Dell Mini 9

19 reviews

Apr, 2024

Positive
price (5)
size (4)
design (4)
performance (2)
keyboard (2)

Negative
screen (2)
battery (1)

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alaTest has collected and analyzed 19 reviews of Dell Mini 9. The average rating for this product is 3.3/5, compared to an average rating of 4.0/5 for other products in the same category for all reviews. People really like the touchpad and keyboard. The performance and design also get good opinions. The battery and screen get critical comments. There are some mixed views about the portability and durability.

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We analyzed user and expert ratings, product age and more factors. Compared to other products in the same category the Dell Mini 9 is awarded an overall alaScore™ of 73/100 = Good quality.

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Amazon.com review summary for Dell Mini 9

alaTest has collected and analyzed 8 user reviews of Dell Mini 9 from Amazon.com. The average user rating for this product is 3.0/5, compared to an average user rating of 3.9/5 for other products in the same category on Amazon.com. Reviewers are impressed by the durability, but the portability and price get negative reviews.

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50% of the reviews on Amazon.com give this product a positive rating.

Apr, 2024

Expert review by : Ryan McLaughlin (justechn.com)

Review: Dell Mini 9 Netbook

Netbooks are low power, low resource, small notebooks that are great for people on the go. Because there aren't many resources available it makes sense for them to use software that does not require a lot of resources. The Dell Mini 9 offers the option...

I enjoyed my time with the Dell Mini 9, but in the end this is not a machine for me. The main factor in me not liking it is how small it is. For a device this small the manufacturer should ditch the keyboard and make it into a tablet. A tablet this...

Feb, 2009

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Expert review by : Stuart Davidson (hardwareheaven.com)

Dell Mini 9 Laptop

Thanks to the craze started with the Asus Eee PC, netbooks have taken the world by storm and are selling in massive quantities. The market is now flooded with offerings from Acer, HP, MSI, Lenovo, Toshiba and Dell (among many) wanting to get a part of...

The Dell Mini is a great little

Jan, 2009

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Dell Mini 9

Though netbooks were born diminuitive 7-inch machines, consumers and manufacturers quickly found that larger screens were preferable. Nowadays you can find

Small and portable ; Firmly designed ; Synaptics touchpad is responsive ; Easily upgradeable ; Nearly silent ; Under $400 on Amazon ; Runs for almost 4 hrs

Gets very hot ; Only 8-16 GB of storage space ; Glossy screen causes glare and attracts fingerprints ; Strangely placed Function keys ; Lack of F11 or F1 ; No 6-cell battery

The Dell Mini 9 is fun, but suffers from a few flaws that keep it firmly in an earlier generation of netbooks. It seeks a balance between the bare-bones style of the earliest netbooks and feature-packed modern netbooks like the Eee PC 1000HE....

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Expert review by : Andrew Harrison (techadvisor.co.uk)

Dell Mini 9 Vodafone 3G review

Mini laptops and cloud computing go well together, if only because the true thoroughbred netbook uses solid-state storage. Often limited in their storage capacity to keep prices low, if you need access to all more of your digital data you can always...

The price may look attractive but it doesn’t take a supercomputer to calculate that the actual cost of this Dell Mini 9 3G netbook is closer to £500 over two years; and anything much more than occasional online use may incur additional charges as you...

Mar, 2009

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Expert review by : Simon Barker (zath.co.uk)

Dell Mini 9 Netbook Review

You may have read The Average Windows Nerd's recent review of the Dell Inspiron Mini 9 netbook, however I thought I'd write-up a quick review of my opinion of this while I could and to outline what I'm planning on doing with it!

Jul, 2009

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Expert review by : Ben (ben.geek.nz)

Dell Mini 9 from Vodafone

The last (and first) netbook I set my apparently gigantic hands on was the Sony Vaio P. While the device itself was adequately beautiful, the price was straight out of a horror film.

Apr, 2009

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Expert review by : Andrew Harrison (techworld.com)

Dell Mini 9 Vodafone 3G laptop review

Vodafone has added an integrated 3G modem and data plan to the Dell Mini 9, and offered it for free. Well, a £20 a month two-year contract.

The price may look attractive but it doesn't take a supercomputer to calculate that the actual cost of this Dell Mini 9 3G netbook is closer to £500 over two years; and anything much more than occasional online use may incur additional charges as you...

Mar, 2009

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