Posts by Neil 47

Dell Inspiron Mini 10v netbook

SSD definitely in the UK, and RAM can be upgraded

@ Neill Mitchell

The SSD is definitely listed at:

http://www1.euro.dell.com/uk/en/home/Laptops/laptop-inspiron-10/pd.aspx?refid=laptop-inspiron-10&s=dhs&cs=ukdhs1

Are you sure you're not looking at the 10 instead of the 10v? Daft naming convention, if you ask me. If you go in to customise the 10v and the select hard drive button, it shows the storage upgrades (16GB SSD, etc.).

@ NogginTheNog The 10 is limited to 1GB (I think it's soldered to either the motherboard or the processor daughterboard), whereas the 10v has the RAM in a socket. The only drawback is that you have to disassemble the whole machine to install more RAM. Putting a trapdoor in the base of the machine would obviously been too easy for the Dell designers.

I don't want to sound like I work for Dell - it's just that I've been looking for a netbook for a while, and was getting fed up with the increasing prices from the likes of Acer, Asus, etc. The 10v looks like a decent price - they had £20 off it a few days ago, and if you use Quidco you can get even more discount.

Ubuntu version has SSD as standard

@ Neill Mitchell :

On Dell's UK site the Ubuntu version has the 8GB SSD as standard, with the option of upgrading to a 16GB SSD or either a 120GB or 160GB HD. The XP only has the 160GB HD available.

Regarding the screen resolution, on www.mydellmini.com, there's talk of people receiving the 10v with a 1024x600 screen recently, even though the website still has it listed as 1024x576.