Just ordered a dell mini 9

Ok so I sold my dell d410 for ~$300 on ebay.
And today I ordered a refurbished dell inspiron min 9
Config:
Operating System: Genuine Windows XP Home
Memory: 512 MB DDR2 SDRAM 533MHz (1 DIMM)
Hard Disk Drive: 8 GB Solid State Drive
Video: Intel Integrated Graphics Media Accelerator 950
Certified Refurbished
Inspiron Mini 9 (910) Laptop: Intel Atom Processor N270 (1.6GHz/533Mhz FSB/512K cache)
No DVD or CD DriveWeb Camera
No CameraSoftware Upgrade
Microsoft Works 9.0
Network Interface Card: Wireless 802.11g Mini
30W AC Adapter
4 Cell Primary Battery System Color
Osidian Black
Laptop Screen: Glossy 8.9 inch LED display (1024X600)

I got it for $289+tax+$16 next day shipping=324.89.
Unfortunetly there was a coupon for 20% off refurbished mini 9 laptops 2 days ago and I soooo wish that I had known that when it was still available.

I ordered in over the telephone and I hope they got my email correct because I haven't gotten my order confirmation in my email yet.

 

Nice pickup from the Outlet. Have you been looking to get a Mini?

 

Erwallie...Thats a good deal you got on your mini!

Congrat's on your order...I can't wait to get mine..!


Cin

 

Great deal. Congrats!

 

Good news.
I ordered on Wednesday night, and I just got my order confirmation and it says it has shipped with an edd of 12/12/08 That's tommorow
I am very happy that I got a refurbished unit instead of a new one for at least 2 reasons
1-I won't have to wait for it to be built
2-I will get better specs at a lower price. e.g. 8GB SSD, XP home

I'll post some pics of the unboxing and ect. when I get it if any of you want me to.

 

Yes do a unboxing and get some pictures haha, i just ordered mine too.. cant wait! OMG

 

Did you get next biz day shipping? it only $16. I got NBD btw
HOW DID YOU GET SUCH A LOW PRICE:?

 

Yes, post please once you receive...
If I ever receive my *Cherry Red* I will pulling out all the stops on that here! :yes:


Cin

 

Well Dell is having a promotion where if you buy a regular XPS or Studio laptop, you can get a Mini for $99, but that is for a linux, and a Windows XP Mini is $139, so i bought that one, then i got a 1.3MP Camera upgrade for $25, and the total came out to be $170 after tax, but overall, i paid $1668 for the XPS AND the Mini

 

Ahh ok good, I was afraid I missed out on a huge bargain
BTW My mini 9 won't be here till monday because the courier didn't pick it up from dell till just today. If it had been yesterday I would have it right now.

 

Ahh i know the feeling of waiting for a laptop, i was going crazy when i waited for my XPS, and now im so excited about my mini 9 lol.. At least you dont have to wait for it to be built like mine, lol..

 

Ok I'm at a library about 45mins away from home because I had to go the the dentist today

I just checked the tracking number of my package and it says "delivered" so it'll be waiting for me at home

 

Congrats on getting it. It seems the Outlet is still very fast.

 

That's awesome new's! Congratulation's to you!

Let us know how its working out for you!

Cin

 

Ok I got back home about 2 hrs ago ate lunch, then opened it up.
Right now I'm reinstalling XP because it does come with bloatware

When you take a picture of an UMPC it doesn't usually look small. So I took a picture of it in the lap of my 15.4" laptop so you can get a better image in your mind of it. I do notice the LED screen looks better than LCD. Also I've put in 1GB of DDR2 533 ram to replace teh 512MB stick.
The only cons for me are:
Glossy lid and palm rest.
Lack of notification lights-It only has a power and battery light, no hdd, or caps.
These are no big deal though.
Oh and I do like the touchpad and its buttons.
The buttons don't make loud click noises and give nice feedback to.

Here are some pictures.

 

Congrat's again! And, thank you for sharing the pics..they look great!
Oish..I really want them to hurry and send my mini now!


Cin

 

Your welcome
Is your mini a referb to? LOL I almost said "retard" instead of "referb"

 

No problem! Not a refurb! LOL..It will be brand new..when they decide to send it to me!

The keyboard is on backorder, aint' that lovely??

I've been waiting on the red since June, I can wait a bit longer

The refurbs are great...I might just have to consider!


Cin

 

Ok just thought I'd say that I reinstalled xp and installed all the drivers successfully and I am typing this message on my mini9.

 

Well that means it's all working great! Awesome

I will be doing the same sort of things, when I receive mine!

How do you like typing on it??


Cin

 

I once owned an eeepc700 for about 2 weeks. It's keyboard took a little getting used to but after 3 hrs it was just fine.
Same with this. The keyboard is still a bit tricky but I'll easily get the hang of it.
The one big gripe IMO is the " and ' key. Dell sunk it all the way down to the bottom of the keyboard
BTW when did you order your mini?

 

Oh..yeah, I can imagine the keyboard taking a bit of getting used to ~ being how it's set up and such! :laugh: I'm sure it will take me a little while to get used to, also! But once I get used to it...WATCH out!

I ordered my I9 on 11/28/08....17 days ago


Cin

 

Nice pics. How is the build quality of this? I havent had a chance to get my hands on one yet.

 

Its sturdy, the screen hinges are great. Oh and I noticed the power adapter wiggles when it is plugged into the laptop ac port. Though the port itself doesn't wiggle. This is somewhat normal with notebooks that use these types of jacks. Not a biggy.

 

I feel the same way. I've had mine for a week today..and am still in lurves per se!!!!

My power adapter doesn't wiggle, I wonder if it will? Oh well, I won't look for that problem until is potentially actually happens. I'm typing on mine now. I just don't like where the placement of a few keys are. I think most feel that way!!!


Cin

 

Yup the mini 9 is built very sturdy and strong, my power adapter doesnt wiggle either, but for a small 8.9 inch netbook, it is VERY nice!

 

Exactly = nice = awesome...nearly the perfect package lol.

Oohh check the Official Inspiron 9 thread in a few..I'm going to add a link for something that works with XP soon!

Cin