New Slim Dell Inspiron Mini 12 Netbook
The famous multinational technology company, Dell has introduced its new slim and stylish netbook - Dell Inspiron Mini 12 (1210), which designed primarily for teens, tweens, travelers and ‘Tweeters’ to surf the Web on the go.
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Windows 7 (15-Seconds-Boot) No Match for Windows “Instant On” (8-Seconds-Boot)
Microsoft revealed that it is targeting a 15 seconds boot time for Windows 7 in laboratory conditions, but the fact is that the Redmond company is cooking even something better.
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16.10.2008 Cheapest USB key
Windows 7 to be available on USB Drives?
Microsoft is considering offering Windows 7 on a thumb drive to allow Netbook owners to more easily upgrade their machines, a source tells CNET News.
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29.6.2009 Creating A Bootable WinPE 2.0 USB Key
Windows Preinstallation Environment (PE) 2.0 is a slimed down version of Windows (hence all the MiniNT references) that used to be the exclusive domain of OEM's providers.
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7.2.2007 Windows XP USB Stick Edition
Thanks to ecko to report this download in our forum. Ever want to boot up into Windows XP via a USB memory key? Well, now you can.
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25.2.2007 Windows 7 RTM USB/DVD Download Tool Available
Microsoft is offering a free tool designed to streamline the creation of bootable Windows 7 RTM DVDs or USBs.
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23.10.2009 CES 2007: Forget the VGA Cable, Wired & Wireless USB Next
Quartics, based in Irvine, California, plans to link monitors to computers via wired or wireless USB connections. The company expects its partners to come out with USB monitors sometime in February 2007.
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9.1.2007 Free Windows 7 RTM USB and DVD Download Tool Pulled Down
Microsoft has yanked a tool designed to streamline the creation of bootable Windows 7 RTM DVDs and USBs from its online commerce outlet.
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11.11.2009 Day 1 with a new Dell and Vista
Last Monday, the UPS guy showed up with a new Dell C521. It’s destined to take over as my Vista Media Center machine, but right now it has a more important role to play: It’s the first machine I’ve bought with a fresh OEM installation of Windows Vista.
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14.6.2007 Dell 2.0 to focus on customer satisfaction
Michael Dell acknowledges that something needs to be done about failing customer satisfaction at the computer maker he founded
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14.9.2006 Windows Vista Now Available On Dell Systems
This weekend, Dell quietly made Windows Vista available on most of the company’s desktop and laptop machines.
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29.1.2007 Can Dell change the Linux market?
After a lot of hemming-and-hawing, Dell has decided to accept the verdict of its IdeaStorm users and sell pre-installed Linux.
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26.2.2007 Dell Unveils $999 XPS Notebook
Dell has added a new inexpensive notebook to its premium XPS product line just a few weeks after it.
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Dell, CompUSA Gear Up For Vista Launch
With more than 100,000 hours invested in testing and validating Microsoft's Windows Vista, Dell specialists believe they are ready for the business launch of the new operating system on Thursday.
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30.11.2006 Dell offers factory installation for Vista
Hardware giant Dell has responded to the launch of Microsoft’s Windows Vista by offering factory installation to speed business adoption of the new operating system.
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5.12.2006 Dell Joins Microsoft and Novell Collaboration
Dell responds to customer demand for greater interoperability and intellectual property assurance between Windows and Linux.
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7.5.2007 Dell’s Mini packs Ubuntu, XP
Dell’s Inspiron Mini 9 now available and Dell is pushing the netbook is available on its site. Meanwhile Vodafone is going to sell the Mini in Europe.
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4.9.2008 Dell touts Windows 7 Beta experience
According to a blog entry in Dell's website, Dell has tested hundreds of Dell systems with Windows 7 Beta and has found the results to be promising. Dell notes that the following results were observed when testing Windows 7 Beta on Dell PCs.
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5.4.2009 Dell releases first set of Windows 7 Drivers
Windows 7 drivers for Dell products are often sought after and finally, there’s an answer.
