Posts tagged with inspiron-mini
Active Media Products 128GB SSD Drive
Posted on January 25, 2010 12:41 AM
If you’re looking for a fast SSD upgrade for your MacBook Air or HP Inspiron Mini 12, which use 1.8-inch drives, you’ll want to check out what Active Media Products has come up with. The latest in their SaberTooth ZX series 1.8-inch PATA ZIF SSDs is the 128GB capacity drive, and with sequential read speeds of up to 80MB/sec and sequential write speeds up to 38MB/sec, it’ll certainly give you that extra boost when booting up or loading applications. With SSDs becoming more popular and more affordable, could this $379.95 1.8-inch SSD be the next upgrade for your notebook? Do note that most notebooks use 2.5-inch drives, so do check out the specs of your laptop before purchasing this.
New Dell Inspiron Mini With Atom N450
Posted on December 21, 2009 10:10 AM
It looks like Dell doesn’t want to wait until CES 2010 to get in on the Atom N450 party, as it has announced a new version of its Inspiron Mini 10. Of course, if Dell has got everything ready and raring to go, there’s no reason that it shouldn’t announce its products earlier, right? Pricing for the new Inspiron Mini 10 will start from $299 when it’s ready in early January. Check out the full press release here. Specifications of the new Inspiron Mini 10 include:
- Intel Atom N450 1.66GHz Processor
- 6-cell battery with 9-hours battery life
- Broadcom Crystal HD video accelerator for HD video playback
- Wi-Fi
- 1GB RAM
- 160GB or 250GB of storage
- Bluetooth
- GPS
- TV-tuner
- 10-inch 1366 x 768 resolution display
Dell Goes Higher and Lower with Inspiron Mini 10 Netbook
Posted on May 12, 2009 9:18 PM
By Sean Captain
The evolution of netbooks reminds me of The White Stripes Song "Take, Take, Take," in which Jack White starts out saying that all he needs is to enjoy a comfortable seat in a bar. But by the end of the song, he'll be devastated if he can't leave that same bar without a kiss from fellow patron Rita Hayworth.
Sure, we once thought that all we needed in netbooks was a cheap little lappie for email. But wouldn't be nice to have a bigger screen, a bigger keyboard, a better processor? And while you're at it, please throw in some HD video.
Dell had already done all that with its $399 mini 10, which sports an Intel Atom Z series processor for HD video playback, an optional 720p HD screen, and even an HDMI port for hooking up a giant-screen TV.
I thought that was all that I needed. And then Dell showed off a version with an HDTV tuner, which spokesperson Anne Camden said should be available this summer for about a $50 upgrade. The tuner should pull in a good signal without an antenna in most locations, Dell claims. But if you're surrounded by concrete (as at Dell's press event tonight), you can also plug in an included antenna to boost reception. It worked pretty well, though I did see occasional stuttering of the video feed.
Dell Inspiron Mini 10v
Posted on May 7, 2009 6:30 AM
Dell is set to unleash yet another Inspiron Mini 10 netbook on the masses, and it will be known as the Dell Inspiron Mini 10v. The closeness in its name gives the game away, where most of the specifications are virtually identical to Dell’s original 10" netbook, although it comes with a 1.6GHz Intel Atom processor, which is a boost compared to its predecessors that had a choice between the 1.33GHz Atom Z520 or a 1.6GHz Z530 processors. The Z series might be more forgiving on the battery, but the N series offers superior performance. To sweeten the deal, Dell will offer the Inspiron Mini 10v with a starting price of just $299 compared to $399 for the original Inspiron Mini 10, albeit with a smaller 120GB hard drive.
Dell Android Netbook Coming Soon
Posted on May 6, 2009 10:15 AM
There's mounting evidence that Dell is considering building an Android netbook. The latest to date is news coming from BSquare, a mobile software company that has announced that it is working on porting Adobe Flash Lite 3.17 to Dell's Netbooks running on Android.
The thing is: Dell has not announced any Android laptop.. oops? Anyhow, such a move would not be surprising: competitors like MSI are jumping on the Android wagon as well. The real question is what kind of added value will Android brings and will consumers bite? So far, buyers ended up asking for Windows.
