Dell Mini 10v on Sale

Author	Hugo Jobling
Published	12th May 2009

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If you wanted to know when the $299 Dell Mini 10v would be available to buy in the UK and for how much, the answer has arrived. The netbook is up for order on Dell's site right now starting from £199.

While undeniably attractive prices for a 10in netbook that entry level system isn't the best specced of laptops ever. A 1.6GHz Intel Atom N270 isn't particularly disappointing but a mere 8GB of flash memory capacity and Ubuntu Linux is likely to put off many tempted by the price.

Stepping up to Windows XP and a 160GB hard drive bumps the Mini 10v's price to £279, only £20 less than the base Mini 10. Although that system only has a 1.33GHz processor - hardly desirable when Atom is slow enough at 1.6GHz. The Mini 10v also sacrifices the upgrade options, such as the 1,366 x 768 pixel screen or 250GB hard drive, available to the Mini 10.

If you still want one despite the potential failings, you know what to do.

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Dell Mini 10 and 10v.

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currysoup said on 12th May 2009

@acgs1

Because its brown.

Personally I can't wait to upgrade it to Debian. People buying Windows netbooks have more money than sense. Why the he... more

Scott Williamson said on 12th May 2009

Its a real pity about the lack of a screen upgrade, otherwise this would have been a great cheap netbook for browsing, traveling and watching video, none of which require a big HDD... more

gurnaik said on 13th May 2009

The customise option on the 10v is ridiculous: there's almost nothing you can change on the base model!

Andrew Violet said on 13th May 2009

If anyone wants to buy a standard mini 10, with the z530 processor, not a mini 10v, then order the z520 model then upgrade to the z530 for £20 thats a £30 saving on the... more

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