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Run you Mini 10v craving fools! $249 + 10% Discover Card rewards - SDGuy - 11-24-2009
Shop Dell Home & Office thru Discover Card
Once there, enter E-Value Code: "dnpdfy1"
(If you don't have a Discover Card - you can just enter the E-Value Code on the regular Dell Home & Office site to get the $249 price.)
Click on the Mini-10v link that shows up. It'll show a cost of $249.
When you check out with your Discover Card, you should get 10% ($25) worth of rewards on your Discover Card.
Specs are:
Software & Services
Genuine Windows® XP Home Edition SP3
Intel® Atom Processor® N270 (1.6GHz/533Mhz FSB/512K cache)
Microsoft Works 9 DOES NOT INCLUDE MS WORD
1Yr Ltd Warranty and Mail-In Service
160GB, 2.5inch, 5400RPM SATA Hard Drive
24WHr Lithium-Ion Battery (3-cell)
Wireless 802.11g (1397) Mini Card
No Mobile Broadband Selected
Bluetooth 2.1 module with EDR
Obsidian Black
My Accessories
McAfee SecurityCenter, 15-Months
My Service
Also Includes
Inspiron Mini 10v
10.1" Widescreen Display (1024x600)
Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 950
1GB DDR2 SDRAM
Integrated 1.3M Pixel Webcam
Adobe® Acrobat® Reader 9
Napster Link
1Yr LoJack for Laptops Theft Protection
And remember, the Mini 10v is the most Leopardizeable and Snow Leopardizeable netbook out there:
Re: Run you Mini 10v craving fools! $249 + 10% Discover Card rewards - macphanatic - 11-24-2009
Coupon code doesn't seem to work at the Dell site.
Re: Run you Mini 10v craving fools! $249 + 10% Discover Card rewards - SDGuy - 11-24-2009
macphanatic wrote:
Coupon code doesn't seem to work at the Dell site.
No - don't enter it as a coupon code at checkout, enter it into the E-Value Code search box.
Re: Run you Mini 10v craving fools! $249 + 10% Discover Card rewards - macphanatic - 11-24-2009
My mistake.
edit: How's the keyboard on this? I'm thinking about getting my wife one for Christmas. She has a Dell Latitude 630 for work. She'd be using it for email, web, and iTunes. Turning it into a Hackintosh is not an option. She doesn't get the appeal of Mac. Still working on that though.
Re: Run you Mini 10v craving fools! $249 + 10% Discover Card rewards - SDGuy - 11-24-2009
macphanatic wrote:
...edit: How's the keyboard on this? I'm thinking about getting my wife one for Christmas. She has a Dell Latitude 630 for work. She'd be using it for email, web, and iTunes. Turning it into a Hackintosh is not an option. She doesn't get the appeal of Mac. Still working on that though.
Very timely - Black probably can answer better, but I tried out my sister's Mini 10v this weekend - the slightly larger keyboard definitely is easier to use (I use a Mini 9 daily, but have gotten used to the smaller keyboard) - I could actually touchtype on it without the mistakes I usually get when using a Mini 9. For those uses (web, email, iTunes), it'd be fine. If you ever need to use it more seriously, you can always plug in an external keyboard, mouse, and monitor.
The one drawback is the 1024x576 screen resolution. The fix for that is to install Netbook Resolution Customizer to get access to additional resolutions. It doesn't actually change the built-in screen's resolution beyond native capability, but instead tricks XP into thinking a larger monitor is available - which you can pan around in, 1024x576 pixels at a time.
Re: Run you Mini 10v craving fools! $249 + 10% Discover Card rewards - crispy - 11-24-2009
If you don't mind a few more bucks I just put a Latitude 2100 into the field. Great feeling keyboard, ruggedized exterior. I wonder how well you can hackintosh this model.
Re: Run you Mini 10v craving fools! $249 + 10% Discover Card rewards - SDGuy - 11-24-2009
Forgot one more thing - ejunkie is also listing a 5% Dell stackable coupon - YMMV, but it's free to try and could net another 5% off, bringing the total down to $212 - not bad for a brand new (not refurbed) Mini 10v. If I didn't already have a Mini 9, I'd probably do this...
Re: Run you Mini 10v craving fools! $249 + 10% Discover Card rewards - ajakeski - 11-24-2009
$239 scratch and dent or $259 for refurb at the Dell Outlet.
Re: Run you Mini 10v craving fools! $249 + 10% Discover Card rewards - Jem - 11-25-2009
I mentioned this in a new thread, but you can save $20 more if you don't want Bluetooth. Just uncheck it when customizing before adding it to your cart.