Dell Mini 10 Stuck With 1 GB RAM

[Marcus Yam]

Since its reveal at CES, we’ve figured the Dell Mini 10 to be one of the premium 10-inch netbooks.

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[Guest]

This was supposed to be a different netbook but the disappointing news keep piling up. I guess we'll have to wait for the ION powered netbooks to get something different.

 

[liemfukliang]

Is this mean new and no upgradeable or is this like ultra portable laptop which you can at memory only one slot, while the other slot is soldered?

 

[Marcus Yam]

[citation][nom]liemfukliang[/nom]Is this mean new and no upgradeable or is this like ultra portable laptop which you can at memory only one slot, while the other slot is soldered?[/citation]
It sounds like it's soldered right on the board with no slots at all.

 

[WheelsOfConfusion]

1GB of RAM isn't exactly crippling for a netbook.

 

[mmc4587]

TOM:

Get your head out of your... shoe!

5 years ago I was watching movies, and recording TV on a 1600x1200 display... with 256MB RAM.

1GB RAM is overkill for a netbook.

Sorry, I do understand that some of us feel the need to overcompensate for ..uh smallish Hard Drives.. with extra RAM.

 

[jhansonxi]

I think 1GB is enough. They might have a location on the PCB for a socket but not have it stuffed.

I'm surprised that either Intel or Microsoft would be require memory size restrictions. I haven't seen a "maximum" memory limitation in software since Windows 98.

 

[salovan]

It seems unlikely to be an MS licensing issue. I just ordered a Lenovo S10e netbook with 2.5 GB of RAM which (unfortunately) ships with XP Home.

 

[zodiacfml]

it's not multimedia will be restricted by the 1 GB, it is multitasking and multiple browser windows for a whole day.
unless......
you use vista which is truly a pain at 1GB for simple tasks.

 

[cashcar1979]

Mr. Yam,

Do some research please. Dell's website clearly states the Mini 10 will ultimately have a 2gb configuration "coming soon". To state in this forum a buyer would be "stuck" with a 1gb configuration is false.

 

[cashcar1979]

FYI - here is the link:

http://www.dell.com/content/products/productdetails.aspx/laptop-inspiron-10?c=us&cs=19&l=en&s=dhs