Dell Mini 10v vs. New Dell Mini

kavsmdf

Hey guys,

can anyone tell me if getting the new Dell mini has any big advantage over the old one? The old one has a price tag of 229, and the new one is 279euro.

The only difference I can see is the processor:

Intel® Atom™ Processor N270 (1.60GHz, 533MHz, 512K cache) = Old

Intel® Atom™ N450 Single Core Processor (1.66GHz, 667MHz FSB, 512K L2 Cache) = New

It doesn't seem like much to me, but would it make a big difference?

I need this laptop for going travelling in September, should I wait or buy now?

Thanks guys

ethernet

Thinking the same thing. The dirty shower seem to have scrapped the model with the SSD and Linux.

Seems like a decent machine to bring with you when travelling.

Alanstrainor

The N450 is the most recent Atom processor, and combines the processor and graphics in one chip. Having read a few comparisons online, it seems that it does give a tiny performance boost and can handle 720p video playback, but the biggest difference is in the battery consumption. One review compares the Asus ee 1005ha, and the asus 1005pe, one with the old n270+intel gma graphics, and the other with the most recent N450 chip, and they claimed there was a 25% increase in battery life in a side by side test.
So it's not going to give a noticeable performance boost, but should give better battery life.

Voodu Child

Primarily the main benefit of the new platfom is power consumption. There is only a very small increase in CPU and graphics performance.

Now better power consumption will give you longer battery life, which is ideal in a netbook, but you have to of course take into account battery size. If they're shipping it with a crappy 3-cell battery as standard then I would take my money elsewhere.

leninbenjamin

Just so you know, I've found the touchpad on the Dell Mini's to be absolutely horrendous to work with, the buttons are integrated in the touchpad itself so often a movement turns into a click, that type of crap (well, only used the old one but i think the new one is the same). I would look at getting another model tbh.

Battery life and reduced heat output seem to be the only differences.

PogMoThoin

leninbenjamin wrote: »

Just so you know, I've found the touchpad on the Dell Mini's to be absolutely horrendous to work with, the buttons are integrated in the touchpad itself so often a movement turns into a click, that type of crap (well, only used the old one but i think the new one is the same). I would look at getting another model tbh.

Battery life and reduced heat output seem to be the only differences.

+1, having terrible issues with the touchpad, its my only gripe with it

AlmightyCushion

Like above the touchpad is ridiculously bad. It seems like they were trying to copy the touchpad on the macbooks but failed at it.

L31mr0d

leninbenjamin wrote: »

Just so you know, I've found the touchpad on the Dell Mini's to be absolutely horrendous to work with

+1

The touch pad is horrible. I'll usually use a micro USB mouse with it. It's my only real gripe with it though.

JoePie

I ordered one of these bad boys the other day. My Inspiron 1525 has literally started falling apart for no good reason, so I'm in need of something cheap and decent to see out the rest of college and the Summer. The reviews I read generally gave 3.5/5 and said it was 'middle-of-the-road' compared to other networks, but the battery is around 9 hours, if you were just browsing the web all the time. Atoms aren't great I know, but hopefully it can manage WMP, a Word document or two and Firefox at the same time. Although, I'll definitely notice the difference switching from a dual core and 3GB RAM to a single core with 1 GB RAM.

dermo1990

I heard the battery on the new mini 10 can last up to just a few minutes shy of ten hours, but I would have to agree, the touchpad is fairly woeful. Even a slight tap on it will cause the thing to respond, but I guess that can be remedied in the control panel

_Kaiser_

+1 on the awful touchpad.. aside from that they're not a bad machine.

I preferred the short-lived mini-12s though (I ordered about 8 of them for work when they came out and thought they were great). Anyone know why they were ever scrapped?