Dell's 32GB Inspiron Mini 9 netbook blushes pink and red in Japan
By Thomas Ricker 
posted Nov 17th 2008 5:08AM
posted Nov 17th 2008 5:08AM
What's black and white and now red in Japan? Why Dell's Inspiron Mini 9 of course -- who reads newspapers? Starting tomorrow, Dell's little netbook will finally be available in red to match the initial teaser shots that had the entire laptop world looking Dell's way back in May. Pink too, to offset the decidedly more staid, obsidian black and alpine white versions available elsewhere. Japan also nabbed an Inspiron Mini 9 Platinum Package that features a relative biggie 32GB SSD for a tax inclusive price of ¥54,980 or about $565. No word on a rest of world release date for these Mini 9 updates but we expect them go Stateside in time for Cindy-Lou Who. Mini 9 in pink after the break.
[Via Impress]
Pink? but red seems to be a good colour though. for that price though I think I will stick to my eee pc.
Either my monitor's broken, or that's "fire engine red." T'ain't pink.
netbooks are so 6 months ago!
$565!! i would have gotten this, if it wasn't nearly $200 over the Acer Aspire one
So... you would get a better product if it were about the same price as an inferior one?
Interesting!
The Acer is 500$ here... (in Osaka).
"So... you would get a better product if it were about the same price as an inferior one?"
Says a man with "AVG" as his avatar and title. *cough* Kaspersky's *cough*
That said, I'd say that wanting this product at a competitive price to Acer's is far from unreasonable. It's got specs that are so similar that a ~50% price difference is all but certainly unwarranted.
@AVG
inferior product...look up the reviews, on the acer... this is the category of a NETBOOK not NOTEBOOK, price range are 400
so if you are gonna spend approax $600, then go get a notebook book it has better features for the price.
Unless you like to burn money.... then recommend get the RED Dell... you would benefit more people
@Ayman
No idea what in the world you're talking about anymore. Victory is yours.
what makes obsidion black plastic better than just regular black plastic? i mean its not like they used actual volcanic glass. if they did tho, that would be epic
No, they didn't use volcanic glass, but I heard that they did melt a whole mountain to get Alpine White...
*facepalm*
Has DELL got a new design team?
And an even newer marketing team? I don't understand why the DELL Inspirons with all their awesome art work look better than the high end models. GAMERS LIKE SLEEK AND SHINY STUFF TOO! :D.
EMZ=]
i honestly preferr the ol grey toshibas maself.... than again, i still think pentium 3s are awesome
"What's black and white and now red in Japan?"
I was expecting pictures of cybernetic Neo Tokyo tentacle rape after the break.
:'(
@eggo: really? I was thinking more like sunburned skunk.
But I guess tentacle rape over there is about as common as skunks here, right?
Dell continues to amaze me with their ugly taste.. but then I just realize Dell has become another emachines..
You are so wrong! Dell was like emachine long time ago but now they offer really neat and durable solution for an emachine price. That mini 9 is really cool, no kidding. (at least the black model!). Its quite the best netbook you can find.
I really like the idea of 32GB SSD, although maybe a bit expensive. I know most people probably aren't bothered by 4,8 or even 16GB SSDs in a netbook, but I think those quantities are a real joke especially as I treat my netbook as practically a 'first' machine when I am away.
Good stuff Dell. A 64GB SSD though, would be my real satisfaction point with XP.
64GB, so the SSD costs the same as the computer? That would be a smart move.
um it has a 32gb SSD vs your 8gb ssd on the AA1 or eeepc...so yeah its worth every nickel and my two cents :)
I was recently made a Moderator over where I hang out on the mydellmini forums and larger, faster drives are always popular topics.
A few Mini 9 owners are going out and getting their own 32gb SSD to upgrade their own systems, so it isn't that surprising that they're being offered now.
As it is I'm only using half of my Mini 9's 16GB SSD, and use a 16gb SDHC card for media storage, so I'm in no big rush to expand...yet.
Modifications exist to expand on board storage using other methods as well, so there is no lack of drive/storage options for this system! :D
Agreed. STEC even has the part number for the 32GB version of the SSD used in the Mini 9 on their website, though I can't seem to find anybody selling it...
Yes, yes, yes! Hopefully somewhere next year netbooks with 32Gb SSD will be common :)!
If these are really coming out, why aren't the pictures real? They are definitely doctored.
agreed.. .the colors look too perfect to be actual photos
Japanese Dell website is still only showing black and white as configuration options.
And I thought that it was Japan that had a Dell netbook couple weeks ago with triple the price of the US one?
I own a Dell Mini 9 and find it extremely hard to see the screen with my 46 year old eyes.
I found this full screen magnifier which helps out tremendously http://www.getzoomware.com/umpc.