Zardon

Read The Review Here
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Today we are taking a look at the Dell Mini 9, a machine which offers a similar specification to its competitors in an attractive shell. Dell are one of the largest PC manufacturers in the world and so we expect good all round quality for a reasonable price.

BlueMak

A good little machine.

I just wish they started building netbooks with slightly higher resolution (1024x768) and a faster CPU.

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The people who are regarded as moral luminaries are those who forego ordinary pleasures themselves and find compensation in interfering with the pleasures of others(Bertrand Russell)"You go into Afghanistan, you got guys who slap women around for five years because they didn't wear a veil,You know, guys like that ain't got no manhood left anyway. So it's a hell of a lot of fun to shoot them." - Lt. Gen. James N. Mattis
This is slavery, not to speak one's thought. [Euripides-The Phoenician Women (c.411-409 B.C.)] http://www.macedonia.info/FALLACIESANDFACTS.htm Sic semper tyrannis.

Zardon

Its a decent little machine. I have to say any keyboard under the 10 inch EEE size becomes quite an ordeal for me. I have big hands however.

BlueMak

Perhaps one day we could have a fold out keyboard built in this type of machines.
Pull a lever and the keys move up and then slightly expand and now you have a full size keyboard's keys.

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The people who are regarded as moral luminaries are those who forego ordinary pleasures themselves and find compensation in interfering with the pleasures of others(Bertrand Russell)"You go into Afghanistan, you got guys who slap women around for five years because they didn't wear a veil,You know, guys like that ain't got no manhood left anyway. So it's a hell of a lot of fun to shoot them." - Lt. Gen. James N. Mattis
This is slavery, not to speak one's thought. [Euripides-The Phoenician Women (c.411-409 B.C.)] http://www.macedonia.info/FALLACIESANDFACTS.htm Sic semper tyrannis.

Mac Daddy

Nice review Nathan and a nice looking little package for the price. I am still looking for something portable for this spring as I pretty much live at the cottage in the summer

On Dell well decent stuff for the price do you guys remember the Dell Celeron 1.5 system I was running back in 2002/03? Well it still lives doing light duty at work only thing that had to ever be replaced is the HD about 6 months ago.

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NathanMarks

Well some of the Netbooks do have a larger resolution screen such as the Dell Mini 12 which has a 1280x800 screen I believe. Although you may find it a little big for a netbook.

Personally I've really got my eyes on the Mini 10 showed off at CES.... 10 inch 720p screen, 3g, bluetooth, GPS, 802.11n wifi, multitouch trackpad and a keyboard the same size as their 12 inch model

What exactly are you looking to use a netbook for? I noticed you also said you'd like a faster CPU. One of the goals of these machines is to provide an affordable, energy efficient solution that the Atom does very well.

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