Laptop Dell Inspiron Mini 9 - Product Review and Spec

Dell remains a simple design, glossy black exterior. 8.9-inch screen size is seen sunny and nice. Since most people are looking for a cheap, light secondary laptop for basic computing needs like web surfing and e-mail, they move to the direction of the UMPC. Seeing this trend, Dell participate in this competition with the Dell Inspiron Mini 9 (directly with the version of XP with E-Value code), to compete with other products such as the EeePC, ASUS 900 HP 2133 Mini-Note PC, Acer Aspire One, MSI Wind, and Lenovo IdeaPad S10. Slightly lighter than the MSI Wind because the screen is 10 inches, and weighs 3.2-pounds. Mini 9 measures 6.8 by 9.2 by 1 inches, slightly larger than the ASUS EeePC 900 (6.6 by 8.7 by 0.8 inches) but more compact than the Acer Aspire One (6.7 by 9.7 by 1 inches) . 2.3-pound frame is in line with other UMPC.

Laptop Dell Inspiron Mini 9

While from its feature set, the Mini 9 is equivalent to another similar: This laptop has three USB ports, 4-in-1 media card reader (SD, MS, MS Pro, MMC), VGA-out, Ethernet port, and a webcam1.3-megapixel camera.

Dell Inspiron Mini 9 - Behind

Despite not having a built-in ExpressCard slot like HP and Lenovo IdeaPad S10, Dell has an empty slot that can be found when we opened the lid on the basis of the Mini 9, which is labeled "WWAN", although this was not announced officially.

Dell Inspiron Mini 9 - Dimension

Dell Inspiron Mini 9 uses Intel's 1.6-GHz Atom N270 as a processor and a solid-state drive, so it is quite adept at running Windows and the energy consumption remains small. Dell 1GB maximum memory is offered in this configuration. But that does not mean you can not upgrade. We know that the Dell Inspiron Mini 9 loads Windows in about 30 seconds and fires up Microsoft Works in 8 seconds. And also, can copy more than an album worth of music (77MB) in about 7 seconds.

Dell Inspiron Mini 9 - Left Side

However, the combination of the Atom processor and 1GB of memory gives you more than enough power to settle any general-purpose task, whether to run MS Office 2007, encoding video, running Tunes, watching YouTube, or playing online games like Poker. The Mini 9 has the horsepower to run videoconferencing, but you also need a good broadband connection. Dell offers Ubuntu 8.04 Linux configuration, with a 4GB SSD.

Dell Inspiron Mini 9 - Right Side

The Mini 9 has a 32-Wh battery Mini 9's (four-cell), the battery is greater than the battery and battery MSI Wind Acer One's 24-Wh.

Dell Inspiron Mini 9 - Front view

Dell Inspiron Mini 9 Specs

CPU	Intel Atom N270(1.6GHz,512Kb L2Cache,533MHz FSB)
Operating System	Windows XP Home Edition OS/Ubuntu SP3
RAM	1GB DDR2 533Mhz SDRAM
Chipset	Intel 965PM/GM Express Chipset
Graphich Card	Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 950 (64Mb)
Screen Size	8.9 Inch WSVGA Glossy LED Backlit
Display	Widescreen 1024x600
Hard Drives	Up to 16GB configured with a Solid State drive
LAN	Integrated 10/100 LAN(RJ45
Video Connector	15 Pin
Audio Jacks	1-Line Out, 1 Mir-in
Card Slots	4-in-1 Media Card Reader
Wi-Fi	802.11b/g Mini Card
Bluetooth	Yes
Weight	1 Kg
Dimension	232mm x 27.2mm x 31.7mm
WebCam	1.3 Megapixel
Primary Optical Drive	External
Type	General Purpose, Ultraportable, Value, Netbook
Battery	Li-ion 14.8V Battery (4 cell) 32 WHr
Tech Support	1 year parts and labor