Worth a shot

I've been itching for a netbook, but havent been able to rationalize the purchase yet. I have a Dell M1330, which is a pretty sexy notebook by itself. Barely weighs 4lbs, 1.3mp webcam, slot loaded dvd burner, wirelessN, 160gb 7200rpm sata, and ive tossed in a ATT 3G internal broadband card...With the 13.3 widescreen, its not alot bigger than the 12in dell min, but packs a much bigger punch...4h+ on the battery to boot.


Wake me up when something other than the mini9 has a free mini pcie slot for my broadband, a dual core atom, and can give me 4-5hrs without a humpback battery addon. Not frying my hands on the palmrest would be nice also...Sincerely, Happy M1330 owner.

Same here on WRT54G but I'm using tomato firmware. I have been itching to switch to a wireless-N with gige, but its hard to figure out what's gonna be reliable. The good ol 54G

I want one bad, but it's hard to justify the Mini over a bargain prices EEE 1000H or an Aspire One. I REALLY want the dell because of the extra 3G wwan card i have laying around, but the price is just kinda silly compared to the competition.

Notebook revie has video of the interface. It's ubuntu Remix

http://www.notebookreview.com/default.asp?newsID=4578

Here come the deals..8Gb drive and free next day shipping..via DealCatcher

http://configure.us.dell.com/dellstore/config.aspx?oc=dndwxa2&c=us&l=en&s=dhs&cs=19&kc=productdetails~laptop-inspiron-9?sid=777&dgc=CJ&cid=24471&lid=566643

3G laptops, like my M1330 and the mini, have a sim card slot in the battery compartment. The 3G card goes into an empty mini pcie slot just like the wifi cards. ACTUALLY, its a frequented fact that most of the large usb broadband cards, just have a mini pci card inside on a daughter board. So alot of people dissect usb broadband cards to get the mini pci/pcie cards. 3G broadband requires pcie.

I'm sitting this round out, when I can get the loaded version for $100 less, then we can talk. I really hate I passed up on the $360 Lenovo S10s now though.

Preliminary Ship date is out to 10/9 now lol. I was really pulling for Dell on this one, but epic FAIL! I have been wanting to downsize too a netbook, but none of the pricing options hit a sweet spot. I would go for an Aspire, but I need a working mini pcie slot for my WWAN card. I will just be sticking with my M1330 as my main mobile device for a bit longer. I am also considering just going back and picking up a nokia n800 as a mobile companion...least I can pair it with a bluetooth phone for a smalll package.

Hey Acer,
why dont you go ahead and put a bracker on that obvious pcie slot!! thanks
Best Regards Z

Hey Dell,
LEAVE THAT POOCH'S A$$ ALONE!!!
Sincerely Z

Confirmed, the evalue code works. I would be hesitatnt to order before an official release though. Would suck getting stuck with a incorrect price, or missing a coupon.