If you got a Dell Inspiron Mini 9 and you want to use your netbook as a GPS navigation system, you can do so easily by installing a GPS unit right by your bluetooth internals.
I started by tearing the Mini down and seeing if it was even possible. Luckily, there’s a bit of space around where the Bluetooth adapter is located. It wasn’t much, but it looked like enough, so I ordered
By making use of Microsoft’s Live Search cashback program, you can easily get 20% off HP laptops and stuff bought on eBay.
One you enter your e-mail address, you will get the following:
There, now you can buy stuff for 20% less. This should be great for any major purchases you make online.
I started my search at Live.com and searched for “cheap” along with some product name; I tried a few variations such as “cheap wii”
Here’s a good Eee PC hack that will allow you to run your Windows XP faster with SSDs. This could probably apply to any netbook with SSDs.
Cheaper SSD drives like our Core V1 and Core V2 series have limitations with random writes filling up the write buffer on the drive and causing the SATA controller to pause while this is flushed. The reason for this is Nand MLC drives at present have to erase before they write…hence you get added latency. So every bit written to the drive has to be preceded by a bit erased, the drive can not write
MSI Wind 10-inch netbook will be available for you to walk-in and buy at BestBuy retail stores real soon. The best part is that you can go to BestBuy and test the thing out yourself then order it cheaper via Amazon.
I am about to get a netbook and it’s either going to be this MSI or the Eee PC so we will see…
CITY OF INDUSTRY, CA – October 06, 2008 – MSI Computer, a leading manufacturer of computer hardware products and solutions, is excited
Here’s a really cool DIY on how to run OS X on your Dell Mini 9 Netbook! I guess this would be a cheap way of acquiring a MacBook really.
The steps to Leopard-ize the mini are actually quite simple and easy to follow. After you download the slipstreamed ISO and burn the 3.2GB ISO to a DVD you boot up the Dell mini off a external DVD drive (Press 0 (Zero) at the BIOS screen) and installed Leopard as usual.
via engadget,
