Dell Inspiron Mini 12 on Vista: Bad idea
While so far the HP Mini Note is the only netbook that has dared to enter into the Vista arena, Dell has made its intention known to venture into the same playing field when they release their new Inspiron Mini 12 next year.
True, the HP runs on a Via processor as opposed to the Intel Atom found on the Inspiron Mini, but based on the findings of Laptop Mag, performance-wise, Vista’s still too much for the Inspiron Mini to handle. The good part, though, is that the bigger screen (biggest as of this writing), thinner profile and near-regular-sized keyboard are positive changes in the right direction and battery life has likewise been improved.
So if you’re completely sold on the idea of getting yourself the Inspiron Mini 12 when it does become available locally, they suggest to get either the Win XP or Linux variant. I totally agree with them.
This is funny. I was waiting for that little thing (Inspiron mini 12)to come out. It did today. Bad news for me though: It comes only with Vista in UK and it costs £409 instead of the promised £299. I phoned up Dell UK and asked them if I can have it with XP but they told me they can’t do that because of some legal reasons. Don’t really understood their reasons but as it looks like I’ve to give it a thought if it’s worth for me to buy it.