Comments on: Dell’s upcoming cheap mini-notebook due out in August

By: Mike mower

Mike mower — Thu, 25 Dec 2008 21:06:21 +0000

I think that this notebook look pretty lovely

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By: roguent

roguent — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 21:37:34 +0000

I for one have been waiting years for this level of mobility. I can learn a silly new keyboard.

From http://www.jackpicks.com/2008/06/sneak-peak-at-...
If this Computer comes with Ubuntu then I am sold. There are other rumors floating around that they want to be price competitively with ASUS and their $500 and less models. My friend at SMB Tech Advice has a geek breakdown of this device so I won't reinvent the wheel. I am more excited about the possibilities of this computer as a social breakthrough. Small, portable, affordable are all aspects that will break down the socio-economic barriers limiting equal access to information. Those aspects coupled with a free open-source operating system like Ubuntu will truly level the playing field and allow for the American dream to flourish in the technological age we are just entering. Dell has forever touted themselves as a hardware vendor. I hope they put that to the test by shipping this with a Linux OS option.

By: roguent

roguent — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 18:37:34 +0000

I for one have been waiting years for this level of mobility. I can learn a silly new keyboard.

From http://www.jackpicks.com/2008/06/sneak-peak-at-...
If this Computer comes with Ubuntu then I am sold. There are other rumors floating around that they want to be price competitively with ASUS and their $500 and less models. My friend at SMB Tech Advice has a geek breakdown of this device so I won’t reinvent the wheel. I am more excited about the possibilities of this computer as a social breakthrough. Small, portable, affordable are all aspects that will break down the socio-economic barriers limiting equal access to information. Those aspects coupled with a free open-source operating system like Ubuntu will truly level the playing field and allow for the American dream to flourish in the technological age we are just entering. Dell has forever touted themselves as a hardware vendor. I hope they put that to the test by shipping this with a Linux OS option.

By: mostlyharmless22

mostlyharmless22 — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 23:39:02 +0000

I think it’s ingenious. These keyboards have to be so small to fit the form factor and weight. I think it’s great that someone is doing something different with the keyboard rather than just shrinking it. I will wait to see how the Dell shakes out before I buy.

By: m

Thu, 05 Jun 2008 15:59:29 +0000

you can see this clearly in the photos released last week: there is a large blue FN key bottom left, and blue combinations scattered across the keyboard. the hardware functions you mention are all on the number keys. it’s not that big a deal. and it could have its advantages: i won’t miss the stupid f1 “help” key. anyway, the only two i ever use are f2, rename, and f5, reload.

By: John Ruschmeyer

John Ruschmeyer — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 14:21:10 +0000

It might be the old Latitude X1 (12″ widescreen display).

By: Rich

Rich — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 13:40:35 +0000

The older D400-series Latitudes “look” small. Was it one of these?

By: Mickey Blue Eyes

Mickey Blue Eyes — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 10:41:08 +0000

I think either Dell already has or had an ultraportable laptop or I saw a guy who time-traveled from the future. I was in a meeting where a guy a couple rows in front of me had a tiny Dell laptop. It was very small, maybe a 9″ display, laptop running Win XP. I looked on the Dell websites but couldn’t find anything with a <10″ display that wasn’t a tablet or something completely different than a laptop form factor.