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Or will they just reach a stage where people realise that a, say, 12" screen small laptop with a decent battery life and processor is all they really need and then the rest of the notebook industry is kind of shafted.]]>Apr 4th 2009 8:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/04/dell-netbook-roadmap-leaks-out-get-ready-for-the-mini-11/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/04/dell-netbook-roadmap-leaks-out-get-ready-for-the-mini-11/Apr 5th 2009 3:25AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/04/dell-netbook-roadmap-leaks-out-get-ready-for-the-mini-11/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/04/dell-netbook-roadmap-leaks-out-get-ready-for-the-mini-11/Apr 4th 2009 9:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/04/dell-netbook-roadmap-leaks-out-get-ready-for-the-mini-11/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/04/dell-netbook-roadmap-leaks-out-get-ready-for-the-mini-11/Apr 4th 2009 9:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/04/dell-netbook-roadmap-leaks-out-get-ready-for-the-mini-11/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/04/dell-netbook-roadmap-leaks-out-get-ready-for-the-mini-11/Apr 4th 2009 11:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/04/dell-netbook-roadmap-leaks-out-get-ready-for-the-mini-11/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/04/dell-netbook-roadmap-leaks-out-get-ready-for-the-mini-11/Apr 4th 2009 9:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/04/dell-netbook-roadmap-leaks-out-get-ready-for-the-mini-11/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/04/dell-netbook-roadmap-leaks-out-get-ready-for-the-mini-11/Apr 4th 2009 9:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/04/dell-netbook-roadmap-leaks-out-get-ready-for-the-mini-11/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/04/dell-netbook-roadmap-leaks-out-get-ready-for-the-mini-11/Apr 4th 2009 9:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/04/dell-netbook-roadmap-leaks-out-get-ready-for-the-mini-11/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/04/dell-netbook-roadmap-leaks-out-get-ready-for-the-mini-11/
1. 2GB RAM coming in April on the 10.

2. The Argos is gonna have Win 7 - probably as an upgrade option from Vista. (past the July 2nd date)

]]>Apr 4th 2009 9:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/04/dell-netbook-roadmap-leaks-out-get-ready-for-the-mini-11/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/04/dell-netbook-roadmap-leaks-out-get-ready-for-the-mini-11/Apr 4th 2009 9:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/04/dell-netbook-roadmap-leaks-out-get-ready-for-the-mini-11/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/04/dell-netbook-roadmap-leaks-out-get-ready-for-the-mini-11/Apr 4th 2009 9:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/04/dell-netbook-roadmap-leaks-out-get-ready-for-the-mini-11/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/04/dell-netbook-roadmap-leaks-out-get-ready-for-the-mini-11/Apr 4th 2009 9:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/04/dell-netbook-roadmap-leaks-out-get-ready-for-the-mini-11/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/04/dell-netbook-roadmap-leaks-out-get-ready-for-the-mini-11/you get to have a near full size keyboard as well as big screen with high resolutions (no more 576 or 600...), not to mention that the edges around the screen get to be smaller at the same time
meaning, it's got the biggest screen size you can possibly get when you have a full size keyboard without any useless space around the screen or keyboard which might make the machine look cheap and ugly

11.6" FTW!]]>Apr 4th 2009 9:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/04/dell-netbook-roadmap-leaks-out-get-ready-for-the-mini-11/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/04/dell-netbook-roadmap-leaks-out-get-ready-for-the-mini-11/Apr 4th 2009 9:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/04/dell-netbook-roadmap-leaks-out-get-ready-for-the-mini-11/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/04/dell-netbook-roadmap-leaks-out-get-ready-for-the-mini-11/200 GB SSD.]]>Apr 5th 2009 11:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/04/dell-netbook-roadmap-leaks-out-get-ready-for-the-mini-11/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/04/dell-netbook-roadmap-leaks-out-get-ready-for-the-mini-11/
not really, the 720P screen is very helpful, the current WSVGA screens are just not enough, a 720P resolution is what most people are used to from a laptop, and the HDMI output is very helpful if you want to use it as a main PC which, considering how old some people's laptops are, shouldn't be an issue but when you get home you might want to hook it up to a bigger screen and an external keyboard]]>Apr 4th 2009 9:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/04/dell-netbook-roadmap-leaks-out-get-ready-for-the-mini-11/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/04/dell-netbook-roadmap-leaks-out-get-ready-for-the-mini-11/Apr 5th 2009 7:41AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/04/dell-netbook-roadmap-leaks-out-get-ready-for-the-mini-11/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/04/dell-netbook-roadmap-leaks-out-get-ready-for-the-mini-11/Apr 5th 2009 12:59AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/04/dell-netbook-roadmap-leaks-out-get-ready-for-the-mini-11/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/04/dell-netbook-roadmap-leaks-out-get-ready-for-the-mini-11/Apr 4th 2009 9:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/04/dell-netbook-roadmap-leaks-out-get-ready-for-the-mini-11/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/04/dell-netbook-roadmap-leaks-out-get-ready-for-the-mini-11/Apr 4th 2009 10:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/04/dell-netbook-roadmap-leaks-out-get-ready-for-the-mini-11/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/04/dell-netbook-roadmap-leaks-out-get-ready-for-the-mini-11/Playing music? Use the gpu. Scrolling down a web page? Use the gpu. Decoding video? Use the gpu. Moving lots of data around? Get an SSD. Javascript performance killing ya? JIT compile it.

