http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/16/dell-inspiron-mini-12-gets-more-netbook-y-with-ubuntu-xp-option/ Engadget Comments for Dell Inspiron Mini 12 gets more netbook-y with Ubuntu, XP options http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/16/dell-inspiron-mini-12-gets-more-netbook-y-with-ubuntu-xp-option/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/16/dell-inspiron-mini-12-gets-more-netbook-y-with-ubuntu-xp-option/
Dell Charges to Speak with a US Customer Service Rep
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13506_3-10121992-17.html?tag=rtcol;relnews

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/12/10/AR2008121003574.html?hpid=topnews

Engadget editors - how is this not news?

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I tipped engadget about M$'s Internet Explorer's *SERIOUS* zero day flaw.

Nothing came up]]>Dec 16th 2008 4:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/16/dell-inspiron-mini-12-gets-more-netbook-y-with-ubuntu-xp-option/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/16/dell-inspiron-mini-12-gets-more-netbook-y-with-ubuntu-xp-option/Dec 16th 2008 4:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/16/dell-inspiron-mini-12-gets-more-netbook-y-with-ubuntu-xp-option/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/16/dell-inspiron-mini-12-gets-more-netbook-y-with-ubuntu-xp-option/Dec 16th 2008 4:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/16/dell-inspiron-mini-12-gets-more-netbook-y-with-ubuntu-xp-option/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/16/dell-inspiron-mini-12-gets-more-netbook-y-with-ubuntu-xp-option/Dec 16th 2008 4:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/16/dell-inspiron-mini-12-gets-more-netbook-y-with-ubuntu-xp-option/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/16/dell-inspiron-mini-12-gets-more-netbook-y-with-ubuntu-xp-option/
I do think tech support is an important issue, too. And, I don't think that it matters all that much whether the person you speak to is in the US or elsewhere - the issue is whether or not the person on the other end is just running a script on whether they have real knowledge of the product and how to fix it. I always cringe when I get someone in another country, not because I can't understand the accent, but because they're apparently trained not to listen to what the problem is and really diagnose anything. Call centers in the states often do the same thing, however. I had this issue with Verzion DSL not long ago... after multiple call ins with the same problem I kept getting the same script. I didn't get it resolved until I talked to a sales agent saying that I would be canceling my service. I wonder how Dell's new US service compares.]]>Dec 16th 2008 5:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/16/dell-inspiron-mini-12-gets-more-netbook-y-with-ubuntu-xp-option/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/16/dell-inspiron-mini-12-gets-more-netbook-y-with-ubuntu-xp-option/Dec 16th 2008 5:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/16/dell-inspiron-mini-12-gets-more-netbook-y-with-ubuntu-xp-option/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/16/dell-inspiron-mini-12-gets-more-netbook-y-with-ubuntu-xp-option/Dec 16th 2008 10:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/16/dell-inspiron-mini-12-gets-more-netbook-y-with-ubuntu-xp-option/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/16/dell-inspiron-mini-12-gets-more-netbook-y-with-ubuntu-xp-option/
This is punishment surely?]]>Dec 16th 2008 3:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/16/dell-inspiron-mini-12-gets-more-netbook-y-with-ubuntu-xp-option/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/16/dell-inspiron-mini-12-gets-more-netbook-y-with-ubuntu-xp-option/Dec 16th 2008 4:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/16/dell-inspiron-mini-12-gets-more-netbook-y-with-ubuntu-xp-option/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/16/dell-inspiron-mini-12-gets-more-netbook-y-with-ubuntu-xp-option/
thank you.]]>Dec 16th 2008 4:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/16/dell-inspiron-mini-12-gets-more-netbook-y-with-ubuntu-xp-option/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/16/dell-inspiron-mini-12-gets-more-netbook-y-with-ubuntu-xp-option/$113.72 Australian Dollars
$93.42 Canadian Dollars
$136.34 New Zealand Dollars
$2521.88 Taiwan Dollars

If you want the American conversion, you can do it yourself like the rest of us usually have to.