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22.8.2009 Dell Ships Laptop with Blu-ray Drive
Dell on Monday became the latest manufacturer to support Sony's Blu-ray discs in its notebook computers, a move that was largely expected as Dell is a founding member behind the format.
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12.12.2006 Dell brings back XP on home systems
Dell is bringing XP back. Amid significant customer demand, the computer maker said on Thursday that it has returned to offering the older Windows version as an option on some of its consumer PCs.
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19.4.2007 Intel, Dell hold off on internal rollout of Vista
Intel will roll out Vista internally only once the first service pack of the operating system has been released, and Dell is likely to do the same.
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5.5.2007 Dell No Longer Supports Vista x64...and Other Rants
Let me step onto my own personal soapbox for a minute. I've always been one of those do-it-yourself, "hardcore" PC guys. I believed that the only good desktop PC was one you built yourself, and that's just what I've done for the last 10 years.
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24.10.2007 Dell to Sell Windows XP Professional with PCs Through 2009
In a letter to some of Dells customers, they said that "XP Professional is available for OEM installation on your Dell PC purchases through at least 2009 and likely longer."
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9.6.2008 Dell, HP, and Sony OEM Certificates Used in Windows Vista Activation Crack
The latest trend in Windows Vista cracks is to utilize OEM certificates in order to bypass the activation process of the operating system. Via the OEM crack for Windows Vista, original equipment
manufacturer versions of the operating system are illegally activated through a process that involves patching the BIOS of the motherboard.
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26.2.2007 Bill Gates, Steve Jobs, Michael Dell Top List of IT Influencers
Gates was named by 84% of the participants, Jobs by 73%, and Dell by 53% of CompTIA voters.
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7.11.2007Two notebooks approved for Wireless USB
It's taken long enough, but
they're here: the first
computers that can make USB
connections sans cables.
Dell's Inspiron 1720
notebook and Lenovo's
ThinkPad T61 and T61p models
are the first PCs to receive
certification for the
standard, the USB Implementers
Forum (USB-IF) is expected to
announce Monday. Texas-based
WiQuest Communications makes
the Wireless USB chipset in
both notebooks.
The
Thinkpad can be ordered now
for $1,814. The Inspiron
notebook will not ship until
late summer or early fall and
pricing is not yet available,
according to Dell spokeswoman
Anne Camden. She said Dell
does expect more of its
notebook models to be Wireless
USB-capable in the future. ..
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23.07.2007Dell launches its Inspiron Mini 9 ultra-portable
Officially launched by Dell today, the Inspiron Mini 9 isn't exactly the only Netbook out there, but Dell is selling it in some very interesting
ways, including as a $99 extra if you buy it along with another laptop...
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04.09.2008Dell: Inspiron 910 ships this week
Dell on Tuesday confirmed it would ship the Inspiron 910 in the next few days, bringing to a head rumors of the ultraportable that has been under vast
speculation for some time. While Dell was forthcoming with the release itself, a Dell spokesperson was unable to provide any technical specifications.
The spokesperson also panned specifications that were surfacing on technology news sites, saying the information contained was merely "rumors and
speculation."
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03.09.2008Laptops without USB cables
Dell and Lenovo today
announced the first notebooks
with embedded Certified
Wireless USB chips, which will
enable cable-free connections
to USB peripherals hooked up
to Certified Wireless USB hubs
that D-Link and IOGear also
announced. Additionally,
D-Link and IOGear announced
Certified Wireless USB
adapters that you can plug
into USB ports to add the
functionality to notebooks and
PCs that don't have it built
in.
The notebooks
(the Dell Inspiron 1720 and
Lenovo ThinkPad T61 and T62p),
wireless hubs, and wireless
USB adapters from D-Link and
IOGear are the first products
to receive Wireless USB
Certification from the USB
Implementers Forum. They're
expected to ship in time for
back-to-school and
holiday-season purchases.
Eventually, these notebooks
and other PCs equipped with
wireless USB chips will be
able to connect to a new
generation of peripherals that
will also carry embedded
wireless USB. But for now, the
most likely use will be with
legacy USB peripherals
connected to wireless USB
hubs. You could, for example,
use one of the notebooks to
print documents on a
conventional USB printer
plugged into a wireless USB
hub.