Our CPUs are total overkill.
..I'd be all for EFI firmware and hardware supported by stock OS X. Choice is good.]]>Apr 4th 2009 11:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/04/dell-netbook-roadmap-leaks-out-get-ready-for-the-mini-11/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/04/dell-netbook-roadmap-leaks-out-get-ready-for-the-mini-11/:(]]>Apr 4th 2009 11:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/04/dell-netbook-roadmap-leaks-out-get-ready-for-the-mini-11/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/04/dell-netbook-roadmap-leaks-out-get-ready-for-the-mini-11/http://www.dell.com/content/products/productdetails.aspx/laptop_latitude_e4200?c=us&cs=04&l=en&s=bsd]]>Apr 5th 2009 9:01AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/04/dell-netbook-roadmap-leaks-out-get-ready-for-the-mini-11/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/04/dell-netbook-roadmap-leaks-out-get-ready-for-the-mini-11/Apr 4th 2009 10:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/04/dell-netbook-roadmap-leaks-out-get-ready-for-the-mini-11/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/04/dell-netbook-roadmap-leaks-out-get-ready-for-the-mini-11/:P
it's dell we're talking about here]]>Apr 4th 2009 10:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/04/dell-netbook-roadmap-leaks-out-get-ready-for-the-mini-11/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/04/dell-netbook-roadmap-leaks-out-get-ready-for-the-mini-11/Apr 4th 2009 10:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/04/dell-netbook-roadmap-leaks-out-get-ready-for-the-mini-11/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/04/dell-netbook-roadmap-leaks-out-get-ready-for-the-mini-11/Apr 4th 2009 10:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/04/dell-netbook-roadmap-leaks-out-get-ready-for-the-mini-11/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/04/dell-netbook-roadmap-leaks-out-get-ready-for-the-mini-11/Apr 4th 2009 10:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/04/dell-netbook-roadmap-leaks-out-get-ready-for-the-mini-11/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/04/dell-netbook-roadmap-leaks-out-get-ready-for-the-mini-11/
I hope Apple rapidly gains as much market share as it takes to scare PC vendors into offering (K)Ubuntu preinstalled in a timely manner.]]>Apr 4th 2009 11:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/04/dell-netbook-roadmap-leaks-out-get-ready-for-the-mini-11/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/04/dell-netbook-roadmap-leaks-out-get-ready-for-the-mini-11/Apr 4th 2009 10:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/04/dell-netbook-roadmap-leaks-out-get-ready-for-the-mini-11/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/04/dell-netbook-roadmap-leaks-out-get-ready-for-the-mini-11/
I LIKE the 8.9 inch form factor.]]>Apr 4th 2009 10:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/04/dell-netbook-roadmap-leaks-out-get-ready-for-the-mini-11/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/04/dell-netbook-roadmap-leaks-out-get-ready-for-the-mini-11/Apr 4th 2009 10:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/04/dell-netbook-roadmap-leaks-out-get-ready-for-the-mini-11/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/04/dell-netbook-roadmap-leaks-out-get-ready-for-the-mini-11/Apr 4th 2009 11:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/04/dell-netbook-roadmap-leaks-out-get-ready-for-the-mini-11/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/04/dell-netbook-roadmap-leaks-out-get-ready-for-the-mini-11/
I think Dell needs some more time to figure things out..]]>Apr 4th 2009 11:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/04/dell-netbook-roadmap-leaks-out-get-ready-for-the-mini-11/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/04/dell-netbook-roadmap-leaks-out-get-ready-for-the-mini-11/Apr 5th 2009 7:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/04/dell-netbook-roadmap-leaks-out-get-ready-for-the-mini-11/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/04/dell-netbook-roadmap-leaks-out-get-ready-for-the-mini-11/
So they're making more laptops. ....good for them?]]>Apr 5th 2009 12:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/04/dell-netbook-roadmap-leaks-out-get-ready-for-the-mini-11/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/04/dell-netbook-roadmap-leaks-out-get-ready-for-the-mini-11/
If you are too dumb to figure out how to install Linux on any PC then you shouldn't be using Linux, troll somewhere else b*tch.]]>Apr 5th 2009 7:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/04/dell-netbook-roadmap-leaks-out-get-ready-for-the-mini-11/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/04/dell-netbook-roadmap-leaks-out-get-ready-for-the-mini-11/
I don't want a lot of choices so much as I want one good one. From Apple, I expect OS X, I'm fine with that, best default GUI. (although I prefer my gnome-do and gnome-globalmenu myself, with window title bars tricked out via gconf-editor.)
From Dell I expect Ubuntu. Any machine where the only option is Windows is a machine I'm not going to recommend to anyone not up to installing their own OS or having someone else do it for them, seven clicks though it be.

