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    THE OFFICIAL: Dell Inspiron 9 (Mini I) Thread...

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by Cin', Sep 3, 2008.

  1. Cin'

    Cin' Anathema

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    Nice *mini review*.. :D :cool:

    Thanks for doing that! NOW ~ Enjoy that netbook!

    Cin ;) :)
     
    Cin', Sep 19, 2008
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  3. Cin'

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    Great picture..I have the 1530..and this really, really helps! ;) :)


    Cin ;) :)
     
    Cin', Sep 19, 2008
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    Can we get an update on weather you guys actually have a pci-e header under the compartment?
     
    jalpert, Sep 19, 2008
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  5. jalpert

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    Sorry, but that's not accurate. The white isn't cheaper, the black is more expensive.

    Prior: White was the color for $449, black was -$25 at $424
    Now $449 for both white and black, black is "Add $0"
     
    jalpert, Sep 19, 2008
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  6. supernoman

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    I didn't realized the upped the starting price. They're pricing structure is confusing at times. Nevermind...those that ordered black, it's like you got a $25 freebee.

     
    supernoman, Sep 19, 2008
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    Here is a picture
     
    fknelite, Sep 19, 2008
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  8. Cin'

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    Would it be hard to for you to snap a photo of the side/rear..closeups..I know it's pretty flush..but I would love to see it! ;) :)

    Thx!

    Cin ;) :)
     
    Cin', Sep 19, 2008
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  9. fknelite

    fknelite Notebook Consultant

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    Sure, but I am not exactly sure what you mean by that. Do you want a picture of the hinge area? If so, see below.

    Hinge 1
    Hinge 2
    Hinge 3

    I just installed 2GB of RAM, works great. I just swapped the RAM out of my M1530. I figured I can get by with only 3GB until I get around to ordering more for it.
     
    fknelite, Sep 19, 2008
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  10. supernoman

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    Is that the 8GB SSD? I read somewhere that the 16GB is an Intel SSD with slightly better performance specs.

     
    supernoman, Sep 19, 2008
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  11. fknelite

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    That is the 16GB.

    I got every option except the white case.
     
    fknelite, Sep 19, 2008
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  12. ytsejam1138

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    Actually, the STEC drives are benchmarking higher than the Intels. According to this ARTICLE 4GB and 8G SSDs are Intels and the 16GB SSDs are STEC.
     
    ytsejam1138, Sep 19, 2008
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  13. Cin'

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    Yup, that's pretty much what I meant..Thanks for taking the time to take the photo's..it really is a sweet netbook! :D

    Good idea on the RAM from your 1530! ;)

    Cin ;) :)
     
    Cin', Sep 19, 2008
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  14. ytsejam1138

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    fknelite,

    Is there a SIM card slot behind the battery? Like the photo in the Service Manual?
     
    ytsejam1138, Sep 19, 2008
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  15. zinite

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    Mine just came. Yaaaay
     
    zinite, Sep 19, 2008
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  16. zinite

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    There appears to be a little card slot behind the battery that would fit a SIM card.
     
    zinite, Sep 19, 2008
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  17. Cin'

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    That is awesome....and Congrat's to youze also.... ;) :)

    I wonder if Dell did a mass ship all at once ~ LOL kidding..maybe ;) :)
    (Alot of the order's, ESD's and actual ship dates were very close) ;)

    Let us know how everything is working for yah, Z! :)


    Cin ;) :)
     
    Cin', Sep 19, 2008
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  18. rooobbbbb

    rooobbbbb Newbie

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    Mine just switched to shipped. Now to wait patiently until Monday. :)
     
    rooobbbbb, Sep 19, 2008
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  19. AMartin56

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    These pictures are great, but I want 'proof of life'. Take a picture with the Mini next to today's paper to prove they actually arrived. ;)
     
    AMartin56, Sep 19, 2008
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  20. ytsejam1138

