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While Netbook computers are already sold as recession-dodging ultra mobile alternatives to traditional notebook systems, industry giant Dell is offering up an even cheaper version of its existing Mini 10 in order to lure those UK consumers that can’t even afford a mere 299 GBP.
Cheap as chips, if you have low expectations. Image: Dell.
Advertised beneath the banner of “Small Size. Smaller Price,” the new Mini 10v apes the existing Mini 10 aesthetic but manages to undercut its Dell stablemate by a clear 100 GBP thanks to a starting price of just 199 GBP.
Of course, Dell is hardly pushing out the boat when it comes to specifications, and that low, low price represents a 1.6GHz Intel Atom N270 processor, 1GB of RAM, an Ubuntu Linux operating system, and a paltry 8GBs of flash memory.
While those core specs would have been fairly standard 12 months ago, when the Netbook market was gathering momentum, the majority of systems now come complete with the slightly more worthy Atom N280, the Windows XP operating system and hard drive capacities of around 160GBs.
If Ubuntu and 8GBs of flash memory are okay with the less demanding of prospective Netbook owners, then the little 10-inch Mini 10v is likely to look just fine when it comes to Web browsing and word processing duties.
However, those expecting a little more will need to pay 279 GBP for the addition of XP and a 160GB hard drive, which leaves the Mini 10v just 20 GBP short of the existing Mini 10’s basic specification – although, strangely, that model of Dell’s Netbook only has a crawl-worthy 1.33GHz processor.
The Mini 10v is available now and comes in a range of swanky colour choices including black, white, red, pink, purple, blue and green.
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