Something interesting I noticed that doesn't make a whole lot of sense on Dell's behalf. I ordered the 16GB SSD drive to go with the machine. They, for some reason, created a 8GB partition to install everything on which gave me a little bit over 1GB of available space and left an unalocated 11GB partition just sitting there doing nothing. I ended up installing Gparted, created a 11GB partition and mounted the drive. Now I have 12GB available. Eventually, I just may blow the thing away and start over and partition it correctly. There's some crazy stuff going on over there at Dell.
E On Oct 13, 7:52 pm, "Cary Preston" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Pretty neat indeed. There are plenty of people that just need a way to get > online and do some simple productivity stuff, and that fits perfectly. As > long as Ubuntu didn't intimidate someone I'd recommend something like that > in a heartbeat. > > On Mon, Oct 13, 2008 at 7:41 PM, Ed <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I got it in today. > > >http://www.edwardcrosby.com/2008/10/13/its-here-dell-mini-9/ > > > Also, I was in Super Target this past weekend and noticed they are > > selling the Asus Eee PC with Linux now for $300. It's a tempting deal > > to get for my niece for Christmas because it looks to be perfect for > > children. I noticed that the keyboard buttons of the Asus are smaller > > than the Dell's keyboard. I'm glad I chose the Dell. The Dell keyboard > > is small and takes some getting used to but there is no way I could > > have used the Asus keyboard with my fat fingers. > > One thing I am really impressed with the Mini 9 is the boot time. I > > clocked it at 30 seconds. That's pretty fast compared to Windows and > > even Ubuntu full (the lite version is installed on the Mini 9) on a > > standard PC. I think the SSD and the lite flavor has a lot to do with > > that. > > > E > > > On Sep 7, 4:39 pm, "Todd Elliott" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > They look pretty good to me. I've thought about selling my laptop and > > > getting one now that I'm not on the road anymore. > > > > Thank you, > > > > Todd Elliott > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > On Sun, Sep 7, 2008 at 2:21 PM, Jennifer Walker > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > > > > > It's cute, but seems like an overgrown blackberry. > > > > > On Sun, Sep 7, 2008 at 2:06 PM, Edward Crosby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > > > >> Did you see this? > > > > >>http://www.dell.com/mini > > > > >> I was planning on getting the Asus Eee PC 900 with Linux and the 16GB > > SSD > > > >> but I changed my mind. I ordered the Dell Mini 9 yesterday, but will > > not get > > > >> it until mid-October. > > > > >>http://www.edwardcrosby.com/2008/09/07/dell-inspiron-mini-9-ordered/ > > > > >> E --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Unique Geek" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/theuniquegeek?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
