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First Look at the Dell Mini 9

I have been working with the Dell Mini 9 (Inspiron 910) for a few days now. I like it. As others have said it seems solid and well built. It is a bit narrower than the Acer Aspire One (AAO). … Continue reading

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Revisiting Linpus Lite on the AA1

After spending some time with Ubuntu installed on the SSD (flash memory drive) on the Acer Aspire One I have restored the default Linpus Lite operating system that shipped with it. I am continuing to run Ubuntu 8.04 (Hardy) on … Continue reading

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The Diminutive Acer Aspire One

I have been trying out the small Acer Aspire One (ZG5, 8GB SSD, 512MB version) over the last few weeks. It does represent a new low in power consumption for me. At idle it uses 12W and 10W with the … Continue reading

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