Dell Inspiron Mini 10 - Intel Z520, 160 GB HDD - $429

[Rehan]

http://www.dell.ca/twitteroffers currently has the Mini 10 starting at $429, with no extra charge for choosing one of the colours. You can't drop any options to make the price any lower, but upgrade options such as 6-cell battery are available.

Also, they have the Mini 12 with XP for $529.
Or you can get the Mini 12 with Ubuntu for $479 from http://www1.ca.dell.com/content/prod...hs1&l=en&s=dhs

(Neither the Mini 10 or the Mini 12 is a good Hackintosh candidate.)

[gohtor]

isn't it still possible to put hackintosh on it?

[Rehan]

isn't it still possible to put hackintosh on it?

The GMA 500 chipset is incompatible with OS X 10.5.

[gohtor]

The GMA 950 chipset is incompatible with OS X 10.5.

sounds like 500 and 550 (mini 10) are the ones to avoid. i tried mini 9 and it had the gma 950 chipset if i'm not mistaken.

http://www.hackint0sh.org/forum/f133/63634.htm

[henrycao8]

how iz z520 anyway? how powerful is it compare to n270?

[horco]

bahaaaaaaa

[Jaremy T]

There is some talk of the difference here:

http://www.pcworld.com/article/15676..._netbooks.html

also a comparison here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...icroprocessors

looks like they use a different chipset and are less power hungry in exchange for more $$. I didn't read any head to head benchmark's so someone else could probably provide more info.

[MooseTits]

Don't mean to threadjack but does anyone sell 3G compatible netbooks in Canada?

[johndoe]

The mini 10 has 1 GB of ram and thats the max, apparently its not removable or upgradable to 2GB like the mini 9.

The mini 9 will accept a 2GB DDR2 SODIMM and I believe the extra ram will help make your Hackintosh perform better.

Also the Mini 10 has two CPU choices a 1.33 and a 1.6, I dont know how the performace of those two CPUs compare to the 1.6 in the mini 9, but its something you should be aware of.

[don_lee103]

1GB of ram + 1.8" hard drive = slow as hell

[Rehan]

sounds like 500 and 550 (mini 10) are the ones to avoid. i tried mini 9 and it had the gma 950 chipset if i'm not mistaken.

http://www.hackint0sh.org/forum/f133/63634.htm

Right you are...

[drool]

1GB of ram + 1.8" hard drive = slow as hell

Well its a netbook, you would play crysis on it [IMG]http://**********************/s/happy.gif[/IMG]

[don_lee103]

Well its a netbook, you would play crysis on it [IMG]http://**********************/s/happy.gif[/IMG]

I agree but 40-80gb is certainly not a good number neither. If the cpu can't handle crysis, I want it to be able to carry lots of music at least.

[alpha441]

very fast boot, due to ROM storage, other hdd access is slow but it is ok

Internet browsing / preiinstalled MS office suite / MP4 playback is lanching like a normal laptop and no lagging

make sure go for $50 upgrade from Z520 (1.3) to Z530 (1.6)

Z530 and N270: different is HT / lower voltage and etc.....

I would love the N280 (1.66) / BlueTooth / WWAN included in the price, and not option charge, too bad!

mini10 had a HDMI port, amazing.

I won't go for mini12 for $5xx dollar, where a normal notebook would be a better choice

mini9 screen too small

[Lord Denning]

scary that they are discounting it so heavily already.

Listed for the first time last week for $499US. At today's dollar that is almost $650, and already the sales are on.