Dell launched new subnotebook: Inspiron Mini 12
On Sunday, the Dell Inspiron Mini 12, a larger version of the Mini 9, makes its debut—in Japan. Dell had reached an exclusive agreement with VIC Camera, Kojima, and SofMap—all Japanese retailers—to make the early announcement overseas. According to Dell, the Inspiron 12 will ship in the United States by mid-November. The Mini 12 is officially the first netbook to house a 12-inch widescreen; the largest so far have been 10-inch models such as the Lenovo IdeaPad S10 and the MSI Wind. The screen offers 1,280-by-800 resolution, higher than the typical 1,280-by-600 netbooks. Its shape is like a wedge, measuring 9.0-by-11.8-by-0.92 inches, becoming thicker towards the back. The weight starts at 2.7 pounds, with a 3-cell battery. A 6-cell battery will be available later on and will likely bring the weight over 3 pounds.
Like the S10 and the Wind, the Mini 12’s feature set includes three USB ports, a multicard reader, Ethernet, VGA-Out, and a 1.3-megapixel camera. Hard drives aren’t the meager solid state ones offered on the Mini 9; you have a choice of 40GB, 60GB, and 80GB spinning drives. Although it doesn’t have the antenna infrastructure to support WWAN, an empty slot is available for it, like on the Mini 9. In the meantime, the Mini 12 has both Wi-Fi and Bluetooth built in. Like the Mini 9, the new Mini uses Intel’s Atom platform: The 1.33-GHz Z520 and the 1.6-GHz Z530 Atom processor are both available come November. The Mini 12 is one of the few systems to run Windows Vista Basic, which will be the only choice for operating systems at this time. The Vista system starts at $550.
Source: Computer World
Comments(15)
i’m baffled why a new Dell laptop is considered important enough news for rlslog…..??
fyi, Bic Camera – not VIC Camera.
@henderson: as you can see, this is posted in TechNews. This section exists quiet a time on rlslog…
surely not the scope of rlslog still i like the “news” here. Read about a lot of geeky stuff i wouldnt have otherwise.
@chemotubby
it’s QUITE not QUIET
@Webster
Oh, quite you!
why would anyone want this piece of crap? – 12inch books have been around with much better specs – hp sucks and how they still survive on the market is beyond me…
^ HP eh? Maybe go back to school and try this great thing called READING.
This is about Dell, not HP.
Kids today, dumb as all hell.
Dell pfft… Lenovo for the win, Macs even– why a Dell?
They’re still chasing behind in the engineering department.
Asus even, seems to be making some sweet laps.
what is the point of having a stripped down notebook with a huge pig of an OS?
Why buy mini laptops when u can soon have HTC Touch Diamond HD version or better.
because of the price Limboooooooo
At 9″x12″x1″ and 3lbs, I’d hardly consider this a ‘Netbook’. It looks like a decent stripped down basic notebook, just not in the size of a ‘Netbook’. Looks ok, but I’m not sure what is really that interesting about it. It’s overpriced for what you’re getting, it should be about $350-400, not $550. Put Linux on it and sell it for $350 and then maybe you’ll have some interest. Otherwise you can just find a good deal on a 13.3″ or 14″ laptop that will absolutely run circles around this for a similar price and not be significantly bulkier.
Not sure why they consider this a netbook, it’s basically a stripped down laptop. I own a Dell Mini 9 with Windows XP and it’s great, I really like it. It’s also a true netbook. Selling that thing with Vista on it kills any chance of me purchasing one, they should stick with XP or Linux for netbooks, until MS can create a OS that isn’t a POS like Vista.
I agree with bojangles …… meh weak processor.