Re: [Sheflug] Dell Mini 9 Options?

[Richard Ibbotson <richard@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Tom

> I'm thinking of getting a Dell Mini-9 netbook - the Linux (Hardy
> Heron Ubuntu) version. Has anyone else got one of these? Any
> experiences to share?

No, but people in the States and Oz say that they are "very good".

> This model has a couple of options available, specifically ram and
> a larger SSD. I expect that I'd certainly order it with the larger
> 2 Gbyte ram option rather than 1 Gbyte. 

Yes.

> The SSD option is harder to
> judge, however. The standard version has a 4 Gbyte SSD, and the
> option is to upgrade this to 16Gbyte - at a cost of £70. Has anyone
> got any experience of running this machine (or something similar)
> in a 4 Gbyte 'hard disk'?

Mines an EeePC (which is superb).  900 or 901 or above.  Something 
like http://www.eeebuntu.org/ or http://crunchbanglinux.org/wiki/about 
are the best for a small netbook.  But, you need 16Gb to make sure 
that your machine will run for more than one year.

-- 
Richard

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