-december/Nov 13th 2008 12:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/13/dells-mini-12-netbook-is-ready-for-us-orders-ships-in-december/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/13/dells-mini-12-netbook-is-ready-for-us-orders-ships-in-december/Nov 13th 2008 1:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/13/dells-mini-12-netbook-is-ready-for-us-orders-ships-in-december/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/13/dells-mini-12-netbook-is-ready-for-us-orders-ships-in-december/Nov 13th 2008 1:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/13/dells-mini-12-netbook-is-ready-for-us-orders-ships-in-december/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/13/dells-mini-12-netbook-is-ready-for-us-orders-ships-in-december/Nov 13th 2008 2:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/13/dells-mini-12-netbook-is-ready-for-us-orders-ships-in-december/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/13/dells-mini-12-netbook-is-ready-for-us-orders-ships-in-december/
The speakers on this, were crap. The eject button keeps coming on and trying to eject a fantom disc. After several tries the Dell service department failed to diagnose an issue that 70% of the user base is having.

Upsetting is the fact that cheap netbooks keep popping up without the need for improving the current line-up. Same as the case with Vista.

Honestly why can't manufacturer's just try to improve their products rather than trying to throw out as much garbage consumers are going to buy. Use that revenue and do some R&D.]]>Nov 13th 2008 1:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/13/dells-mini-12-netbook-is-ready-for-us-orders-ships-in-december/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/13/dells-mini-12-netbook-is-ready-for-us-orders-ships-in-december/$1K spent on a macbook : 1280x800 LCD
You get about 225% as much for your money from Dell with screen resolution. The other specs are probably less ridiculously different, but for me, screen resolution is one of my main considerations, if not THE main consideration.

If you want a 1920x1200 screen on a mac laptop, you're looking at around $2000 or more. I haven't seen a hardware vendor that matches apple for innovation yet, but there's got to be one that matches them for build quality.]]>Nov 13th 2008 1:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/13/dells-mini-12-netbook-is-ready-for-us-orders-ships-in-december/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/13/dells-mini-12-netbook-is-ready-for-us-orders-ships-in-december/Studio 15: 15.4" screen, 6.1 lbs+.

Ya, that's why you get the resolution you do. You don't buy a 13" laptop expecting a gigantic resolution. That's why you buy a 15" laptop. Two different markets, IMO.]]>Nov 13th 2008 1:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/13/dells-mini-12-netbook-is-ready-for-us-orders-ships-in-december/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/13/dells-mini-12-netbook-is-ready-for-us-orders-ships-in-december/]]>Nov 13th 2008 12:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/13/dells-mini-12-netbook-is-ready-for-us-orders-ships-in-december/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/13/dells-mini-12-netbook-is-ready-for-us-orders-ships-in-december/Nov 13th 2008 1:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/13/dells-mini-12-netbook-is-ready-for-us-orders-ships-in-december/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/13/dells-mini-12-netbook-is-ready-for-us-orders-ships-in-december/Nov 13th 2008 1:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/13/dells-mini-12-netbook-is-ready-for-us-orders-ships-in-december/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/13/dells-mini-12-netbook-is-ready-for-us-orders-ships-in-december/Nov 13th 2008 1:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/13/dells-mini-12-netbook-is-ready-for-us-orders-ships-in-december/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/13/dells-mini-12-netbook-is-ready-for-us-orders-ships-in-december/Nov 13th 2008 2:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/13/dells-mini-12-netbook-is-ready-for-us-orders-ships-in-december/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/13/dells-mini-12-netbook-is-ready-for-us-orders-ships-in-december/
]]>Nov 13th 2008 6:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/13/dells-mini-12-netbook-is-ready-for-us-orders-ships-in-december/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/13/dells-mini-12-netbook-is-ready-for-us-orders-ships-in-december/less than 4 lbs
less than a 10" screen]]>Nov 13th 2008 6:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/13/dells-mini-12-netbook-is-ready-for-us-orders-ships-in-december/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/13/dells-mini-12-netbook-is-ready-for-us-orders-ships-in-december/
I'm sitting here on 2am laughing with tears running down, trying not to wake up my gf.
That was great. thank you.]]>Nov 23rd 2008 5:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/13/dells-mini-12-netbook-is-ready-for-us-orders-ships-in-december/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/13/dells-mini-12-netbook-is-ready-for-us-orders-ships-in-december/Nov 13th 2008 1:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/13/dells-mini-12-netbook-is-ready-for-us-orders-ships-in-december/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/13/dells-mini-12-netbook-is-ready-for-us-orders-ships-in-december/Nov 13th 2008 1:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/13/dells-mini-12-netbook-is-ready-for-us-orders-ships-in-december/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/13/dells-mini-12-netbook-is-ready-for-us-orders-ships-in-december/

Refurbished MacBook Air 1.6GHz Intel Core 2 Duo

13.3-inch glossy widescreen display
2GB memory
80GB 4200-rpm PATA hard drive
Built-in 802.11n Wi-Fi2 and Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR
Built-in iSight Camera

$1,349.00


Refurbished MacBook Air 1.8GHz Intel Core 2 Duo

13.3-inch glossy widescreen display
2GB memory
80GB 4200-rpm PATA hard drive
Built-in 802.11n Wi-Fi and Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR
Built-in iSight Camera

$1,499.00 ]]>Nov 13th 2008 1:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/13/dells-mini-12-netbook-is-ready-for-us-orders-ships-in-december/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/13/dells-mini-12-netbook-is-ready-for-us-orders-ships-in-december/Nov 13th 2008 2:23PM