Dell's Inspiron Mini 9 drops to a delicious $199

Been brushing the idea of a netbook off for months now? Let's see you ignore this. Hot on the heels of the Inspiron Mini 10 going on sale, Dell has lowered the barrier to entry on its marginally smaller Mini 9 to a rather amazing $199. For under two bills, you can now grab yourself an Obsidian Black 8.9-inch netbook with a 1.6GHz Atom CPU, WiFi, a 4-cell battery, GMA950 graphics, 512MB of RAM, a 4GB SSD and a copy of Ubuntu Linux. Of course, that price heads up a hundred bucks if you just can't live without Windows XP, but if there's ever been a time for learning how to deal within an open source environment, we'd say this is it. Good luck with that whole "resisting the temptation" thing.

[Via technabob]

[Andir Posted Feb 27th 2009 12:14PM]

http://www.ubuntuhcl.org/browse/product+canon-eos-450d?id=4689

[(Unverified) Posted Feb 27th 2009 12:34PM]

1GB ram, XP, 8GB for $299

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?skuId=9150456&st=dell+mini+9&lp=1&type=product&cp=1&id=1218036213078

[Michael Pollard Posted Feb 27th 2009 12:09PM]

Bryan - The price is $199 after a $50 "instant savings", a price that is still current if you click the link in the post.

XP Home actually only adds $40 to the price, if you increase the RAM to 1GB ($25) and the flash to 8GB ($35). Upgrade to 2GB RAM for $75 and 64GB SSD for $150.

Bluetooth adds $20 and 1 1.3MP camera adds $25. 3-year in-home warranty (up from 1-year mail-in) adds $99.

My biggest negative is that the thing is only 1024x600. Though it is LED-lit.

[(Unverified) Posted Feb 27th 2009 12:49PM]

That's so ninety.
Who sells computers w/o tattooed girls in this century?!

[swailor Posted Feb 27th 2009 2:31PM]

This is a great computer for people who need the VERY BASIC while on vacation (email, upload pictures, etc). I wouldn't use it everyday, but if all you need is something basic, this is perfect and at the right price. Also, they give you $5 off shipping.

[TheShredder Posted Feb 27th 2009 3:30PM]

Great ordered. Now I just need to know:

Which SSDs are compatible with the mini 9 and where can i get the cheapest one? Looking for at least 64.

I hope this is a good hackintosh

[WK Posted Mar 2nd 2009 12:16AM]

Runcore is the only 64GB SSD for the Mini 9. Google "mydigitaldiscount".

[Raul7 Posted Feb 27th 2009 5:03PM]

"Of course, that price heads up a hundred bucks if you just can't live without Windows XP"
I could live with Linux, but I couldn't live with 4 GB space and 512 MB RAM

[austinmcraig Posted Feb 27th 2009 9:13PM]

CRAP, man, I just bought this three weeks ago for $100 more. Two edged swords, those constantly falling tech prices.

[(Unverified) Posted Feb 27th 2009 10:33PM]

Can the SSD be replaced with a SATA hard drive after I receive it?

[WK Posted Mar 2nd 2009 12:17AM]

No. The Mini 9 uses a miniPCIe SSD, and it's smaller than the ones in other netbooks.

[(Unverified) Posted Feb 28th 2009 2:50AM]

Bah....whatever. IF I wanted XP I would load the corp license I have of it...however at this point its all Windows 7.

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 17th 2009 12:16AM]

Netbooks are weak... they are not selling well. Better to wait for Windows 7.