Dell Shows Off Its Eee PC Rival

Tom Moreland tips us to photos of Dell's answer to the Eee PC on the Direct2Dell site. Dell posted these after an attendee at the D conference spotted Michael Dell carrying one. The company hasn't released any details, so you can take these with a grain of salt — from a commenter to Dell's post: "Here are the specs for the Dell Mini Inspiron: Atom 1.6 GHz, 3 USB ports, Ethernet, Card reader, Kensington lock, Adapter socket, Mic/line-out, VGA port, screen resolution at 1280×800. Scheduled to be released before the end of June 2008. It costs less than $500."

breeding like tribbles...

[Fallen Andy]

(maybe) another one from Acer .See here [umpcportal.com]

Andy

Re:Dimensions

[metamechanical]

Given that this is being compared to the EEE, physical dimensions are important. Guessing based on the pencil in the pictures, this looks like it is maybe 8" x 5" (20 cm x 12 cm).

You'd think so, but that's actually one of those comically large pencils, putting it at about the size of your entire desk.

Yeah, but...

[RandoX]

Does it run Vista?

Re:Keyboard, good and bad

[thrice rocks!]

For that matter they could have removed the caps lock key entirely since there's no reason to have it. You could argue data entry, but not on a sub-notebook.

But then my grandmother would have to work to write every single email in all caps!

Re:500 bucks? are they insane?

[Mister Whirly]

They already have models [wikipedia.org] available for well under $300. Features are kind of limited though (but the spell checker kicks ass!)

Re:But which OS will it use?

[Facetious]

When I see screwy modding like this, I view it as evidence of my theory that some AI experiment at MIT or possible DoD has gone awry and that some program has actually managed to register a /. account. It is not yet advanced enough to know the nuances of human languages (especially English), so it moderates (when given mod points) as best it can.

Ooh! Ooh! I just came up with a corollary. The meta-mod system was developed by CmdrTaco to aid in training said AI program. It's a conspiracy!

Re:Keyboard, good and bad

[Bloke down the pub]

... and AZERTY is French, so it can just fuck off.

Re:Keyboard, good and bad

[jcgf]

Dvorak hates newbies and people who look at the keyboard, it's also an efficiency supremacist.

Not to mention it also makes wild predictions that don't turn out, is an apple hater, and wishes it were as cool as Leo Laporte.

;)

Re:But which OS will it use?

[Zemplar]

Anyone know if Dell gives you a real Ubuntu installation, or do they load up the desktop with a bunch of ad programs?

It's a fork of Ubuntu called "Adbuntu"

I knew it

[tabatj]

I knew that the ASUS Eee would be followed by some crappy American knockoff.