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    I wonder if the SIM reader is disabled. Dell probably disabled that when they took out the connector port for the WWAN. Not a big deal to me. I'm going to end up tethering my Blackberry via Bluetooth or USB anyway.
     
    ytsejam1138, Sep 19, 2008
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  21. cmarcho

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    I'll bet the sim slot is just a dummy slot. Old iPaq's used to be like this... they used the same case for the ipaq phone model as the regular ipaq, so they just left the sim slot behind the battery but it didn't have anything wired in.
     
    cmarcho, Sep 19, 2008
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    Yup, -$25 for black and $-25 for AAA discount brought the $449 down to $400, which is a GOOD deal.... especially since black is my color anyway.
     
    jalpert, Sep 19, 2008
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  23. ytsejam1138

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    Anyone have the ability to test the SIM card slot and see if it shows up in Windows as a drive?
     
    ytsejam1138, Sep 19, 2008
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  24. JohnnyDirty

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    Mine shipped today too!!!

    Original Estimate was the 23rd. So it went a few days early. Now my red sleeve with have something to go into it.

    Should have it Monday... Cool I had that day off from work anyway!

    Regards.
     
    JohnnyDirty, Sep 19, 2008
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  25. fknelite

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    I just stuck my SIM card in mine but I think there is something missing. I had to get some tweezers to pull it out. I think I could have pushed it all the way in. Upon closer inspection I realized that I couldn't even see any contacts for the SIM card. I didn't try booting it up.
     
    fknelite, Sep 19, 2008
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  26. ytsejam1138

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    Thanks for confirming my suspicions. Dell must have removed it along with the WWAN slot.
     
    ytsejam1138, Sep 19, 2008
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  27. zinite

    zinite Notebook Guru

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    I opted out of the internal bluetooth since I have a variety of USB dongles. I'm having a hell of a time getting XP to connect with my Motorola ht820 stereo headphones. I've tried Bluesoleil, WIDCOMM...
     
    zinite, Sep 19, 2008
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  28. SnapDarty

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    I got mine! Before ESD, too! I'm posting from it right now, and while typing is a bit of a chore still, I'm getting used to it and I can easily say that I am happy with my purchase. !!!!!!!!
     
    SnapDarty, Sep 19, 2008
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  29. zinite

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    Yeah typing is definitely going to take some getting used to as the key rows are staggered weird.

    Overall, it feels like a quality product. I've used a 13.3" Panasonic Toughbook that cost almost $2000 that didn't feel nearly as rugged as the Dell Mini. Took me a good two hours and three reinstalls of Bluesoleil to get bluetooth working properly, but so far I love it. I wouldn't have minded if Dell widened the unit by an inch to fix some of the issues with the oddly placed keys (quotation marks).

    Battery life is excellent. Streaming video looks great.

    I abandoned installing Office 2007 and decided I can use Word Pad just as easily and Google Docs if I need spreadsheets or slideshows.
     
    zinite, Sep 19, 2008
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  30. Coresong

    Coresong Notebook Enthusiast

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    ..mine did arrive today, early to boot. Immediately installed a 2gb module and began to delete the m0oderate level of bloatware present... I killed the cache and disabled compression and indexing. The thing is amazingly responsive, very quick feeling. So far I am very impressed.

    Pros:
    Solid construction
    peppy performance
    beautiful screen for its size
    Great for pocket web surfing

    Cons:
    so far, only the somewhat bizzare key layout



    My todo list now, I have yet to decide what to do about the MS works, I have a copy of MS office 2007 but really am thinking I may well just blow off Works and put a copy of Open Office on it. I kinda live and die by MS word however, and I seem to have problems with redline edits in open office... may have to somehow slim down a partial office install eventually....

    I'm an avid gamer, trying to figure out what old time game might fit, and be playable in the tiny screen .... was thinking about trying to get Diablo 2 to work ... not certain of it compatibility tho .... some4+ yr old game would have to be ideal for this..... what will it be....
     
