Dell Mini 9 Owners Thread

Rich43 · 4 Dec 2008 at 09:33

Ok i just wanted to get all the mini 9 owners in one place.

My mum got one yesterday, removed the default ubuntu and installed intrepid and put netbook remix packages on top of that.

I didnt like how it doesnt use the default ubuntu repositories so i had to format it :-(

One funny thing is my sisters boyfriend came over with his mini 9 too and we was sitting on sofa with same laptop and I also had a 9" eee pc in the same room!

Also a note for owners, if you didnt know, theres a card slot under the battery for a 3G sim card!
the mobile phone operators appear to use same model.

Heres a nice site:
http://www.ubuntumini.com/

DavidB · 4 Dec 2008 at 10:22

Also a note for owners, if you didnt know, theres a card slot under the battery for a 3G sim card!

Although theres a slot, there's nothing to read it, it's just a slot for other models of the dell mini afaik

thedinks · 4 Dec 2008 at 13:41

You have to solder a connector onto the mb to use the spare slot if you have a normal mini.

I've just put vista on mine and it runs great.

tres · 4 Dec 2008 at 16:06

Is it worth getting one for general playings about and travelling?

I'm |--| this close to ordering one right now!

Someone sell it to me!!!

vorm · 5 Dec 2008 at 16:10

DavidB said:
Although theres a slot, there's nothing to read it, it's just a slot for other models of the dell mini afaik

Does this mean that you can buy a model with it connected?

I've looked on their site and cannot see the relevant option.

Dashik · 5 Dec 2008 at 20:52

If you get the Dell Mini from Vodafone then it comes with either 1/3 Gb for £25/£30 per month.

So you pay for the data transfer amount and get the Dell Mini free. Ish......

So if thats a good deal for you then you make your choice. It is unfortunatly the 7Gb SSD version though.

englishpremier · 27 Jan 2009 at 13:30

Interestingly the Mini 9 doesn't appear to be as popular on here as the Acer One - despite the mini 9 being just as cheap and with a better spec

DoubleCheese · 8 Feb 2009 at 00:56

Is there a way to get the Vodafone branded Mini 9's to use a different operator, T-Mobile say?Any links would be a great help.

Dashik · 8 Feb 2009 at 01:11

Yes theres a program available, Dell wireless, from the mydell mini site if you search for it. It lets me use my 3 mobile sim in the internal sim socket instead of via the 3 dongle

DoubleCheese · 8 Feb 2009 at 09:24

Dashik, any chance you can post the link here? All I seem to see is the driver, not the actual application. Thanks.

Dashik · 8 Feb 2009 at 10:37

Do a search on the following file DELL_WIRELESS-5530-HSPA-MINI_A02_R197332

Thats what I used but cant find a direct link. but plenty of hits come up for that if you look

Hope that helps.

DoubleCheese · 10 Feb 2009 at 11:16

Thanks mate. Found it and it works brilliantly with my T-Mobile WnW SIM card from a dongle I have!

Few more questions....I've just re-installed XP drivers etc, Firefox and Chrome on it and the 8Gb drive only has 1.4Gb left. I guess a larger 16 or 32Gb SSD drive is one option to increase the HDD capacity, but is there a way to use a SD card for extra space? If I got an 8Gb flash drive could I intall apps to that drive and run them from there?

Oh, what SDHC card would you recommend? Any Class 6? Would a RAM upgrade hold things along too or is it not worth it?

rp2000 · 16 Feb 2009 at 21:46

Just bought a vodafone dell mini 9 off an auction site (brand new). 8GB SSD so gonna get working on a custom nlite build for it with drivers integrated.

Anyone know much about loading teh OS off a USB stick (I have an external DVD drive but USB would be better for ease of installation(seeing as 1st build may be wrong

)).

rp2000