]]>Dec 16th 2008 4:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/16/dell-inspiron-mini-12-gets-more-netbook-y-with-ubuntu-xp-option/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/16/dell-inspiron-mini-12-gets-more-netbook-y-with-ubuntu-xp-option/
You're an idiot.]]>Dec 16th 2008 4:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/16/dell-inspiron-mini-12-gets-more-netbook-y-with-ubuntu-xp-option/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/16/dell-inspiron-mini-12-gets-more-netbook-y-with-ubuntu-xp-option/Haha nice one! +1 for you!]]>Dec 16th 2008 4:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/16/dell-inspiron-mini-12-gets-more-netbook-y-with-ubuntu-xp-option/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/16/dell-inspiron-mini-12-gets-more-netbook-y-with-ubuntu-xp-option/it's really funny to read this precisely the day that the FED just set the interest rates between 0 and 0,25%...
in other words the dollar is actually dying.
The US$ has just stopped being a currency and turn in monopoly money.]]>Dec 16th 2008 5:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/16/dell-inspiron-mini-12-gets-more-netbook-y-with-ubuntu-xp-option/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/16/dell-inspiron-mini-12-gets-more-netbook-y-with-ubuntu-xp-option/What can be our new super currency?

I say Prostitute Tokens.]]>Dec 16th 2008 5:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/16/dell-inspiron-mini-12-gets-more-netbook-y-with-ubuntu-xp-option/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/16/dell-inspiron-mini-12-gets-more-netbook-y-with-ubuntu-xp-option/Dec 16th 2008 9:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/16/dell-inspiron-mini-12-gets-more-netbook-y-with-ubuntu-xp-option/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/16/dell-inspiron-mini-12-gets-more-netbook-y-with-ubuntu-xp-option/

Back to serious stuff who is this aimed at?

It has the processor of a netbook but the size of a laptop.

Does anyone agree?]]>Dec 16th 2008 3:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/16/dell-inspiron-mini-12-gets-more-netbook-y-with-ubuntu-xp-option/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/16/dell-inspiron-mini-12-gets-more-netbook-y-with-ubuntu-xp-option/Dec 16th 2008 3:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/16/dell-inspiron-mini-12-gets-more-netbook-y-with-ubuntu-xp-option/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/16/dell-inspiron-mini-12-gets-more-netbook-y-with-ubuntu-xp-option/
...and, offered for a hundred bucks less, and there would be a HUGE market for this imho.]]>Dec 16th 2008 4:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/16/dell-inspiron-mini-12-gets-more-netbook-y-with-ubuntu-xp-option/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/16/dell-inspiron-mini-12-gets-more-netbook-y-with-ubuntu-xp-option/
The Aspire One plays 720p HD videos, the Q1 can't.
The Aspire can play WoW, not well, but just as well as my crappy work laptop with a core duo. ~14-24fps
The Aspire can stream videos a lot smoother.
I've done light photo editing with a mouse, the track pad is appalling on the Aspire. Data recovery, etc. Basically anything I would need to do with a laptop.

As long as these things have over 1gb of ram they're actually pretty great. I wish my netbook had bluetooth integrated, even though i have no bt hardware I like to keep my options available. And a larger battery would be great. I'll probably get myself one for Christmas. Honestly the keyboard is pretty good, it's about the same size as the keyboard off the Dell Latitude x300, anyone remember those? 12" screen, 1.3? ghz p4 ULV. ]]>Dec 16th 2008 4:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/16/dell-inspiron-mini-12-gets-more-netbook-y-with-ubuntu-xp-option/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/16/dell-inspiron-mini-12-gets-more-netbook-y-with-ubuntu-xp-option/Jan 2nd 2009 4:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/16/dell-inspiron-mini-12-gets-more-netbook-y-with-ubuntu-xp-option/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/16/dell-inspiron-mini-12-gets-more-netbook-y-with-ubuntu-xp-option/Dec 16th 2008 3:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/16/dell-inspiron-mini-12-gets-more-netbook-y-with-ubuntu-xp-option/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/16/dell-inspiron-mini-12-gets-more-netbook-y-with-ubuntu-xp-option/May 25th 2010 4:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/16/dell-inspiron-mini-12-gets-more-netbook-y-with-ubuntu-xp-option/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/16/dell-inspiron-mini-12-gets-more-netbook-y-with-ubuntu-xp-option/Please rephrase it.]]>Dec 16th 2008 5:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/16/dell-inspiron-mini-12-gets-more-netbook-y-with-ubuntu-xp-option/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/16/dell-inspiron-mini-12-gets-more-netbook-y-with-ubuntu-xp-option/Dec 16th 2008 4:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/16/dell-inspiron-mini-12-gets-more-netbook-y-with-ubuntu-xp-option/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/16/dell-inspiron-mini-12-gets-more-netbook-y-with-ubuntu-xp-option/Dec 16th 2008 4:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/16/dell-inspiron-mini-12-gets-more-netbook-y-with-ubuntu-xp-option/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/16/dell-inspiron-mini-12-gets-more-netbook-y-with-ubuntu-xp-option/
Huh!?!?! No $99 discount for no Vista? I got Vostro 200N for dev server without OS and saved $99. This kinda sucks. I was expecting $399 version sans Vista. But, I guess they do need to support some driver development, assuming there is anything the Ubuntu community doesn't already have.

