Dell confirmed on Monday that it's saying farewell to the Inspiron Mini 9, the company's first foray into the netbook market.
The Inspiron Mini 9 made its debut in September 2008 for $349, the first netbook with built-in mobile broadband from a major wireless carrier, Vodafone.
"Since the launch of the Mini 9, Dell has extended its Mini family with several new products, incorporating industry-led enhancements and customer feedback inspired improvements, and we expanded the palette for personalization options, with more colors and original artwork by Tristan Eaton," Dell wrote in a blog post.
Dell urged consumers to look to the Del Mini 10v instead, which retails for $299. The device boasts a 10-inch display and a bigger keyboard, as well as more storage space and options, like the choice of a 16GB SSD or traditional hard drive up to 160GB, Dell said.
The Mini 10v launched in early May, three months after the debut of the Inspiron Mini 10 in February
Just bought a Mini 9? You're out of luck for now. "We appreciate your business, and hope the Dell Mini 9 continues to deliver a great mobile experience," Dell said.
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June 1, 2009 4:46 PM
That's such a shame - the Mini 9 was a favorite for would-be hackintosh makers since it was so incredibly easy to get OSX86 on them. To boot, it was a great netbook even if you didn't want to do that.
I know Dell's making improvements to the Mini lineup, but to pull the plug on such a successful product in the middle of its popularity is kind of odd.
June 1, 2009 4:53 PM
The Inspiron Mini 9 made its debut in September 2009 for $349, the first netbook with built-in mobile broadband from a major wireless carrier, Vodafone.
September 2009... I remember it like it was yesterday... err, three months from now in the future.
June 1, 2009 5:28 PM
That's disappointing...I really liked the mini 9
June 2, 2009 8:32 AM
The Vostro A90, which is basically the same thing, is available on Dell's website here:
http://www.dell.com/content/products/productdetails.aspx/laptop-vostro-a90?c=us&cs=04&l=en&ref=lthp&s=bsd
June 2, 2009 6:20 PM
Good riddance to the tiny thing. Whats with all the miniaturization? When is the 30" laptop coming out? We need something with enough screen real estate to be productive...it certainly isn't in 9 diagonal inches!