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    Mini 9 Presidents Day Sale

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by bjcadstuff, Feb 16, 2009.

  1. bjcadstuff

    bjcadstuff Notebook Consultant

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    On dell.com today they have the base model mini-9 for $200.

    I noticed in the newspaper yesterday that someone had the Mini9 for $300 with XP, 1Gg, 8Gb. I was thinking it was Bestbuy but might have been OfficeMax or somebody like that. While on dell.com just now I noticed that their price for the XP version is also $300.
     
    bjcadstuff, Feb 16, 2009
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  2. Cin'

    Cin' Anathema

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    hmm. I wil have to double check on that..cuz I hadn't seen that in my local paper! ;)

    It was Best Buy! :D


    Cin ;) :)
     
    Cin', Feb 16, 2009
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  3. Mastershroom

    Mastershroom wat

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    I was actually considering getting the $199 Mini 9 from Dell, but the fact that it's got Ubuntu pre-installed kinda put me off.
     
    Mastershroom, Feb 16, 2009
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  4. millermagic

    millermagic Rockin the pinktop

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    Hmm ... I have the money ... But I dont need a new laptop haha.
     
    millermagic, Feb 16, 2009
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  5. allfiredup

    allfiredup Notebook Virtuoso

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    Never stopped me! :p
     
    allfiredup, Feb 17, 2009
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  6. bobnova

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    The ubuntu is really pretty nice if you don't need to use windows specific programs.
    I played with one that i got for my gf's mom, i really rather enjoyed it.
    If i hadn't discovered that Morrowind runs quite decently on the xp mini9 i'd have switched to ubuntu.
     
    bobnova, Feb 17, 2009
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