The Dell Inspiron Mini 1012 is Dell’s first netbook to utilize Intel’s latest Pinetrail platform by using the Atom N450.  Does the N450 result in a significant improvement over the previous Dell Mini 10/10v’s Atom N270/N280/Z530?  Yes – better battery life and better performance.  Is the 1012 any better than the 10/10v?  Yes, keep reading [...]

Hands on review of the new Dell Zino HD 400 mini desktop, which uses the AMD Athlon Neo X2 6850e which competes against the Intel Atom N330

Ah, the sweet new trend of netbooks! Just received my Dell Inspiron Mini 9 the other night, and am in the process of writing up the review. My initial thoughts? It’s about on par with the other mini laptops I’ve used (Acer Aspire One, EEE PC, Fujitsu P7120, etc). [...]