http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/07/dell-mini-9-makes-surprise-reappearance-on-dells-website/ Engadget Comments for Dell Mini 9 makes surprise reappearance on Dell's website http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/07/dell-mini-9-makes-surprise-reappearance-on-dells-website/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/07/dell-mini-9-makes-surprise-reappearance-on-dells-website/Aug 7th 2009 4:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/07/dell-mini-9-makes-surprise-reappearance-on-dells-website/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/07/dell-mini-9-makes-surprise-reappearance-on-dells-website/Aug 7th 2009 4:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/07/dell-mini-9-makes-surprise-reappearance-on-dells-website/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/07/dell-mini-9-makes-surprise-reappearance-on-dells-website/Aug 7th 2009 4:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/07/dell-mini-9-makes-surprise-reappearance-on-dells-website/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/07/dell-mini-9-makes-surprise-reappearance-on-dells-website/Aug 7th 2009 5:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/07/dell-mini-9-makes-surprise-reappearance-on-dells-website/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/07/dell-mini-9-makes-surprise-reappearance-on-dells-website/Aug 7th 2009 5:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/07/dell-mini-9-makes-surprise-reappearance-on-dells-website/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/07/dell-mini-9-makes-surprise-reappearance-on-dells-website/Aug 7th 2009 8:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/07/dell-mini-9-makes-surprise-reappearance-on-dells-website/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/07/dell-mini-9-makes-surprise-reappearance-on-dells-website/
Come on!

You know you want to, eh?!]]>Aug 7th 2009 4:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/07/dell-mini-9-makes-surprise-reappearance-on-dells-website/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/07/dell-mini-9-makes-surprise-reappearance-on-dells-website/Aug 7th 2009 4:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/07/dell-mini-9-makes-surprise-reappearance-on-dells-website/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/07/dell-mini-9-makes-surprise-reappearance-on-dells-website/Aug 7th 2009 4:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/07/dell-mini-9-makes-surprise-reappearance-on-dells-website/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/07/dell-mini-9-makes-surprise-reappearance-on-dells-website/Install Windows 7 on it for a superior experience.]]>Aug 7th 2009 4:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/07/dell-mini-9-makes-surprise-reappearance-on-dells-website/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/07/dell-mini-9-makes-surprise-reappearance-on-dells-website/Install Mac OS X on it for a superior experience.]]>Aug 7th 2009 5:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/07/dell-mini-9-makes-surprise-reappearance-on-dells-website/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/07/dell-mini-9-makes-surprise-reappearance-on-dells-website/Install Ubuntu on it for a superior experience.]]>Aug 7th 2009 7:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/07/dell-mini-9-makes-surprise-reappearance-on-dells-website/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/07/dell-mini-9-makes-surprise-reappearance-on-dells-website/
I will correct my original statement,
"They must had realized it was a good selling point to give the end user the ability to put the OS they are most experienced with on their machine, so that they don't have to learn how to use a new operating system."]]>Aug 7th 2009 10:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/07/dell-mini-9-makes-surprise-reappearance-on-dells-website/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/07/dell-mini-9-makes-surprise-reappearance-on-dells-website/Just kidding ^_^
I wanted to see the ranks from Engadget readers.
I guess the Mac osx sucks post was low ranked by Apple fanboys and the Win7 from Microsoft fanboys.
As for the Ubuntu one. Well, there are very few Ubuntu user to low rank me, i guess. ]]>Aug 7th 2009 8:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/07/dell-mini-9-makes-surprise-reappearance-on-dells-website/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/07/dell-mini-9-makes-surprise-reappearance-on-dells-website/Aug 7th 2009 4:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/07/dell-mini-9-makes-surprise-reappearance-on-dells-website/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/07/dell-mini-9-makes-surprise-reappearance-on-dells-website/
I wouldn't count on it. I've got a hackintoshed T60 and it mostly works, but it takes some doing -- probably about 5-10 reinstalls. That's not such a big deal, except for the inability to upgrade.. so you'll be stuck in this constant cycle of installing the latest hacked version, figuring out if the little tweaks for your hardware have changed in the new version, fixing your tweaks, reinstalling your apps, and so on.

