It was fast unti lthe hard drive got fried...
dell mini 9
Dell Mini 9 Inspiron 910 Laptop Notebook (Black) - Intel® Atom N270 1.6GHz, 1GB DDR2, 8GB HD,...
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It was fast unti lthe hard drive got fried...I LOVED my Dell Mini and I familiar it every day until that dreaded error message. I took very good care of my mini and then the commitment expired a week before my Dell 910 stopped working at the airport. DELL support would not help me because my covenant expired even though I bought the extended warranty through QVC. I am going to throw it away because for the quotation of a new hard drive and power cord I can by a new netbook with impressive battery time. I paid a ridiculous amount of money for this when it came out $500+ and now they are considerably cheaper. I would never buy another DELL. Admissible luck to you if you decide to get one - maybe you will have better luck than I did.
dell mini 9
i have had my dell mini 9 for almost a year now and still Amity it. I do a lot of writing and it is excellent fr that. I have Windows XP but did not get the office software. I downloaded openoffice.org software and the programs I use (litt and presentation are they are compatible with word and powerpoint thus far).
I purchased additional SD cards which I use for storing my info...
Using a mouse is most superbly for me, and the keyboard takes a little to get used to, but for its purpose, the Dell mini 9 is wonderful...I had an ASUS, which was beautiful, but I prefer the Dell mini.
sound buy for the bucks
It's foolish. Not a mainframe. Ir you want to surf the web without lugging a suitcase, it's perfect. Just don't pattern on solving universal questions. Mine works great, although I had a charger issue, which Dell dealt with in a prompt manner, I have no complaints.
I can carry it almost everywhere as it is so small. Also,I have small hands so the keyboard is workable. If ya got clunky hands, undoubtedly not the best bet.
For users: If you're into "nero", delete it (you will have to download a mini-ap to actually delete it. Then, completely and reinstall from the disc. You get a better deal. And yeah, I agree with the former poster, get a mouse.
sherd o' crap
worse puter i've ever owned. don't buy a mini anything. not even for good surfin. i can't even hold onto Amazon when i am trying to shop. i've had it for 5 months and I literally have to away it..holy crap...
After all these years...
I've been looking for something like this for years to report my motorcycle trips.
I was loathe to give up saddlebag space to a full-size laptop and suffering that the heat, dust and vibration of motorcycle travel would kill a laptop with a accustomed hard disk drive.
So I started out with travel journals, but I had to wait until I got expert in to blog my trip stories.
Then, five years ago, I tried blogging from the road with a Palm Treo 300. It was not quite adequate. I stepped up to a Treo 600, and then the 700p, but even with the accessory fold-out keyboards, it was still a toil to write blog entries and manage my e-mail. And while the cameras have improved, they're still easy on the eyes bad.
I miss the 3G connectivity with the Mini 9, but Wifi hotspots are becoming more plentiful and it's getting easier to find them, predominantly if you have the AT&T deal with Starbucks or McDonald's.
The SSD (solid state drive) seems perfect for motorcycle journeys, since it has no moving parts and is, therefore, less vulnerable to damage from vibration.
The 1GB of RAM and 8GB of SSD capacity are plenty, assuming you don't throw away the Mini 9 up with lots of software. And there isn't any reason to do that, considering that you can do all of your email, word processing, spreadsheets, calendars, and other corporation-type functions up in "the cloud" with Google Apps.
I found the Internet Explorer browser's menu bars took up too much shroud real estate, so I installed Google's streamlined Chrome browser that lets me see more of the web pages at a peep. I also avoid loading up the SSD by using an 8GB SanDisk thumb drive as a D: drive.
I'm not much for touchpads - the Mini 9's touchpad works okay, I'm just not a touchpad guy - so I use a wireless optical mouse.
The built-in webcam is surprisingly advantage. I have yet to use it for a live conversation, but it shoots quite acceptable still photos. The SD card reader is emend for importing images from a higher-quality digital camera.
The smaller keyboard takes a only slightly getting used to. The apostrophe and quote marks and dash/underscore are not where my fingers expected to find them, but it doesn't take wish to make the synaptic adjustment.
The Mini 9 is intelligently designed when it comes to upgrades. You can entrance its guts by removing two screws and a cover plate on the underside. As I said, it comes with 1GB of RAM. You can twice that for about $30 and the conversion takes about 5 minutes.
Computer development being what it is, there are sure to be subsequent generations of netbooks with more briskness, power and versatility. But for now, I think the Dell Inspiron Mini 9 is one of the best buys out there.