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Dell’s Missed Marketing Opportunity

23 September, 2008 (07:00) | Hardware | By: User ImagePC

I believe Dell is in a unique situation to actually make something like this work. Here’s the opportunity:
The Dell Inspiron Mini 9 in a business setting.
I’ve been pondering this idea for a while now and have come to the conclusion that it really could work if they could market the idea properly. As with any [...]

Dell Mini 9 Unboxed

13 September, 2008 (22:24) | Hardware | By: User ImagePC

I just watched the video over on Gadgetspot of Dell’s new UMPC being unboxed. It looks like less packing than Dell normally uses, which is a good thing, and I think due to the fact that they aren’t offering any options with the Mini like an external monitor, docking stand, etc. Things that would normally [...]

Dell Inspiron Mini

6 September, 2008 (16:51) | Hardware | By: User ImagePC

I read a post on Direct2Dell on the Mini. I have been anticipating this ever since I first saw the pictures of a red version of this that was caught on camera way back. As I mentioned earlier I am disappointed in the price, and the Ubuntu version costs more than the XP version, all [...]

UMPC and the Enterprise

6 September, 2008 (12:00) | Hardware | By: User ImagePC

There is a MSI Wind review over on Laptop Magazine. I am excited about these small form factor laptops, mainly due to their low price and inclusion of Linux. The thing that strikes me the most about the MSI Wind is that it is using SUSE Linux for the Linux flavor. Now, it isn’t just [...]