On my T60 I just don't do any software updates, but that means when I DO need to update something in 6 months, I'll have completely forgotten what needs to be tweaked to make the video and WiFi and so on work properly.]]>Aug 7th 2009 4:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/07/dell-mini-9-makes-surprise-reappearance-on-dells-website/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/07/dell-mini-9-makes-surprise-reappearance-on-dells-website/
I haven't actually installed OSX on my mini, but only because I don't feel like springing for a legit copy. I'm admittedly an amateur when it comes to hack-installing an OS, but mydellmini.com has a number of really detailed guides on how to do it, and the community there is always working on fixes. I'm certain that installing OSX on the mini 9 (A90) isn't the nightmare you describe. I highly recommend checking out the site if you have a mini, even if you aren't interested in installing OSX. Everyone is surprisingly helpful.]]>Aug 7th 2009 5:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/07/dell-mini-9-makes-surprise-reappearance-on-dells-website/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/07/dell-mini-9-makes-surprise-reappearance-on-dells-website/
I also upgraded to 2G RAM and swapped out the keyboard for a far superior one, extensively documented at mydellmini. It has been a wonderful experience. The only issue has been that Restart causes the machine to shut down but not restart. The camera works, syncing with an iPhone works, wifi works, everything works.]]>Aug 7th 2009 6:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/07/dell-mini-9-makes-surprise-reappearance-on-dells-website/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/07/dell-mini-9-makes-surprise-reappearance-on-dells-website/Aug 7th 2009 4:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/07/dell-mini-9-makes-surprise-reappearance-on-dells-website/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/07/dell-mini-9-makes-surprise-reappearance-on-dells-website/Aug 7th 2009 4:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/07/dell-mini-9-makes-surprise-reappearance-on-dells-website/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/07/dell-mini-9-makes-surprise-reappearance-on-dells-website/http://www.dell.com/us/en/home/notebooks/laptop-inspiron-9/pd.aspx?refid=laptop-inspiron-9&s=dhs&cs=19&~ck=mn]]>Aug 7th 2009 4:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/07/dell-mini-9-makes-surprise-reappearance-on-dells-website/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/07/dell-mini-9-makes-surprise-reappearance-on-dells-website/Aug 7th 2009 4:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/07/dell-mini-9-makes-surprise-reappearance-on-dells-website/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/07/dell-mini-9-makes-surprise-reappearance-on-dells-website/Aug 7th 2009 4:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/07/dell-mini-9-makes-surprise-reappearance-on-dells-website/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/07/dell-mini-9-makes-surprise-reappearance-on-dells-website/
However, a few of the keys (the apostrophe for example) are HORRIBLY positioned. Whenever I'm chatting, if I have to use an apostrophe, I always end up sending my message incomplete, because the enter key is where the apostrophe should be. So if that is your gripe, then complain-on.]]>Aug 7th 2009 4:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/07/dell-mini-9-makes-surprise-reappearance-on-dells-website/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/07/dell-mini-9-makes-surprise-reappearance-on-dells-website/Aug 8th 2009 11:58AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/07/dell-mini-9-makes-surprise-reappearance-on-dells-website/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/07/dell-mini-9-makes-surprise-reappearance-on-dells-website/Aug 7th 2009 4:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/07/dell-mini-9-makes-surprise-reappearance-on-dells-website/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/07/dell-mini-9-makes-surprise-reappearance-on-dells-website/Aug 7th 2009 4:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/07/dell-mini-9-makes-surprise-reappearance-on-dells-website/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/07/dell-mini-9-makes-surprise-reappearance-on-dells-website/Aug 7th 2009 5:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/07/dell-mini-9-makes-surprise-reappearance-on-dells-website/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/07/dell-mini-9-makes-surprise-reappearance-on-dells-website/Aug 7th 2009 4:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/07/dell-mini-9-makes-surprise-reappearance-on-dells-website/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/07/dell-mini-9-makes-surprise-reappearance-on-dells-website/Aug 7th 2009 4:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/07/dell-mini-9-makes-surprise-reappearance-on-dells-website/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/07/dell-mini-9-makes-surprise-reappearance-on-dells-website/
Windows Seven wins HANDs Down