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25.07.2007Dell triples charge to downgrade PCs to XP for $150
More than five months after Dell stopped selling its popular Inspiron line of consumer desktop and laptop PCs with Windows XP, Dell is offering the
systems with the aging operating system for a surcharge of $150 over the newer Windows Vista. It's now selling Inspiron consumer PCs with XP
for three times June's surcharge! Dell's Inspiron 1525 notebooks and 530 desktops can be ordered with Windows XP Professional pre-installed
for an extra $150, according to the company's Web site.
Read full story.....
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08.12.2008Dell "Mini Inspiron" aims to take on EeePC
Gizmodo Bumped into Michael Dell at
all things digital and scooped a world exclusive.
It's a small form factor notebook, just like the Asus Eee and the HP 2133. Michael
Dell wouldn't tell Gizmodo what OS it's running, or the pricing, but that it's a low-cost notebook meant for developing countries. From
the pictures posted up you can see three USB ports, a card reader and VGA out. Many in the industry refer to laptops like the HP 2133 and Asus Eee as
"netbooks" aimed at the developing world and general consumers.
Dell has not released pricing or specifications for this new
notebook.
Over at the official Dell blog there are some official pictures to backup Gizmodo's story and it seems Dell may be releasing
official specifications very soon. Stay tuned.
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29.05.2008Staples to sell Dell PCs
Dell Inc. plans to sell computers and other electronics gear at 1,400 Staples Inc. stores, the latest departure from the direct-to-customer business
model pioneered by the No. 2 computer maker.
Dell and the world's biggest office products supplier announced Monday that Staples
would offer Dell desktop and notebook computers, monitors, printers, ink and toner starting Nov. 11. Dell products also will be available through
Staples' Web site.
Initial Dell computer models to be sold at Staples
include Inspiron 1721 and 1521 notebooks, and Inspiron 530 desktops.
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22.10.2007Is there a subsidized netbook in your future?
True to words spoken by Dell CEO Michael Dell last week, Dell's newly launched Inspiron Mini 9 will soon be bundled with Vodafone's mobile broadband
services in parts of Europe. Could a certain US wireless carrier be next?..
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05.09.2008Dell users face heavy premium for Vista
Dells customers are paying a
heavy premium for personal
computers running Microsofts
Vista, according to data
compiled by Techworld.
Last weeks
LinuxWorld event saw a number
of open source desktop
announcements, including Dell
announcing it was selling its
first Linux-based PCs outside
the US, with the Ubuntu-based
Inspiron 530n desktop, and the
Inspiron 6400n notebook now
available in the UK, France
and Germany.
This step has enabled a
comparison of the typical cost
of a machine running Vista,
compared with the same machine
running an open source
operating system such as
Ubuntu.
The Dell Inspiron 530(n)
desktop comes with an Intel
Dual Core E2140 (1.6GHz)
processor, plus 512Mb of RAM,
a 160Gb hard drive, and a 19
inch panel. When the Inspiron
530 desktop is used as the
benchmark machine, Dell
customers were found to be
paying on average an 18%
premium in the UK for a
machine running Vista,
compared to the same speced
machine running Ubuntu. In the
United States, Dell users are
paying a 20% premium to use
Vista on the same specified
machine.
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13.08.2007Dell releases first sub $1,000 Blu-ray laptop
Texas computer manufacturer Dell said Friday that it will start shipping its Inspiron 1525 notebooks with the build-to-order option for a Blu-ray
drive...
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28.03.2008Dell Removes Junk from New PCs
Responding to customer
requests for less preinstalled
software on its machines, Dell
will now offer its customers
an option to select "no
software preinstalled"
when purchasing Inspiron
notebooks or Dimension
desktops...
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22.06.2007Dell Unveils Its First Netbook
Dell, one of the world’s largest producers of personal computers, has unveiled its first netbook, the Inspiron Mini 9 product. The company does
not position its netbook for emerging markets, but concentrates on pushing the Mini 9 in developed countries as a mobile companion for other devices.
