Dell breaks the $200 mark today with the Mini 9 netbook for just $199. The deal’s good until 6am CT tomorrow morning. The machine itself is about as stripped down as you can get but should be just fine for some basic tasks like surfing the web and… well, surfing the web.
Specs:
- Intel Atom CPU (1.6GHz)
- 8.9-inch screen at 1024×600
- Four-cell battery
- Ubuntu Linux version 8.04.1
- 512MB DDR2 at 533MHz
- 8GB Solid State Drive
- No Camera Option
You can add stuff if you like. An extra $100 gets you XP, 1GB of RAM, and a webcam.
Inspiron Mini 9 [Dell.com]
This is a great deal. I bought an Acer Aspire a few weeks ago for about $70 more, but it came with XP 1GB RAM.
where you got the acer aspire for $70
Id up the hdd storage and them ram; unless I can get the ram locally cheaper, ex.(frys). I would then run Win7, or XP Pro but I wouldnt buy it with the laptop. Seems like a really good deal though.
I bought one and I’m running Win7 Beta, and I’m amazed with the performance of the new Windows, For the machine I had home (To surf the web and store music in external HDs) the performance is significantly better.
[shakes fist at Doug]
Curse you Doug! I can’t spend money now! Why did you bring us this deal?