BASE 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 N270 (1.60GHz, 533MHz, 512K cache)
Standard Warranty 1Yr Limited Warranty - Collect & Return
Order Information Inspiron Mini 9 Order - UK

Every option is fixed, including windows XP only, and the screen size.  The total price is £299, or £328 (for a 2 year collect & return) which puts it on the wrong side of the Acer Aspire by miles - no chance I’d buy at this price - it needs £120 taking off it immediately.  But no linux option is the killer for me. I’d rather spend double on an M1330 at the Dell outlet store…

Update: Just talked to Dell - Linux version on 21st September.  It should be cheaper than the XP version (no license to pay), though they may cut down the specs too since it doesn’t need as much to run Linux - hopefully Ubuntu.

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