JKK has found it very easy to upgrade Mini9 SSD:

http://jkkmobile.blogspot.com/2008/12/b ... 9-too.html

http://jkkmobile.blogspot.com/2008/12/r ... ini-9.html

@layla: no external HD for me; I only ever filled up 5 GB of the 80 GB HD on my last machine, so 16 GB is plenty. @dougz: YouTube vids run fine. Hulu doesn't work in Canada. If choosing now, with options proliferating, the Mini9's violations of keyboard norms might be a dealbreaker. Here's my mini-e...

It really is silent. Key pitch is 17mm - to compare to what you have now, measure the 10-key row QWERTYUIOP - whatever its width is in cm is pitch in mm. My Picturebook was 16.5, so I have no problem with it. The glossy screen is OK. A few design decisions I would change (Fn keys eliminated & mapped...

Conflicting sources on this. This guy confidently says the 945GMS chipset is as good as it's going to get for a while - Poulsbo chipset being for the lower-power Silverthorne Atom only. But Anandtech's Dell Mini review has this: I asked Dell why it opted against Poulsbo and I was told that it was a ...

Thread in this forum: laptop fan alternatives? is an Aspire One owner looking for a quieter fan. Also reviews & comments at www.ncix.com include some complaints, e.g. here I'm finding the fan of this unit to be very noisy...is this common/normal? The last laptop I heard make this much noise was one ...

They're still tweaking their customized Ubuntu desktop - that version expected to issue in a few weeks.

Unless I'm naive to think LED backlighting means no hum (such as Andyb was disappointed to hear from his Eee 900 ), this solid-state unit should be truly silent. Tiny computers aren't for everyone, but I've been using a Sony Picturebook (also 8.9" and 2 pounds) as my only machine for 7 years - so my...

(seems I need a post before I can post links, so here's one; real post to follow)