Re: [Sheflug] Dell Mini 9 Options?

[Perry Ismangil <perry@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Sat, May 9, 2009 at 08:36, Tom Burke <tom_burke@xxxxxxx> wrote:

> 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?
>
> 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. The SSD option is


Have a check first on crucial.com/uk to see how much you'll pay if you buy
the upgrade yourself. I got my 2GB RAM for Asus Eee 701 at a reasonable
price. Of course there is the issue of being a little tech savvy to install
your own RAM.


> 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'?
>

I've been using Asus 701 4GB SSD for more than a year now, and I love it. 4G
means you'll store most of your documents either on the network/cloud or the
SD card. I believe for £70 nowadays you can get 32GB SDHC?

And when I tried Crunchbang for Eee, it's really slick, but somewhat bloated
for me. I've just recently put on Mandriva 2009.1, ended up with more than 1
GB to spare after OpenOffice, printing stuff and compilers.

I don't regret buying a netbook, the price per kilo, is really worth it :)



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