Ok, my last article for a while on netbooks! I found this quote in business week - its a decent article about the trouble netbooks are causing for the computer industry. Anything that causes trouble for Microsoft makes for interesting reading if you ask me. I would be really interested in hearing about Microsoft’s reaction [...]
Well finally my new dell mini arrived. I bought the ubuntu model which until the 19th has another 20 pounds off, so 249 quid for a rather cute laptop. The only problem I can see is the delivery time. Initially they estimated a 2 week wait and then just before that 2 weeks was up [...]
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Inspiron mini 9 – (UK, 3)
OPERATING SYSTEM
Genuine Windows® XP Home Edition
HARDWARE SUPPORT
2yr Limited Warranty - Collect & Return
WEBCAM
Integrated 1.3MP Camera
LCD
8.9″ WSVGA (WLED) Truelife Display
MEMORY
1024MB 533MHz Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM
HARD DRIVE
16GB Solid State Hard Drive
GRAPHICS CARD
Integrated Intel® Graphic Media Accelerator 950
WIRELESS CONNECTIVITY
Dell 802.11b/g Wireless LAN Mini-Card
PRIMARY BATTERY
4-cell 2200AHr Battery
BLUETOOTH
Dell Integrated Bluetooth Wireless card
Bundle
N09M0902
Processor
Intel ® Atom™ Processor [...]
My laptop is now bricked. Apparently it is an LCD failure. It took me forever to find out what the flashing lights on my dell laptop meant as the docs seem to be missing from dell’s support site. In order to make the laptop do the diagnosis I had to press the blue ‘Fn’ key [...]
