Dell's Mini 9 Netbook Goes on Sale
September 04, 2008 | by Nick Mokey
The Eee-like Mini 9 boasts an Intel Atom processor, 9-inch screen, and weight of only 2.28 pounds, with prices as low as $349.
Having slipped out images of a brand-new netbook in May, but not the all-critical specs on the new machine, Dell finally dropped the veil on Thursday at CEDIA. The Inspiron Mini 9 comes with specs similar to Asus’ Eee 900, but competitive pricing that will put it as low as $349.
Like many of its competitors, the Mini 9 weighs 2.28 pounds and comes with an 8.9-inch LED-backlight screen, SSD storage (4GB, 8GB or 16GB), Intel Atom processor, and built-in Wi-Fi. Options include a 1.3-megapixel webcam for teleconferencing, and Bluetooth for wirelessly connecting with peripherals, which run for $10 and $20, respectively.
Every Mini 9 also includes a subscription to Box.net, which offers up to 2GB of free online storage, and up to 25GB with a paid membership.
Dell offers the Mini 9 with either Ubuntu Linux or Windows XP, with the Windows versions demanding a price premium. The most basic notebook with 4GB of storage and Ubuntu runs for $349, while a 16GB version with Windows XP goes for $449. All variants are available in Obsidian Black or Alpine White.
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jykim on Nov 11th, 2008 at 6:39 PM:
Dear. Sir.
I know you handle various brand of UMPC, but all of them using Atom CPU, So if some one want to better performance, they have no choice.
The market will not be so big but some one must want better performance compare with Atom CPU.
We are using AMD Turion CPU, so our CPU is about 3times better than Atom.
If you have a plan to handle special UMPC, plz try our Everun Note.
Following is brief spec of our Everun Note. OEM biz also welcome.
If you have any question plz do not hesitate to contact me at any time.
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Raon digital is the 1st manufacturer of UMPC in Korea.
We are specialized with UMPC, now we have 7" Dual core CPU using net book name is Everun Note.
We have 1.8" HDD 60GB / SSD24GB(8G-SLC, 16G-MLC) / SSD16GB(MLC)
Soon or later we will have cheaper model AMD SEMPRON 3600 CPU adapted.
- CPU : AMD Turion 64x2 Dual Core 1.2GHz, 1MB L2 Cache
- Graphic : ATI RS690E + 64MB DDR2 Side port Memory, Full DirectX 9.0 support, Dual Monitor Support(DB15)
- Memory : 1GB DDR2
- Operating system : Microsoft Windows XP Home
- Display : 7" Wide SVGA 1,024 x 600 TFT LCD with Touch screen, 4-mode rotating function for eBook,
- Dual monitor : supporting external display up to 1920x1200
- Storage choices : 60G 1.8 inch HDD/UDMA100
- Input devices : full QWERTY keyboard (16mm key-pitch), optical mouse, touch-screen
- Wireless connectivity : 802.11b/g WiFi, Bluetooth 2.0 with EDR
- Camera : 1.3M pixel CMOS
- Media Card : SD/MMC Slot
- Audio : ALC262 HD Audio, Internal 0.6Wx2 stereo speakers and microphone
- Expansion slot : 2xUSB host(A-type), 1xUSB device(miniB-type), 1xminiPCIExpress slot, USIM card slot
- Battery life : 2.5 hours for web-surfing, 2~2.5 hours for HD video play (large size battery Life is 3.5hours for HD video play)
- Size : 200(W) x 118(H) x 27.5(D) mm
- Weight : 742g
Best regards
JYKim/Senior manager of Purchasing team
RAON Digital Co.,Ltd.
18th Floor,KINS Tower,25-1 Jeongja-Dong,Bundang-Gu,
Seongnam-City,Gyeonggi-Do,Korea
T:82-31-782-3800#113
F:82-31-782-3810
M:82-16-761-0306
E-mail:jykim@raondigital.com
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