Dell Inspiron Mini 12 Netbook
Dell Inspiron Mini 12
The Dell Inspiron Mini 12 is the largest of the three Netbooks that Dell produces. One recent Dell Inspiron Mini 12 review said that it may outdo many full sized laptops. It includes a stunning 12.1 widescreen LCD display that does a great job on both documents and videos. The display has a gloss finish and looks amazing in sunlight and low light conditions. The Dell Inspiron Mini 12 netbook also includes a 1.3 Megapixel camera into its display which allows you to easily video conference for work during the day and chat with friends in the evening. The camera is mounted in the perfect location on the display to make it easy to capture the action. The Dell Inspiron Mini 12 ships standard with a 3-cell battery that can supply about 3 hours of use on a full charge and offers a 6-cell as an option to double that run time.
The Dell Inspiron Mini 12 is built around the Intel Atom N520 1.33 GHz processor and includes 1GB of main memory to give you plenty of muscle and memory for all of your graphics intensive programs. You have a choice between a 40GB, 60GB and an 80GB hard drive on the Dell Mini 12 and all three of these will give you plenty of storage capacity for your content. The Dell Mini 12 netbook is also flexible on what operating system you are running and gives you a choice between Windows Vista Home Basic edition and Ubuntu Linux.
The Dell Inspiron Mini 12 provides a lot of external connections that allow you to expand the functionality of the netbook through a universe of peripherals. There are three high-speed USB connections on the Dell Mini 12 and these can be used for any standard USB connected device like a keyboard or external storage.
The Dell Mini 12 also has an integrated RJ-45 connection to allow you connection to a wired network. There is even an external VGA monitor connection in case you want to use the Dell Inspiron Mini 12 with a larger monitor. Also included is a 3-in-1 memory card reader on the Dell Mini 12 that allows you to easily transfer content to the netbook. This reader will support any industry standard memory card including SD, MMC and MS cards. Finally, the netbook includes a standard connection for an external microphone and a connection for external speakers.
In addition to the wired connections, the Dell Inspiron Mini 12 also provides an 802.11g Wifi connection, which makes connecting to the internet a breeze. You can even add an optional Bluetooth 2.0 card to the unit for connection to Bluetooth devices like printers and stereo headphones. One unique option the Dell Mini 12 offers is the inclusion of a broadband connection. If you choose to install this you can connect through the cell phone network and always be assured of a high-speed connection. The reviews on this larger entry into the netbook category for Dell have been very favorable and one Dell Mini 12 review mentioned that the build of the Dell Mini 12 was exceptional. Considering all of the features and advanced technology that Dell was able to pack into the Dell Mini 12, it represents an amazing value for the price.