    Coresong, Sep 19, 2008
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  31. shoelace_510

    shoelace_510 8700M GT inside... ^-^;

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    Why would you do that??

    I have MS Office 2007 on my MSI Wind (very similar specs) and it runs great! :D
     
    shoelace_510, Sep 19, 2008
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  32. zinite

    zinite Notebook Guru

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    The installation of Office 07 Enterprise Blue Edition kept freezing and I gave up
     
    zinite, Sep 19, 2008
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  33. AmericanGal

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    Glad to see some here are recieving their mini's. Mine shipped today (Yea!) and will be delivered Monday at work. My students will think it's cool...
     
    AmericanGal, Sep 19, 2008
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  34. CaboWabo

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    Thanks. This seems like a great deal on 2GB even though there is a rebate involved.

    Do you think its worth getting the Kingston 800 from Newegg that was mentioned earlier on page 27 that had a higher speed of 6400 or should I go ahead and get this deal on the Crucial from Fry's that has 5300 speed? How much of a speed difference would I expect in the Mini between these?
     
    CaboWabo, Sep 20, 2008
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  35. robby818

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    Has anyone done a clean install with XP Pro?

    Is there a Dell folder on C: that contains drivers?

    Thanks
     
    robby818, Sep 20, 2008
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  36. emstone

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    It's hard to believe that my ESD of Monday will be met seeing as I'm still in the build stage today. It looks like I might be the beginning of the delays...
     
    emstone, Sep 20, 2008
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  37. mmax

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    Hi , may I ask for those who receive the Dell Inspiron 9.It's possible to hook up to a 22 inch LCD ?
     
    mmax, Sep 20, 2008
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  38. emstone

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    Whereas the laptop has VGA out and also almost every LCD accepts VGA therefore the laptop can connect to almost any LCD.
     
    emstone, Sep 20, 2008
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  39. tastybeef

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    I think the more pertinent question is: can the 22inch external monitor be displayed at its native resolution?
     
    tastybeef, Sep 20, 2008
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    Is 8MB video memory enough to display all the pixels in that 22inch screen? Has anyone confirmed that it really has more than 8MB shared video memory?

    I ordered mine on 9/13 with an ESD of 9/29. Im going crazy waiting for it. Everyone tells me I'm very patient for things, but this is insane!
     
    jaimegmr, Sep 20, 2008
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  41. fknelite

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    Yes, there is.
     
    fknelite, Sep 20, 2008
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  42. fknelite

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    There is only 8MB, but I would guess that would be enough.

    Edit: Actually, it says 8MB when I load up GPU Z but upon reading at intel.com it appears that it dynamically increases the amount of memory up to 224MB if needed

     
    fknelite, Sep 20, 2008
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  43. Nankuru

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    Ta for the link :)

    Very interesting. Especially the comment by Luke @ 12:46am.
     
    Nankuru, Sep 20, 2008
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  44. mmax

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    Anyone really tested with it ? supporting up to 22 inch 1680 x 1050 or higher ?
     
    mmax, Sep 20, 2008
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  45. Cin'

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    I believe some of the I9 owners...were going to be doing some *testing* on their I9's this weekend, and posting their reviews and such! :D

    (oh and more pics)!!!


    Cin ;) :)
     
    Cin', Sep 20, 2008
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    Anyone else have the problem with the battery only showing percentage left and not giving a time estimate?

    BTW, if you have the problem that I had where it resets the resolution to default upon restart, just download the video drivers Intel and re-install.
     
    fknelite, Sep 20, 2008
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  49. zinite

    zinite Notebook Guru

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    My battery does not show the time remaining. I am going to look for a separate program that estimates the time remaining.

    I am learning how to type without using contractions because the apostrophe/quotation mark is in such a stupid place.
     
    zinite, Sep 20, 2008
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  50. zinite

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    I tried this: http://www.tucows.com/preview/505527

    It estimates the time remaining as 00:00....

    Maybe it is a feature missing from the laptop itself.
     
    zinite, Sep 20, 2008
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