If you are looking for a super-portable netbook which looks plain,the mini 10 is a good option.While manufactrers have been benefiting from the current popularity of netbooks,Dell with its Inspiron Mini 10 has finally hopped on to th 10-inch netbook bandwagon.

Features

The mini 10 is built around the Intel US15W chipset and this netbook is powered by the Z530 processor,which is clocked at 1.60 GHZ.In addition to that,the housed 1 GB RAM and a roomy 160 GB-5400 rpm-hard drive collectively make up for an average entry level netbook.On the Inspiron mini 10,office and mainstream applications such as Microsoft Office,Internet surfing and video chatting will be a breeze.It has a built in 1.3 MP webcam.Also,e-mailing chatting blogging and applications that need typing on the go will be easy with its ultra light weight and romy keyboard.Onboard Graphics are courtesy a GMA 500 GPU and the glossy screen house a crisp 10.1 inch 16:9 screen displaying 1024 * 576 pixels.Other standard features include three USB ports,Ethernet and sound jacks.A multi-card reader is provided too.

Build Quality

One of the strongest points about the mini 10 is that despite its solid build.It is ridiculously lightweight -merely 1.14kg . ANother noticeable and striking features is its keyboard and the eys that will alow you to type faster and with comfort.In fact the build quality and concave design of the keys trouncemost of the keyboards in the netbook space.

Performance

Although powered by the Intel Z530 the mini 10 performs as well as any netbook which has an Intel N270 processor installed such as the Samsung NP-NC10 .Therefore,its a safe to say that mainstream applications will run seamlessly.The built in speakers are decent but not loud though.Although the battery life on run time is quite good- 3 hours and 32 minutes under medium load.

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