I got one of these. The Dell Mini is an ultra-small laptop, about 9 inches by 7 inches and only 2 pounds. I chose the Ubuntu version — I have no particular desire to put windows on such a small laptop. Besides, I’m a linux fan anyway. I also passed up on the upgrades and webcam. I think the base configuration is plenty for what I’ll do.

I’ve been looking for something like this for a while, so I was really excited when these were announced back in May. Dell took a while getting them out, but here they are. Unfortunately, I won’t have an update or pics of it for a while; it doesn’t ship until mid-October! On the bright side, it’s going to get here before NaNoWriMo.

I hope to use this for an on-the-go writing and blogging computer. The keyboard is small (obviously), so it will take some getting used to, but I think I’ll really enjoy using it. I’ll keep you updated.