Mini 10v-- what do you think of it?

[Gareth]

I had to work with some Mini 10's a while back. While I didn't pay attention to where the RAM went, I did disassemble of few of them and put them back together. Didn't find it hard at all and only looked at the instructions the first time.

Besides the video card, I think the other major difference between the 10v is it has VGA out while the 10 has HDMI out.

And running XP in stock configuration, I thought those computers were POS's (never used a 9 or 10v running Mac OS X though), and it was my first netbook experience, but not one I'd care to repeat.

[NewtonMP2100]

. . .well. . .since you asked. . .IMHO. . .I don't like the v. . .it just hangs there at the end. . .what is up with 'dat. . .?

. . .why don't they just call it a Dell Mini 10. . .?

[Black]

10 volts . . .?

[NewtonMP2100]

. . .so why wasn't the Dell Mini 9. . .Dell Mini 9v. . .?

[RAMd®d]

I warn you all now though: I'm very monotonous, and very boring...you may fall asleep.

Indeed. I didn't bother with the second two videos.

[Black]

NewtonMP2100 wrote:
. . .so why wasn't the Dell Mini 9. . .Dell Mini 9v. . .?

They didn't want people trying to run it off 9v batteries when their juice ran out.

[JEBB]

There are Dell Mini 9 refurbs still available and there are refurbs of the Vostro 90 which is, as I understand it, the same computer in black.

[Black]

JEBB wrote:
There are Dell Mini 9 refurbs still available and there are refurbs of the Vostro 90 which is, as I understand it, the same computer in black.

Yeah, 512 MB of RAM and 8 GB SSD for $199 . . . doesn't make sense unless one really needs to shave off that exra inch, which I don't . . . or is there something else that's advantageouse about the mini-9 over the 10v?

Seems like the 10v for $320 is going to be everything you need out of the box. I think you can survive on 1 GB RAM for light use but not 512 . .

[JoeH]

Other than the easier RAM access, the smaller display on the Mini 9 has a slightly higher screen resolution. The Mini 9 is 1024x600 while the 10v has a 1024x576. Dell offers the prior Mini 10 model in a high resolution screen option with a 1366x768 display, but that option appears to not be available in the 10v line.