Dell's Mini 9 selling for just $249 -- who needs a subsidy?
By Tim Stevens 
posted February 7th 2009 2:38PM
posted February 7th 2009 2:38PM
If you thought last month's $99 Mini 9 was just too cheap (unlikely), or were scared off by the two year contract that came along with the offer (rather more likely), check out Dell's latest deal. The company is selling its lowest-spec Mini 9n, offering 512MB of memory and Ubuntu installed on a 4GB SSD, for just $249. That's $100 less one went for for last September. Can't live without Windows? You'll still need to pony up another $50, but will at least get an extra 4GB of storage out of the deal. Surely one of these two bargain portables will fit into your budget and your lifestyle, but don't spend too long deciding which -- this deal expires on February 12. [Thanks, Justin R.]
The 16gb SSD 1gb ram version of the Aspire one is only $239 on newegg
$150 for ( refurb ) + 24months * $80/month ( $40 for voice, $30 for data, $10 for misc/taxes ) = $2070 to own an iPhone for the length of the contract!
It's a slick device, but over $2k is insane.
Your mama jokes are lame, ironically, that's what yours told me last night.
And of course, its 349$ here in japan...
Why?!!!!
I have to agree with you iEye.
And by June we will laugh at those who bought this junk at $250 when some new amazing machine of awesome comes out for $200.
It's the way of technology. You have to only buy when you need it, and turn a blind eye to everything else for three years.
j'aime le maïs!
"You could get an iPhone for that price. The iPhone would do more and be more useful, too."
Really? Did you include the monthly fees you HAVE to pay? And did you catch the thing that a unsubsidized iPhone is 600$+? So you can get two of these for the price of the iPhone, and they are WAY more useful.
ubuntu has my heart. also, now i want a mini...however, i would rather spend my money on a different brand than dell; the bf has a netbook that's pretty sweet (except it's so small it's hard to type comfortably on) good for taking to classes though, in addition to longer battery life than a regular laptop
@ILoveApple
You're a douchebag.
Hey ILoveApple, do you see how low ranked you are? Being rude talking about peoples' mothers like that. nobody likes you...go away. Even Steve Jobs would be ashamed of you.
we really need a user blocking feature here at engadget
small netbook vs. larger notebook.... I have an Asus Eee PC 701 I bought over a year ago when it first came out, and a Mac G4 Powerbook 15" I acquired recently. I've gotta say I enjoy typing on the Powerbook *much* more than on the Eee PC. The keyboard on the 7" and 8.9" models is cramped. Yes, you can learn to type on them, but I don't feel as relaxed or efficient with them as I do on the full-size notebook keyboards. I've heard that the keyboard on the Asus Eee PC 1004 HAE is much improved, and substantially larger, than on the earlier models. For this reason, and the increased vertical resolution (701 has only 480 vertical pixels vs. 600 on the 1004), it looks like the 10" netbooks have hit the sweet spot in terms of usefulness vs. portability. But of course, YMMV.
I am having the hardest time deciding between the Dell Mini 9 and the Acer Aspire One. Here is where I am stuck. The Hard Drive space on the Dell is maxed out at 16 GB for a extra fee where the Acer is 120 GB standard. I would jump on the Acer in a second if it weren't for all the issues with the fan noise. I am buying this for my wife for school and don;t want her to be nervous about pulling a netbook out in class and having a bunch of noise. I know there are fixes to this by setting the temperature triggers, but that is risky in damaging the machine.
Anyway, those are my two issues, the HD availability on the Dell and the fan noise on the Acer....Help me!!