UK Netbook Review

Finally, we’re getting some Pinetrail N450 powered netbooks here in the UK. Before now, the Samsung N210 was the only Pinetrail netbook available here, despite many Pientrail models being available in the US ad around the world.

We just had the unboxing of the Dell Inspiron Mini 10 yesterday, and today LaptopMag has a review up for it as well.

Pros:
- Over 9 hours of battery life from 6-cell 5600 mAh battery.
- Cool new redesign – new colours and no more bulging battery.

Brad, over at Liliputing, got the latest version of the Dell Mini 10 with the new N450 Pineview processor which replaces the outgoing N and Z series processors previously used in the Dell Inspiron Mini series.

Liliputing managed to track down one of Dell’s updated Inspiron Mini 10 netbooks at CES 2010 today. Despite having the same name, they report that Dell has given the Mini 10 a significant overhaul. Of course, it the new 1.66GHz Intel Atom Pine Trail CPU

Liliputing has put up a review of the new Dell Inspiron 11z. It’s a thin and light laptop with a 11.6 inch display, making it a bit bigger than the current Dell Inspiron Mini netbook line. Also, the 11z negates the popular Atom processor we saw in the Dell Mini 9 and Mini 10 for an Intel CULV processor, which provides more power than the Atom chips. So, the new Inspiron 11z is placed firmly between Dell’s Inspiron Mini netbooks and their full sized laptops. Pricewise, it’s only a little more expensive than the 10″ Inspiron Mini 10z – the Inspiron 11z starts at £349 for the basic model. There are options for a more powerful dual core ULV SU4100 processor(+£110), different color lids (+£35), and a larger 6-cell 56 WHr battery(+£30) among the usual other options.