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Posted at 6:58 AM on Monday 12/8/08 by
Ben
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Dell Home has the new Inspiron Mini 9 for $349 - automatic $50 off + $0 shipping = $299 shipped. This netbook sports a low-power consumption Intel Atom Processor N270 1.6GHz, 512MB DDR2, 4GB SSD, 8.9" 1024x600 LCD, 802.11g Wireless, 32WHr Battery, and runs Ubuntu Linux.
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    aaa8888 - Posted 7:04 am PST 12/8/08 (421 Posts)  Report Spam

    This is like the 3rd listing for this web book!

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    bogdon6 - Posted 7:20 am PST 12/8/08 (40 Posts)  Report Spam

    It seems like Dell is trying to blow these babies out.

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    seymour - Posted 7:51 am PST 12/8/08 (1066 Posts)  Report Spam

    When is some computer manufacturer going to recognize real demand and make a porn book? High speed internet, optimized for pornography viewing, and one handed operation. Easily cleanable keyboard. C'mon, I can't be the first to recognize the need.

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    apexi350z - Posted 7:55 am PST 12/8/08 (429 Posts)  Report Spam

    nice little notebook for your gf. this is good deal, but the 4gb ssd is hardly enough. need to upgrade to 8gb at least. make sure to turn off compression to speed things up.

    on a side note, you can install Apple OSx on this little guy.. works great!

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    whozyodaddy - Posted 7:56 am PST 12/8/08 (614 Posts)  Report Spam

    Yup, for a 4gb SSD, this should be about $199.

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    bitterbeer - Posted 8:23 am PST 12/8/08 (555 Posts)  Report Spam

    Dell and System76 customers are able to choose between 30-day, three-month, and yearly Ubuntu support plans through Canonical. Dell machines running Ubuntu 7.10 and 8.04 come with proprietary, legal DVD playback capabilities using LinDVD.

    Dell computers running Ubuntu 8.04 (this unit has the 8.04 installed) include extra support for ATI Video Graphics, Dell Wireless, Fingerprint Readers, HDMI, Bluetooth and MP3/WMA/WMV.

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    mt98 - Posted 8:26 am PST 12/8/08 (157 Posts)  Report Spam

    Almost there, hope they'll chop another 100$ after the holidays.

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    Boldacious - Posted 9:51 am PST 12/8/08 (51 Posts)  Report Spam

    Netbooks are finally coming down in price -- we might see a $199 well-spec'ed machine this holiday season yet!

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    chitinous - Posted 10:27 am PST 12/8/08 (15 Posts)  Report Spam

    I have heard a lot from friends that the MSI Wind as the best mini laptop. 180gb (non solid state) drive, runs OSX better than most of these little laptops.

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    trunkmonkey - Posted 11:43 am PST 12/8/08 (41 Posts)  Report Spam

    ^Agree with #9. I have the wind and love it. Contemplating playing with OS X as we speak...

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    mr.ed - Posted 12:15 pm PST 12/8/08 (2497 Posts)  Report Spam

    #9
    The Asus 1000H series is quite similar, basic slight difference the keyboard size and layout. BTW, it's a 160GB drive, not 180.

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    njb - Posted 2:16 pm PST 12/8/08 (2826 Posts)  Report Spam

    throw 2 gigs of ram in this one and a large HD and it can run photoshop sc4. msi and asus are overclockable. don't know about dell but someone should try eeectl on it.

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    ricken - Posted 10:25 pm PST 12/8/08 (56 Posts)  Report Spam

    memory needs to be upgraded.

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    kaliston - Posted 12:42 am PST 12/9/08 (264 Posts)  Report Spam

    Ben's memory needs to have some of that also, I think this or something similar to this was posted before Smile [image]

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    wahoomcdan - Posted 3:40 am PST 12/9/08 (245 Posts)  Report Spam

    IMO, a must have upgrade is a new stick of 2GB ram, so factor in the cost before you jump on this deal.

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