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Dell is a late bloomer in the growing trend of mini laptops with its 8.9-inch Dell Inspiron Mini 9 (with a greater "Mini 12" also included in series). It seems much like any other Dell laptop – functional – and as it is. There is nothing radically new about the Mini 9, it has what most other laptops 9-inch is, in short, Intel Atom 1.6GHz, 1GB of RAM and a 8.9-inch screen with brilliant resolution of 1024×600.

Size wise, the Dell Inspiron Mini 9 is often quite impressive. It's a blow hair larger than the original Eee PC 701, and thin enough to weigh a little over a pound. This is lighter than the Eee PC 901 – our mini laptop # 1.

Connectivity has the usual bells and whistles, Bluetooth and 802.11b / g Wi-Fi, although the inclusion of HSDPA is a big advantage. The only problem is that you are bound to a contract with Vodafone – there is "unlocked" option, as the Advent 4213, so far anyway. More than later …

The battery life, although better than the 3-cell MSI Wind, is rather poor in comparison with competitors 6-cell Eee PCs and the likes. Dell promises battery life around 4 hours, reasonable, but not a patch on the same size Eee PC 901. In an attempt to keep the computer compact portable, battery come at the keyboard, ending with the entire line of keys F1-F12, and letting the depth of the keys in a very superficial. The keyboard does not extend the right to the edges either, so it is great as it seems. In general, both the battery and keyboard are a little compromised. The touchpad is good, but with the mouse buttons underneath, not to the side as the HP Mini-Note and Acer Aspire One

The looks are more disappointing, as with most computers Dell – or is it boring? The interface seems boring and apart from slight fade to the edges – is a box. And it's available only in black the United Kingdom. Smart maybe, but for the consumer, something more imaginative would certainly be appreciated! This is particularly unfair, since about 9 mini's are appearing in the Dell Studio systems 15esque. Surely they went down a success – a success in any way compared with black, black, black. Rumor has it that a white is a way though.

In a £ 299 for the 8GB model XP (or £ 269 for the 4GB Linux) is a little expensive considering what they are selling to Acer, but thanks Vodafone can get it free on contract. The cheapest contract on the date of publication, is a £ 21.27 per month for 24 months – to be frank and undo marketing of soft Vodafone – your "free" Dell will cost you a straight £ 600.

Oh, and this is only 1GB of bandwidth, enough (claim Vodafone) to download 60 large attachments and 30 video clips, send 600 e-mails and surf for 30 hours. And do not you dare try to take the Dell Inspiron Mini 9 Vodafone abroad – £ 9.99 for 24 hours or £ 4.99 per MB, maybe put the money to better use.

On the subject of mini laptops in the contract, there are very few companies that offer services – the Carphone Warehouse, for example. Currently, the rates seem relatively terrible, even if you do this in the computer chip in First, and compared to download speeds. Expect this to improve as more and more companies enter the market.

The solid-state storage and passive cooling system (for example, the fan) to a very quiet machine, a nice feature. The storage system itself is a little on the small side, 8GB for the XP version – half that for Linux, especially after the Windows and pre-installed programs are taken into account.

Look, keyboard and battery life problems aside, the Dell Inspiron Mini 9 is a very good computer. As far as we hit the Dell, which is a trusted and familiar brand – that can only be a good thing when all downsizing. But beyond the Vodafone contract, there are other 9 "netbooks that are worth considering, and even 10 inchers at the same price range, the namely

– Asus Eee PC 901 – Our mini laptop # 1
– Acer Aspire One
– Samsung NC10
– HP 2133 Mini-Note

The Option Vodafone, certainly worth looking at if you want on the Internet, where and when, even if the download speeds are quite restrictive. If you can make it work moneywise, then is an excellent option. It is important to bear in mind that before you sign away for 24 months that several laptop manufacturers (Sony and Apple are two distinct) and mobile phone providers are still engage in the netbook bandwagon – for better netbooks with 3G, 'unlocked', may be just around the corner.

Dell could go and have a big brother to the Inspiron Mini 9 – the Inspiron Mini 12. It is already in Japan, soon to hit the United Kingdom with Linux, Windows XP and Vista. The problem is that they are trying to run Vista with 1GB of RAM and the same Intel Atom – Clumsy Move – Asus have their high-end N10 netbook 10-inch Atom, with it's N20 big brother in an Intel Core 2 Duo Processor.

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