oh4real]]>Dec 16th 2008 5:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/16/dell-inspiron-mini-12-gets-more-netbook-y-with-ubuntu-xp-option/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/16/dell-inspiron-mini-12-gets-more-netbook-y-with-ubuntu-xp-option/Dec 16th 2008 4:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/16/dell-inspiron-mini-12-gets-more-netbook-y-with-ubuntu-xp-option/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/16/dell-inspiron-mini-12-gets-more-netbook-y-with-ubuntu-xp-option/Dec 16th 2008 4:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/16/dell-inspiron-mini-12-gets-more-netbook-y-with-ubuntu-xp-option/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/16/dell-inspiron-mini-12-gets-more-netbook-y-with-ubuntu-xp-option/the 6cell ubuntu version has no autonomy at all :)
so : "up to 6 hours" applies to the 6-cells battery whatever the OS of course.]]>Dec 16th 2008 5:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/16/dell-inspiron-mini-12-gets-more-netbook-y-with-ubuntu-xp-option/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/16/dell-inspiron-mini-12-gets-more-netbook-y-with-ubuntu-xp-option/
Vista runs fine on my Dell Mini 9 after I plug 2GB of RAM in it, but not that's not an option on the Mini 12.

Short sighted, very short sighted.]]>Dec 16th 2008 6:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/16/dell-inspiron-mini-12-gets-more-netbook-y-with-ubuntu-xp-option/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/16/dell-inspiron-mini-12-gets-more-netbook-y-with-ubuntu-xp-option/Dec 16th 2008 11:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/16/dell-inspiron-mini-12-gets-more-netbook-y-with-ubuntu-xp-option/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/16/dell-inspiron-mini-12-gets-more-netbook-y-with-ubuntu-xp-option/Dec 16th 2008 6:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/16/dell-inspiron-mini-12-gets-more-netbook-y-with-ubuntu-xp-option/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/16/dell-inspiron-mini-12-gets-more-netbook-y-with-ubuntu-xp-option/Dec 16th 2008 8:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/16/dell-inspiron-mini-12-gets-more-netbook-y-with-ubuntu-xp-option/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/16/dell-inspiron-mini-12-gets-more-netbook-y-with-ubuntu-xp-option/
If this had a 945GSE chipset with GMA950 (and the ability to bump it up to 2 gigs of RAM), I would have bought one months ago.]]>Dec 16th 2008 10:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/16/dell-inspiron-mini-12-gets-more-netbook-y-with-ubuntu-xp-option/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/16/dell-inspiron-mini-12-gets-more-netbook-y-with-ubuntu-xp-option/Dec 17th 2008 12:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/16/dell-inspiron-mini-12-gets-more-netbook-y-with-ubuntu-xp-option/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/16/dell-inspiron-mini-12-gets-more-netbook-y-with-ubuntu-xp-option/Dec 17th 2008 12:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/16/dell-inspiron-mini-12-gets-more-netbook-y-with-ubuntu-xp-option/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/16/dell-inspiron-mini-12-gets-more-netbook-y-with-ubuntu-xp-option/Dec 18th 2008 10:11AM