Dell Inspiron Mini 9 is based on Intel Atom N270 (1.60GHz) processor as well as an Intel core-logic with integrated Intel Graphics Media Accelerator
(GMA) 950 graphics core. Depending on actual configuration, the systems may feature 512MB or 1GB of DDR2 memory as well as 4GB, 8GB or 16GB
solid-state drive. Dell Inspiron Mini 9 comes with 8.9” screen that has 1024x600 resolution.
The Inspiron Mini can be further
customized with optional technologies like built-in webcam, bundled with Dell Video Chat, making it easy to stay in touch using video chat, recording
and sending video emails, or even PC-to-PC phone calls around the world; integrated Bluetooth for easy wireless connections to Bluetooth-enabled
accessories like a pair of stereo headphones, a mouse, a printer, etc.
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08.09.2008Dell laptop explodes 'like fireworks'
Another Dell laptop has burst unexpectedly into flames. This one, an Inspiron 9200, spontaneously combusted this week in Columbus, Ohio. The blaze was
caught on camera.
According to a
report on website ConsumerAffairs.com, the laptop went up "like fireworks", its owner, Douglas Brown, claimed. Brown called
the emergency services then grabbed his camera and took a few snaps of the infernal Inspiron.
What's not yet clear is whether
Brown's laptop is one of those covered by the major battery replacement programme Dell put in place a year ago. Certainly, some Inspiron 9200s were
included. If Brown's machine was, it doesn't appear from the ConsumerAffairs.com story that he had returned his original battery to Dell.
If he had - or if his 9200 was not one of those covered by the recall - it raises the possibility that a lot more laptops are going to
have to have their batteries checked. Given recent claims made by Japanese boffins that the design of lithium-ion power cells is inherently
"flawed", perhaps they should be in any case.
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25.08.2007Dell Leaks New Inspiron and Vostro Notebooks
Although Dell offered Santa
Rosa for its Business
notebooks a while back, the
mainstream notebooks had to
wait a bit longer. Finally...
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07.06.2007Dell adds Intel's Penryn to Inspiron notebooks
Dell on Wednesday followed up on previous upgrades to its
XPS line with speed boosts to its
Inspiron line based on Intel's 45 nanometer Penryn processor architecture. The 14-inch
Inspiro
n 1420 and the 17-inch
Inspiro
n 1720 now have the option of Core 2 Duo processors that use Intel's new platform to run cooler as well as faster than older designs. As Dell's
desktop replacement, the 1720 is the fastest and uses a 2.5GHz Core 2 Duo with 6MB of Level 2 cache; the 1420 scales back only slightly by using a
2.4GHz processor with 3MB of Level 2 cache.
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20.02.2008Dell Recalls Laptop Batteries
About 35,000 Latitude,
Precision, Inspiron, and XPS
models pose fire risk, vendor
says...
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19.12.2005Dell Returns to Store Shelves
-- Sort Of
Dell has forged a deal with
Costco that will put its
personal computers on store
shelves for the first time in
15 years. The leading PC
manufacturer left the retail
market in 1990, but has
decided to sell a handful of
older Dimension 4700 desktops
and Inspiron 2200 laptops
through Costco...
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01.12.2005Dell launches XP Mini 10 netbook on QVC first, its own site later
Dell's new Inspiron Mini 10 netbook is pre-orderable from the QVC consumer shopping site about a week before Dell starts taking advance orders on its
own Web site...
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20.02.2009Dell Recalls 35,000 Laptop
Batteries
Following reports of
overheating, Dell has issued a
recall of batteries used in
its Latitude, Precision and
Inspiron notebook computers
that were shipped between
October 5 and 13 of this year.
The recall includes 22,000
batteries shipped in the U.S.
and another 13,000 distributed
overseas...
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16.12.2005Dell pushes back desktop XP cutoff date to June 26
Sure, you'll be able to pay out the nose for a Vista machine with a XP Professional "downgrade" soon enough, but Dell just pushed back its
cutoff for straight-up XP
machines. They'll be selling select Inspiron and XPS desktop with whatever flavor of XP you choose up until June 26th, at precisely 6:59AM
EST.
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