Dell Mini 9 & Mini 12 - XP vs Vista

was just about the new Dell Mini 9 and the Mini 12 -
Interesting that the 9 comes with XP and yet the 12 comes with Vista...
Too bad... I would think that XP would be better suited for the "netbook"
generation
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"ps56k" wrote in message
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was just about the new Dell Mini 9 and the Mini 12 -
Interesting that the 9 comes with XP and yet the 12 comes with Vista...
Too bad... I would think that XP would be better suited for the "netbook"
generation
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"If everything seems to be going well,
you have obviously overlooked something." - Steven Wright


M$'s official position is that XP can only be sold on new PCs if they have
screens od 10 inches or less - hence Vista on the Mini 12. But Dell have
said they will be selling it with Linex and XP by the end of the year.

Chris

ps56k wrote:

was just about the new Dell Mini 9 and the Mini 12 -
Interesting that the 9 comes with XP and yet the 12 comes with Vista...
Too bad... I would think that XP would be better suited for the "netbook"
generation
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"If everything seems to be going well,
you have obviously overlooked something." - Steven Wright

You can occasionally get a Vostro 1310 with XP at the outlet.
I'm trying to return one now, in fact. (Sold as T8300 and has
T5250 processor, in spite of Dell records to the contrary, which
is probably related to how they can't straighten things out for
a return in some paperwork snafu).

I don't know about the 12, but the 13 is pretty small and light
and has a regular keyboard, which the 9 does not.
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