Comments on: Misc. Gadgetry: The Dell Mini 9

By: D.J.I.

D.J.I. — Tue, 19 May 2009 20:29:44 +0000

I wish I had a laptop. A tiny one.
I used to turn my PDA into a laptop. Then PDAs got unpopular. Mine crashed a lot. Like, a lot. I stopped using it.

By: ilduce620

ilduce620 — Tue, 19 May 2009 13:20:26 +0000

My wife just got her Dell Mini 10 last week and she loves it! We tried an Acer Aspire One first and it worked pretty terribly for music playback and video streaming (it was probably a lemon…bought it from Wal-Mart…that was the first mistake…), so opted for the Dell next.

I prefer the 10″ screen to the 9″ one. I think it cuts battery life a bit, but that extra inch of real estate is noticeable. Also, the Dell Mini 10 has a multitouch track pad like MacBooks do, which is kinda neat.

By: carrotpanic

carrotpanic — Tue, 19 May 2009 02:31:59 +0000

Methinks Phenri has a new desktop wallpaper…

By: phneri

phneri — Tue, 19 May 2009 00:43:43 +0000

The mini weights in at 2.2 pounds, roughly equivalent to what I leave in the toilet after an evening of cheese and fine wine.

And now you can’t unimagine that picture.

By: Tiggermango

Tiggermango — Mon, 18 May 2009 23:42:57 +0000

What’s the approximate weight of your new mini baby? And Phneri, the phrase coming to mind is something about the “pot calling the kettle black”. Also, just to clarify, Apoch is referring to himself crying in the corner. I left him alone with the two crazy cats.

By: phneri

phneri — Mon, 18 May 2009 21:45:34 +0000

The hard drive is a bit beefy, especially loaded with Dell’s bloatware. I advise anyone concerned with space to do a clean install of xp to clear out that nonsense. As is it’ll sit at around 2-3 gb, depending on how much crap you manually delete.

The aspire is a good deal for what it is. I primarily went with the Dell because I wanted battery life over storage.

And the rest of you are dirty dirty perverts.

By: carrotpanic

carrotpanic — Mon, 18 May 2009 20:22:27 +0000

100 bucks off an Acer netbook, down to 200, refurb here.

By: carrotpanic

carrotpanic — Mon, 18 May 2009 20:18:22 +0000

Phenri’s desktop wallpaper is him nude at MGC.

By: Tyler Durden84

Tyler Durden84 — Mon, 18 May 2009 16:22:49 +0000

So, is the hard drive filled up with crazy animal porn yet?

By: Aaron "Lag" Sawatzky

Aaron "Lag" Sawatzky — Mon, 18 May 2009 16:09:08 +0000

I’ll be getting a net book in about a months Time. I’ll be getting the HP 2140, which has a 10.1″ screen and a 160 GB Hard Drive. I would prefer the SSD for it, but that’s just not in my budget right now. The great part about the 2140, is it’s made of aluminum increasing it’s strength and reduces the amount of fingerprints. It also comes with a 6 cell battery for 7-8 hours of life. I would have gotten the Mini 9, but I needed the battery life and the express card slot on the 2140, but nice piece of tech you’ve got there.