Dell Mini 10v Questions

raptormonkey · 31 Oct 2009 at 22:26

My nephew wants to buy a netbook to use in uni. He has said he likes the Dell Mini 10v one. Now, looking at the specs and pricing i see there is one for approx £200 bar a penny. It comes with an 8gb ssd drive. Can this be removed and then replaced with a mechanical 2.5 Hard drive?

I know it also has a linux OS but he could 'have' one of my win 7 retails i bought as i have 2. Plus i am assuming the ram could also be upgraded on it too?

alex24 · 31 Oct 2009 at 22:30

I'd also like to know more about the sub £200 smackers models. They look nice and thin, but I've always avoided the big D like the plague as I've repaired so many terrible desktop PCs of theirs. Why are they so cheap?

sketch145 · 1 Nov 2009 at 01:05

I think the SSDs are connected via mini pci-e in a similar way to the eee pcs with SSDs, so I'm fairly sure the hard drive would not be a straight swap.

The Ram can be upgraded, but there's no access doors so it does involve dismantling the entire chassis. It's not that hard but it is fairly tedious, there's a few vids on youtube showing the process.

You could have a look on the dell outlet if you don't mind a refurbished one, they're selling dell mini 10v's with the 160GB hard drive and XP for £192.11.

raptormonkey · 1 Nov 2009 at 12:53

Anyone able to confirm the above? Is the ssd in the Mini 10v connected via a mini pci-e?

Is the 8gb SSD changeable with an ordinary sata 2.5 drive?

griffo_001 · 5 Nov 2009 at 00:03

http://www.jrin.net/2009_07_23/how-to-upgrade-dell-mini-10v-memory

I'm not sure if thats any use, but its the dismantling of A dell mini 10v, which looks to have a standard 2.5" - I suspect this is the XP model for that reason, but i'm not sure

You all probably know more about it than me, so i'll leave it to the experts to give a definitive answer