Dell Inspiron Mini 10 vs Similar

stepbar

Folks,

Quick few Q's

I'm thinking of buying this bad boy - http://www1.euro.dell.com/ie/en/home/Laptops/laptop-inspiron-10/pd.aspx?refid=laptop-inspiron-10&s=dhs&cs=iedhs1&~ck=mn&dgc=EM&cid=41221&lid=1069582&acd=XWKSQB-OP3S5-EIOK6Z-NRMU3I-O41IZ-v1

I need a laptop like this for light work and WIFI internet on the go. In fairness, in terms of value for money, I think it's not too bad.

Question 1 - Your opinions on the laptop; value for money etc.

Question 2 - I have MS Office. To avoid having to purchase a CD drive for the laptop, am I right in saying that I could hook up a Cat 5 cable and access, say the CD drive on my PC? I can't remember how to do this....

Thanks.

stepbar

anyone?

stepbar

Seriously?

CantGetNoSleep

Yeah seems good value

I just copied my MS Office CD on to a USB key and installed it on my netbook from that

digitaldr

I'm using one right now (Dell 10)! It's good for what it is - a ten inch netbook. Just don't expect to do any heavy duty video editing, gaming etc. One of the best things about is that it can run the latest version of mac OS - I have it installed to dual boot with XP and plan to try my hand at iPhone app development if/when I get time.

There's loads of info on it here - http://www.mydellmini.com/forum/

leninbenjamin

Dell Mini 10 has one of the worst touchpads I've ever used. Fine in almost every other capacity considering the price, but the touchpad is so bad it makes casual browsing and the like a pain. I'd keep clear of it tbh.