[Discuss] Dell Mini 9

[George Farris]

On Wed, 2008-11-05 at 11:32 -0800, Steve wrote:
> I was wondering if anyone had any thoughts on Dell's Mini 9.  This 
> 'netbook' segment of the laptop market is really picking up steam.  It's 
> cool to see Ubuntu (although apparently a customized version called Mini 
> OS) offered on a commercial product.
> 
> Despite the positives, there is controversy.  The XP version is on sale, 
> which makes it less expensive than the Ubuntu version with the same RAM, 
> storage and webcam configuration (ten bucks cheaper by my calculation).  
> Also, there is some confusion about the operating system as in which 
> flavour of Ubuntu edition is being used.  I wish Dell or someone would 
> create a VMware virtual machine so we could demo it.

Well one thought is that unless you really need XP, buy the Linux only
version even if it is $10 more.  It sends a message.

Cheers