Exclusive: Dell Mini Inspiron, Their First Mini Laptop
I bumped into Michael Dell at All Things D after his interview, and he was nice enough to show me this laptop that he was carrying that he said no one’s seen before. It’s a small form factor notebook, just like the Asus Eee and the HP 2133. He wouldn’t tell me what OS it’s running, or the pricing, but that it’s a low-cost notebook meant for developing countries, and I hope here. Maybe it’s Atom-powered. Who knows? But I do see three USB ports, a card reader, VGA out, Ethernet, and that red candy shell. I couldn’t tell how big the screen was before it was tucked away into a black sleeve and ushered from the building, but it’s small.
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Make it Microsoft Tax Free and a competitive price, and I will ditch the EEEpc for a red one of these. Thankyouverymuch.
I don’t care what Linux distro gets put on, they will customise to take full advantage of the specs, so long as I’m not shelling out another bob to Microsoft. That is what makes the EEEpc my wanted pressie for my missus (who is foaming at the mouth for it Windows Free). That way, she gets a shiny red sub-note to browse ebay, read emails and play cards on (typical n00b stuff) and I get lots more sex for a while. Everyone is happy.
Developing countries like australia :D hehe
It look solid. I think more pricey than Eeepc. Maybe after it launched we will know the performance and price.
Counting keys, assuming they are not am larger than those on a regular keyboard, you can estimate the screen width. The keys look like 8″ worth, and the screen isn’t any wider. If it’s a 16×9 ratio screen, then it would be 8″ wide by 4.5″ tall, for a 9″ diagonal screen. At that size, the resolution is probably 720 x 400 pixels, or any text would be very tiny.
I cannot see the point of selling this dell mini laptop with very low storage ssd and yet if u want upgrade the ssd it’s very expensive introductory price!!, aside from new technology ssd type.there is no big benefit the client will get. It obviuosly that this market strategy only design to make money on its on.