In one of the most bizarre sequences of events we can recall, Dell's Inspiron
Mini 10 has finally arrived on its maker's website. And this is after being briefly (and we stress "
briefly") unveiled in a 3- x 3-foot cubical at CES, being
impersonated at Tecso by the smaller Mini 9 and showing up
early on QVC. Yeah, weird. At any rate, we knew that the Round Rock powerhouse was looking to offer this pup up for sale starting on the 26th, so we figure now is a perfect time to host up a holding place in order to get people informed. As we'd heard, it'll sport a 10.1-inch display, 802.11b/g WiFi, optional Bluetooth 2.1, HDMI out, an external DVD drive, upwards of 160GB of HDD space, 1GB of RAM, a keyboard that's 92 percent the size of a standard laptop (that's the same as on ASUS' Eee PC
1000HE, by the way), a multitouch trackpad, 720p media playback, optional WWAN, an internal TV tuner and your choice of a 3-cell (3 hours) or 6-cell (6.5 hours) battery. Yummy!
[Thanks, John]
posted February 20th 2009 9:43AM
NICE an external DVD drive, something you can carry extra with this, something i always wanted
Can't wait until these come out with the upcoming features.
This will be my first netbook... in blue. :)
My 1000he will be here tomorrow! Still a better purchase for me. Wireless N, Bluetooth, Nice Keyboard, Fantastic Battery, Multitouch Trackpad, Matte Screen, New Atom, and 365.00! (even less with the $25.00 live search refund). Its the clear winner for me right now. I could see how the HDMI would appeal to some but for me its a non issue, i'd never use it. If Dell or anyone else for that matter, could make a netbook with these specs plus the new chipset and HDMI they'd have a clear winner for some time even if it was a little more expensive than the competition.
i want the green one!
.. alright shortstop, what other netbooks do YOU know of that have an optical drive? If you want thin, tiny, and an optical drive, check the Lenovo x300; otherwise get over yourself.