New Pine Trail-based version of Dell’s Mini 10

22nd December, 2009 by adina
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On December 21st, 2009, Dell has released a new version of its Mini 10, taking full advantage of Intel’s Pine Trail Atom-based platform. The new Mini 10 has a 1.66GHz Atom N450 processor, which also extends the battery autonomy: compared to the previous 6-cell battery pack, the current autonomy goes up to 9.6 hours for a full charge. This version also benefits from a new feature – a Broadcom HD video decoder.

There have been some modifications in what ergonomics are concerned – the notebook now has a palm rest and sculpted keys, these being the major changes, besides the minor design ones.

Full details of Mini 10’s new version will be released in early January (most likely on the 4th) and until then, the price is yet to be known. Still, Dell seems to be offering most of the original Mini 10’s specifications to the new version, along with some optional upgrades: 1GB of RAM, a 160GB HDD (standard specs). Before the end of March, the HD accelerator will most certainly be available; a 1366×768 display, HDTV tuning and GPS will be available later on. As a surprise, Dell will keep the Windows XP Home OS, along with Windows 7 Starter and Ubuntu Linux.


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