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Happy 2010 everyone! I know I'm a little late with the holiday greetings, but there is a lot to share on...
Regardless of that, it is absolutely rediculous that Dell would sell any system with devices soldered on the board, least of all RAM. Worse than that, they sell the Mini 10v as a functionally limited version of the Mini 10 (less options, fewer ports, etc.) , with a standard memory slot, but not give the option during the build process, regardless of whether you want WinXP or Ubuntu.
I was about to buy a Mini 10 seeing as it fits everything, but luckily stumbled on forums revealing that the RAM is soldered in.
Dell, you are doing so many things right, I just can't believe that what was almost my perfect netbook could have such a silly but fatal flaw. I understand that the cheap XP licensing won't work with 2GB machines, but since you offer Ubuntu (thanks for that btw), you should at least have the option there.
If you want reasoning for allowing 2GB of ram - I am a power user. I want to install a Linux distribution of my choice on the netbook after I receive it. I want to use a solid state drive, and make my temporary file directory and things like certain log files and web browser cache go to a ram drive and not use any swap space. I have done this in the past with an Asus Eee PC 701 and it worked beautifully. It was as responsive a system as my dual-core desktop running XP for my desktop productivity programs (although it of course couldn't handle anything heavy due to the weak processor).
Hopefully soon it will come. Besides customers are what make Dell.
This IS the case with the Mini 10V, but the lack of a door to the ram means you have to take the whole thing apart to get to the ram. The Mini 10 should never have put the processor on the ram card and the Mini 10v SHOULD have a door on the bottom to allow easy access to the ram.
My system:
z530
high-res screen: 1366x786 at 10 inch is fine, generally the higher the pixel density, the better (up to about 250 ppi);
Must-have: anti-glare!
2gb RAM -> no XP , Linux instead (that supports the hardware)
So two reasons for not buying:
The high-res screen seems to be glare-type,
and no 2GB-option.
Opposite to others I'm NOT ready to buy a 1GB system and then manually upgrade to 2GB, since I'll have to throw away a new 1GB-module. I hate waste.
Since windows costs money, why don't you offer a no-windows option, period?
The glare-type can be remedied by a proper foil, though native anti-glare would be nice.
I'll wait a week, if no change I'll by a more powerfull notebook instead (not at dell).
I live in Germany, so the change must take place in Europe, too.
I'm a Mac and Linux user. There's not a chance I'm going back to Windows, not even at 1/10 of the price of a Linux box.
It's just bizarre to cripple this new model with such a limitation.
Video files are fine up to DVD resolution it seems, (definitely no 1080p content on this) but the 2gb ram... just.. sheesh, what a mistake.Â
what's up Dell =/Â
1. The salesrep with whom I spoke did not even know that Ubuntu was an option on the 10v until IÂ sent him the link. Dell reps should know what they do and do not offer to customers
2. There was absolutely no way to get a 10v with 2 GB RAM directly from Dell. Sure, it's possible to go in and change it myself, but I am in no way comfortable opening up a brand new netbook and almost literally tearing it apart to change the RAM.
It's a shame that such a silly rule laid out by Microsoft is affecting Ubuntu users. It seems the Mini 10 now has a 2 GB option, but it also has a higher pricetag. Plus, $75 for the 10's upgrade is a bit much when you can get 2 GB sticks for $25 on sites like Newegg.