Apple can forget thier Vista vs OSX commercials

Microsoft (Cant believe im going to say it) Has a WINNER with 7 ]]>Aug 7th 2009 4:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/07/dell-mini-9-makes-surprise-reappearance-on-dells-website/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/07/dell-mini-9-makes-surprise-reappearance-on-dells-website/
I don't know if I'd call Windows 7 an OS X killer, but certainly both operating systems are on even ground at this point.]]>Aug 7th 2009 5:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/07/dell-mini-9-makes-surprise-reappearance-on-dells-website/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/07/dell-mini-9-makes-surprise-reappearance-on-dells-website/Aug 7th 2009 7:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/07/dell-mini-9-makes-surprise-reappearance-on-dells-website/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/07/dell-mini-9-makes-surprise-reappearance-on-dells-website/Aug 8th 2009 2:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/07/dell-mini-9-makes-surprise-reappearance-on-dells-website/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/07/dell-mini-9-makes-surprise-reappearance-on-dells-website/
Why buy this instead of an ipod is like asking why buy steak when you could buy an apple; they are not really competing against each other for your dollar.

A better question might be why buy the mini9 instead of a 13" laptop.]]>Aug 8th 2009 8:33AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/07/dell-mini-9-makes-surprise-reappearance-on-dells-website/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/07/dell-mini-9-makes-surprise-reappearance-on-dells-website/Aug 9th 2009 4:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/07/dell-mini-9-makes-surprise-reappearance-on-dells-website/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/07/dell-mini-9-makes-surprise-reappearance-on-dells-website/[I tried it for a day to see if I could switch. The answer was a pretty resounding no ... err ... to conclude, I have both.]]]>Aug 9th 2009 5:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/07/dell-mini-9-makes-surprise-reappearance-on-dells-website/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/07/dell-mini-9-makes-surprise-reappearance-on-dells-website/
My only concern is when (or if) I upgrade to Windows 7. SSDs are nice, but I don't exactly have a lot of storage space here (16GB to be exact).]]>Aug 7th 2009 6:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/07/dell-mini-9-makes-surprise-reappearance-on-dells-website/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/07/dell-mini-9-makes-surprise-reappearance-on-dells-website/
Dell reintroduced the mini-9 as a "4 day event only" starting on 24 July. They actually stayed up a bit longer then the originally promised 4 days (either because nobody was buying them and they had to sell out their stock, or because they were so popular that they decided to keep them available as long as people were buying. You can pick your version of the truth).

Engadget, here is the correct link (to the dell blog post concerning this,not a link to the mini 9 webpage which doesn't exist)

http://en.community.dell.com/blogs/direct2dell/archive/2009/07/23/dell-mini-9-slight-return.aspx]]>Aug 7th 2009 6:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/07/dell-mini-9-makes-surprise-reappearance-on-dells-website/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/07/dell-mini-9-makes-surprise-reappearance-on-dells-website/Aug 7th 2009 8:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/07/dell-mini-9-makes-surprise-reappearance-on-dells-website/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/07/dell-mini-9-makes-surprise-reappearance-on-dells-website/

No.

Right up until they were discontinued, they were very hard to get hold of, some people on mydellmini.com waited weeks or even over a month to get theirs. People are hackintoshing them like crazy, takes a Vanilla OSX plus an initial driver disk/usb with a few kexts. Very straightforward. and everything just works, trust me.

Smart move by Dell - they probably made another bundle of them, knowing they'll easily get the new inflated price..

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But my comment remains; the mini9 reappeared on dell TWO weeks ago. Dell no longer links the mini9 from the front page of their website or advertises it on the mini page, which they did a week ago.

I suspect these build pages as still up because they haven't deleted them from their website, not because they "actively started selling them again". That happened two weeks ago.]]>Aug 8th 2009 8:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/07/dell-mini-9-makes-surprise-reappearance-on-dells-website/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/07/dell-mini-9-makes-surprise-reappearance-on-dells-website/Aug 8th 2009 10:05AM