Digital Home Thoughts: Dell to Enter the Mini-Notebook Arena

"Michael Dell gave a quick look of this tiny shiny notebook at the D6 conference today. Gizmodo editor Brian Lam snapped a few pics of the notebook that’ll compete with the ASUS Eee PCs and the HP Mini-note 2133. Dell’s not releasing the details on this one yet, but the Dell blog did have a couple of more pics. The shiny lid looks nice, but the keyboard/palm rests looks too budget for my taste."


Awfully pretty when it is closed, not so much when it is open. I'd like to see someone go in the opposite direction though. No, I don't necessarily want an ugly machine, but since these are lightweight and portable, why not put a little bit into making them rugged rather than pretty. I carry my Asus in my bag all the time, so I'd like to see it be able to take a beating. Seems that for models using an SSD, it would just be a matter of rubberizing the case and perhaps adding some protection for the screen.