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Tesco selling the Mini 9, NOT 10

Stuart — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 09:43:16 +0000

We reported last Thursday that Tesco, a big retail chain in the UK, had priced the new Dell Mini 10 at £349. Well, it looks like they made a mistake, as it was in fact the Mini 9 they were selling, but had made a mistake in misprinting it.

The previous product page is now gone, and this was most likely an honest mistake by their product team.

And so the wait continues for a price tag on the Mini 10…

Dell Mini 9 now $50 cheaper

Stuart — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 18:36:27 +0000

Dell has cut the base price on its Dell Inspiron Mini 9 netbook by a whole $50, pushing the cost down to a very reasonable $299 (hat tip: Liliputing).

Of course, this is very much the “bare bones” Mini 9, right down to the Obsidian Black color, with other flavors adding as much as $50 on top, and thats before any other upgrades like more DDR2 RAM, a bigger SSD drive, Bluetooth, and a webcam.

The Inspiron Mini 12 has also had its initial cost slashed, with an Ubuntu Linux machine now priced at $399. Expect many more netbook price cuts in the coming months as the competition heats up.

A04 BIOS for Dell Mini 9 now available

Stuart — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 19:13:03 +0000

Dell has officially released the A04 BIOS for its Dell Mini 9 netbook.

The update features a number of fixes, most notably a serious problem of Windows XP loading with the wrong resolution, along with a problem that caused some batteries to report incorrect cell capacities. The Critical Battery Alarm can now also go below 7% to 4%. The new BIOS is already shipping with new Mini 9s.

Hat tip: Portable Monkey

Dell Mini 9 now available with 64GB SSD and 2GB RAM

Stuart — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 18:55:21 +0000

Dell is now offering both a 64GB SSD and 2GB of RAM option as part of its online system configuration for the Mini 9. The catch? It is only available if you the Ubuntu Linux OS because of Microsoft’s restrictions allowing XP to ship only on netbooks with 1GB or less of RAM and a 16GB SSD. The 2GB RAM option costs $75, while the 64GB SSD will set you back $150.

Source: jkkmobile

Dell adds new 32GB SSD option for Mini 9 netbook

Stuart — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 17:22:46 +0000

As if Dell’s Mini 9 wasn’t already good value for money, they have now doubled the solid-storage drive (SSD) capacity available with a new 32GB option. Previously they offered the base model with a 4GB SSD, then options for 8GB (+$35) and 16GB (+$75). Okay, so when you look at the 16GB price, the logical part of your brain doubles the price for a 32GB SSD to $150 or so, right? Nope. Dell is offering the 32GB SSD upgrade for just $100, meaning the base model plus the new option comes to just $449, an excellent deal.