Daily Tech Diva
Yesterday I pulled the trigger on a new Dell Mini 9. I am so jazzed to get it, but there is only one problem–it won’t be here until somewhere around April 24!! I already sold my Eee PC 701 to a friend, and now I face an empty, cold three weeks without a tiny laptop to keep me warm.
I have taken to poring over the My Dell Mini forums for tips, tricks, and planning my Hackintosh netbook journey in the meantime. Plus, I’m still warm and happy over the specs of my new baby. It is just flat out so much more powerful than my Eee PC. I got the 32GB SSD drive and the 1.3MP webcam, no other real frills to speak of. I have a USB Bluetooth micro-receiver for when I need to use Bluetooth (which is rare) and I have a stick of 2 GB RAM to put in when the Mini finally arrives on my doorstep. I wanted to get the pink Mini, but that was an extra FORTY BUCKS. What a total ripoff, Dell! So, I got the Alpine White instead. If I really feel the need to make it pretty, I’ll throw down $15-20 on a skin and call it a day. Bonus: the white will match my iPhone!
I can’t wait to get my new baby from Dell…it’s going to be a long 23 days in the meantime.
2 Comments Received
April 2nd, 2009 @8:57 pm
That’s a pretty sweet rig, Jess. What did it finally set you back, if you don’t mind me asking? I’ve been trying to get Carrie to embrace the netbook concept, but she wasn’t a fan of the couple ones she test-drove at Best Buy a month ago.
April 3rd, 2009 @4:49 pm
My combination of specs was right at $375 with a 7% corporate discount. That basically covered the tax on the unit that I’d have paid if I had purchased it without the discount.
The biggest splurge was the 32GB SSD drive. I may eventually upgrade it to a 64GB Runcore SSD (faster AND bigger!) but for now the 32GB should be just fine for me. I also have a 2GB stick of RAM to put in it already, but if I didn’t that’d be an extra 18.99 from Newegg.
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