slashgear.com - 10/14/2009
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Dell’s Mini 9 netbook may be a little old in the tooth these days, but its angular casing makes it a great donor machine for a netslate project . That’s just what MyDellMini forum member Rob did (to his Dell Vostro A90, the business-rebrand of the Mini 9), adding a touchscreen layer, flipping ...
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theregister.co.uk - 10/15/2009
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theregister.co.uk —
According to Michael Dell, a netbook is a
dream purchase - until it's about 36 hours old....
"If you take a user who's used to a 14- or 15-inch notebook and you say 'Here's a 10-inch netbook,' they're gonna say 'Hey, this is so fantastic. It's so cute. ...
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Michael Dell: Netbooks go sour after 36 hours • The Register
engadget.com - 10/21/2009
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engadget.com —
You asked, questioned and implored -- why, with
all these underpowered touchscreen all-in-ones prowling our lands, can...
we not get a decent standalone touchscreen monitor? Well, somebody somewhere listened, and somebody else, presumably elsewhere, ...
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Dell SX2210T adds touchscreen functionality to 1080p ...
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Dell Mini 9 modded into an internet tablet
Engadget —
... 9-inch netbook into a new-fashioned internet tablet. it might still be a chubby little thing, but there's no denying the usefulness of using the entire screen to navigate instead of the usually cramped netbook touchpad. With a 16GB SSD upgrade alongside the venerable Atom N270 and 1GB of RAM, this device will even boot faster into Windows than your run-of-the-mill netbook. The read link will reveal all, including more shots of the hardware laid bare.
[Via SlashGear] ...
Converted Dell Mini 9 Netbook Makes For a Great Internet Tablet [NetBooks]
Gizmodo —
... for this elegant mod, turning his Del Vostro A9 (business version of the Mini 9) into a Windows 7 touchscreen with a 16GB SSD, WiFi, Bluetooth, 1GB of RAM and an Intel Atom N270 processor. Rob is also planning to add an accelerometer to automatically adjust the screen orientation and a small USB fan to help keep the temperature down. If you think you are up to doing a similar conversion, Rob has laid out details of the build in his forum post. [MyDellMini via Slashgear]
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