..so instead of focusing on their complete Ubuntu rollout, which I see no material obstacles to right now, Dell is giving people more hardware to choose from ....with Windows. I was ecstatic when they first offered Ubuntu, but they are really dragging their feet at this point and I'm frustrated by that.]]>Apr 5th 2009 8:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/04/dell-netbook-roadmap-leaks-out-get-ready-for-the-mini-11/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/04/dell-netbook-roadmap-leaks-out-get-ready-for-the-mini-11/
I would buy a 9ich HP or Dell netbook for $200. Thats my price point when i will buy one. :)]]>Apr 5th 2009 12:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/04/dell-netbook-roadmap-leaks-out-get-ready-for-the-mini-11/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/04/dell-netbook-roadmap-leaks-out-get-ready-for-the-mini-11/Apr 6th 2009 3:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/04/dell-netbook-roadmap-leaks-out-get-ready-for-the-mini-11/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/04/dell-netbook-roadmap-leaks-out-get-ready-for-the-mini-11/Apr 5th 2009 2:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/04/dell-netbook-roadmap-leaks-out-get-ready-for-the-mini-11/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/04/dell-netbook-roadmap-leaks-out-get-ready-for-the-mini-11/Apr 5th 2009 2:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/04/dell-netbook-roadmap-leaks-out-get-ready-for-the-mini-11/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/04/dell-netbook-roadmap-leaks-out-get-ready-for-the-mini-11/
The waiting game always sucks. It will most likely be months or perhaps a year before these products are released. The price may not be where it is. The initial price for most products is usually high, which gives Dell a chance to offer heavy discounts on special discount days.

The waiting game sucks and never ends. If you need one, then buy one. If you don't really need it, then you can wait. I'm personally due for a portable laptop upgrade in a year when grad school starts. I don't really care too much about waiting until the minute before my first class starts just to get the best possible. Future-proofing is overrated and doesn't really ever work IMO. You think you have the best rig around but come 3 months later, either

1. Your parts are already obsolete

or

2. Your parts are being sold for at most 2/3 their original price.]]>Apr 5th 2009 3:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/04/dell-netbook-roadmap-leaks-out-get-ready-for-the-mini-11/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/04/dell-netbook-roadmap-leaks-out-get-ready-for-the-mini-11/http://www.bored.com/makecountdowns/show.php?id=165195]]>Apr 5th 2009 5:15AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/04/dell-netbook-roadmap-leaks-out-get-ready-for-the-mini-11/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/04/dell-netbook-roadmap-leaks-out-get-ready-for-the-mini-11/Apr 5th 2009 12:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/04/dell-netbook-roadmap-leaks-out-get-ready-for-the-mini-11/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/04/dell-netbook-roadmap-leaks-out-get-ready-for-the-mini-11/Apr 5th 2009 2:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/04/dell-netbook-roadmap-leaks-out-get-ready-for-the-mini-11/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/04/dell-netbook-roadmap-leaks-out-get-ready-for-the-mini-11/
]]>Apr 5th 2009 4:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/04/dell-netbook-roadmap-leaks-out-get-ready-for-the-mini-11/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/04/dell-netbook-roadmap-leaks-out-get-ready-for-the-mini-11/
http://www.247webpros.com]]>Apr 6th 2009 4:02AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/04/dell-netbook-roadmap-leaks-out-get-ready-for-the-mini-11/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/04/dell-netbook-roadmap-leaks-out-get-ready-for-the-mini-11/> a new 1.6GHz Atom N270 SKU will arrive in May

What does this mean, exactly? A new Atom before Pineview? Will it be just on the mini10?
]]>Apr 14th 2009 2:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/04/dell-netbook-roadmap-leaks-out-get-ready-for-the-mini-11/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/04/dell-netbook-roadmap-leaks-out-get-ready-for-the-mini-11/Apr 18th 2009 10:57AM