You'd think with an in-demand new product like the
Mini 10 Dell would want to snag as many pre-orders as it can for itself, but it looks like none other than QVC will be getting first dibs on the company's latest netbook, as Dell has now confirmed after the netbook made an appearance on shopping channel's website. Starting today, it'll apparently be offering one configuration of the Mini 10 for $559, which includes a 1.6GHz Z530 Atom processor, a 160GB hard drive, 1GB of RAM, a 1.3 megapixel webcam, Windows XP and, of course, that 10.1-inch SVGA display. Shortly thereafter, on February 26th, Dell will begin taking orders itself for a couple more configurations, including a base $399 model that includes a 1.3GHz Z520 Atom processor and a 3-cell battery. Dell isn't getting any more specific than "next month" with an actual shipping date, however, although those orders from QVC will supposedly be shipping out on March 20th.
[Via
NotebookReview.com]
Update: It looks
legit! QVC gets first dibs (saywha?), with Dell.com taking orders on the 26th.
posted February 18th 2009 4:49PM
The video also mentions that the gesture trackpad will be offered later. Is that also true, Lionel?
No TV Tuner yet? No Multitouch? Just 1 GB RAM? All The things I've waited for :-(... this is sad. I was so happy as I first heared of the mini 10. I was plannig to buy one. But only If I can add on and choose Tv-Tuner, GPR, and Mobile Broadband.
I have seen the Lenovo S10 and the Dell mini and HP units and the Lenovo smokes them all..
$549 is a lot for something like that.; IT basically comes down to size vs performance. Do you want a 15 inch with a core 2 duo processor or a 10 inch with an atom processor.
I want a 10 inch netbook with a Core 2 Duo and a 15 inch laptop with an Atom ... call me crazy but. THAT'S HOW WE DO IT HERE!
I was really looking forward to this Mini... HD screen, HDMI, TV Tuner, etc. Then they go and blow it with 1 GB of non-upgradable ram, I don't care if it's initially or not. For the price they've got on it there's no reason for that... I could upgrade the ram on my first pc 20 years ago! Just because it's a Dell doesn't justify the high price tag either. In order to get one with 2GB of ram, the HD screen, TV Tuner and a 6 cell battery it'll probably be close to $550 or $600... way to much for a netbook.
I have an acer aspire one that I just bought, 1.6Ghz Atom, 1GB ram, 10inch screen, 160GB hd, xp and a 6-cell battery for $350. Why would I buy a lesser dell for more money?
You and me both... I don't understand Dell's reasoning at all. And not to even mention that new buyers are being stuck with non-upgradeable 1GB of memory; what is with this?
WEEEE
WANT. Of course, with the high resolution screen and after the awesome OSx86 community gets Mac OS X on there.
Wow, talk about a lot of $ for not a lot of netbook. Over $500 for the initial netbook with a 3-cell battery? Talk about poor battery life, Dell is still pricing themselves out of the market here. Glad I ended up jumping on the Asus 1000HE, much better bang for the buck especially when you consider this travesty from Dell. Too bad it'll take weeks to get here. :(
Where's the middle range pricing here between the Dell Mini 9 and Mini 12? A starting price of $399? Wow.... just wow. They really,really need to look at their competitors and start adjusting their pricing scheme.
What a POS for $559.
The only reason why I'm interested in the Mini 10 is the 1366x768 resolution.
I'm assuming when its available, the price will be more than $559.
Thtas absurd pricing.
A comparable spec netbook is ~$400 these days.
Add in the higher resolution, it should be $450, $500 max.
Anything more than $500 for a netbook just absurd.
"A comparable spec netbook is ~$400 these days."
And those laptops usually have a crappy design. There's more to laptops than mere specs. Only a drooling idiot stares at specs alone, while disregarding other qualities of the system.
That said, I'm quite disappointed that no-one has come up with a perfect netbook yet. Dell Mini 10 looked like to be it, but the lack of expandable RAM is a bummer. How about the HD? Can the HD be replaced?
Why is it that when it comes to netbooks it's next to impossible to find a system that is
a) replaceable RAM and HD
b) has good battery-life
c) has good keyboard
It seems you can choose two of those, not three.
I know they wont be offering a Ubuntu version just yet, but if i recall correctly, Linux doesnt have any support for hardware aceleration for videos so it wont be possible to run any 720p videos I suposse (unless I'm mistaken and the atom Z530 can do the heavy lifting) much less 1080p, right??
Also, I read someone here saying that this had Poulsbo on wich only supports PATA and 1Gb RAM, is this right???
You guys are lame.
MSI Wind with bios 109 overclocks to 1.99GHZ. Im sure it will smoke this new ATOM. Also 2gb of ram upgrade for $12.00. Plus a OSX_MSI torrent on piratebay makes installing OSX easy as pie. I got a dual boot, 2gb OSX 10" netbook at almost 2GHz for under $400.