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Is this Dell mini 9 as good as my acer aspire?
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FloFlo
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I bought the acer aspire from Asda when they were £150 and its ok but it would much easier compatibility wise with work to have XP. Dell have the mini 9 in their outlet shop and I have just ordered one, specs are below. I'm not great on computer specs (sorry) is it as good as my acer?
System Price £178.31 before discount added - £55 discount in checkout £141 delivered after discount.
Inspiron Mini 9 (Config 2C) , 1.66GHz, 0.3MP, XP with WWAN
Operating System English Windows XP SP3 Home (32Bit OS)
Operating System: Operating System English Windows XP SP3 Home (32Bit OS)
Memory: Memory 1024MB (1*1024) 800MHz DDR2 Dual Channel
Hard Disk Drive: Hard Drive 8GB Solid State
System Color: LCD Back Cover Black
MISC: LCD Camera Integrated 0.3 Mega Pixel, Keyboard Internal UK/Irish Qwerty keyboard, Wireless Dell Wireless Bluetooth Card
I found the offer on hotukdeals
System Price £178.31 before discount added - £55 discount in checkout £141 delivered after discount.
Inspiron Mini 9 (Config 2C) , 1.66GHz, 0.3MP, XP with WWAN
Operating System English Windows XP SP3 Home (32Bit OS)
Operating System: Operating System English Windows XP SP3 Home (32Bit OS)
Memory: Memory 1024MB (1*1024) 800MHz DDR2 Dual Channel
Hard Disk Drive: Hard Drive 8GB Solid State
System Color: LCD Back Cover Black
MISC: LCD Camera Integrated 0.3 Mega Pixel, Keyboard Internal UK/Irish Qwerty keyboard, Wireless Dell Wireless Bluetooth Card
I found the offer on hotukdeals
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Why? Why didn't you just install Winows XP on your ACER?0
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Or you could try Ubuntu Netbook remix if you haven't already.0
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Any answers to my original question?0
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I'd sell both, and buy a proper laptop with a hard disk.0
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I wanted to know if the specs are as good. I just want to check I've made an ok buy.0
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I'd sell both, and buy a proper laptop with a hard disk.
I'm returning the acer to Asda as its had niggles since I bought no point persevering with these if I dont like linux anyway.
The dell mini was posted on hotukdeals as a good buy so I bought one because it has XP. I was just hoping that someone might be able to confirm that its an ok buy.0 -
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4743hudsonj wrote: »youve put like a quater of the specs of one and a different quater of the specs on the other, only thing i can say is same webcam:T
any other info?
Does that even make sense?0
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