Fitting, no? Dell (briefly) launched its Inspiron Mini 10
at a press event last year at CES, and this year's show is ushering in the next major iteration. 'Course, it's not like we didn't know it was
on the way, but if it's details you crave, you'll leave this post duly satisfied. Starting today, the revised Inspiron Mini 10 is up for order at Dell's US website, and the options list is fairly impressive (particularly for a netbook). The device sports a 92 percent full-size keyboard, the same "hinge-forward" design seen on the company's ultrathin
Adamo and a bevy of extras including a 9.5 hour battery, Broadcom's
Crystal HD media accelerator, built-in GPS and an integrated HDTV receiver. There's also a good chance a version will be made available with a
Mobile DTV tuner within, though that's just speculation based on the fact that this machine is currently being used in a trial program in the nation's capital. Hit the source link to start customizing your own -- the base price is pegged at just $299.
posted January 5th 2010 3:00PM
Did the Pine Trail platform break Hackintoshing?
@yulebellow AFAIK, this will not work as a hackintosh because of the video chip that is used.
cool story bro
Since the new XBMC can use the Broadcom card for hardware acceleration, this baby should be able to play 1080p no prob, no? :o
@Segnaro
Yes. The whole point of that card is to play 1080p video.
"Your new best friend"
Base XP option.
My gripe is the 299 option is just xp and 3 cell 28 whr. Up it to 329 and you are sporting a 6 cell with your windows 7. Dont see many people buying the first.
@dds1043 There are still many people who prefer XP over 7 (especially Starter Edition).
No HDMI :(
I don't see a media card reader anywhere in the specs. :|
@(Unverified)
SD/MS/MMC on the lower left side.
Is the broadcom chip in all builds? I don't see it as an option to add.
super ugly looking
@(Unverified) I agree with this troll comment.
Looks like it's not up yet. They allow you an option to upgrade the screen panel to a HD one with a higher resolution; none of the featured systems on the website yet have the option to choose that option.
Wait a few more hours folks before buying otherwise you will be without the broadcom hd chip.
"Details. It's what geeks crave."
One Gig RAM, no upgrade to 2, what gives?
@GrumpyFinn Rumor is the MS or Intel has an agreement with all netbook makers to not ship anything with more than 1G RAM, as that makes it a "real" notebook so it would compete with higher-priced products.
The price is right on but I need HDMI.
@gilnear
I totally agree. What's the use of making this thing 1080p capable and then not putting in an HDMI port? But rumour has it that most if not all of the new netbooks won't have one.
Too bad as I was considering this for XBMC to hook up to my home theater setup. :(
@Joseph Tura Buy a CULV like the Asus AS1410. Its only $100 more, has HDMI, better CPU, 802.11n, eSata, Windows 7 Home Premium, bigger disk, more RAM, etc etc
I see a distinct lack of hardware choices in the current build sheets, like the HD screen, broadcom chip, DTV tuner, ram, and HD. I take it these will be added in the near future?
@KAL326
There seems little point in buying at this point for precisely what you have noted. All the neat options have a superscript 2 stating that they are coming soon. I have a feeling that as soon as you add the options you're into full size Inspiron price territory though. :(
I'm still leaning towards HP's mini 210 HD
@(Unverified)
Agreed.
@(Unverified) Agreed. Compared to virtually all the other netbooks Dell's are looking decidedly low-spec'd. Others include 802.11n rather than just G for example. Or Windows 7 is included in the price. Etc. And of course they don't have the horrid Dell trackpad...
what really irks me is that the pine trail platform is not any thinner than the previous N270 platform... i thought one of the biggest selling points of pinetrail was shrinking down to a 2 chip system which would allow unbelievably thin netbooks. i have yet to see one netbook that impresses me in the thin department. really disappointing if you ask me.
Wow. This is an upgrade? Obviously some of these things will be offered in the future but currently no 802.11n, bluetooth,
2GB of RAM (and of course it isn't expandible), a higher res display, or SSD option. Then to really add to the suck they lop off the HDMI port and put on a VGA right as they announce that they're going to (at some point in the future) give it a Broadcom chip that let it play video?
Wow Dell, and that took you a year to come up with? I was getting ready to buy a 10 (going with Ubuntu just to get 2GB), but decided to wait for the N450s. Guess I'm not getting a Dell.
@adamp One piece of good news though. Looking on Dell's euro site at the new Mini's full specs (http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/systems/ins1012/en/index.htm). "[O]ne user accessible SODIMM connector" and claimed 1GB or 2GB specs.
It would be much smarter if netbook manufacturers didn't all release them at the same time, even if it has some uniqueness it gets snowed under in the million netbooks released by everybody, including themselves "this week there are only 30 new models out, but the good news is next week we'll release 50"
I just can't keep track, and even if I did; the shops only carry a limited number so if I'd find one that I liked it would probably only be available in moldavia.
I guess it's me, I should view them as throwaway menu-of-the-day items, but at $300-$600 I don't quite see things that way.
What, no HDMI, #FAIL.