Dell Inspiron Mini 10v netbook
Posted July 1st, 2009 by admin No Comments »
Review In the 18 months since Asus rocked up with its Eee PC 701 and kicked off the whole netbook malarkey, we’ve seen the number and types of devices that are nominally included in the category expand almost exponentially. As Ms Streisand so appositely noted, it was all so simple then.
Dell’s Inspiron Mini 10v: a true Small, Cheap Computer
Of course, as with small hatchbacks and RAF fighter aircraft, as the breed has developed so it has become larger, heaver, more complex and more expensive. So whither the Small, Cheap Computer? Well, thanks to Dell, it’s alive and well, thank you very much.
Over the last few months, Dell has quietly taken the axe to its UK netbook range. Gone is the Inspiron Mini 9 – which is a shame – and ditto the Mini 12, though that’s less of a shame because it was cursed with a small and slow HDD, and Dell never saw fit to offer it with Linux or an SSD. Read the rest of this entry »
