14 DAY TRIAL // Today is the 1st of September, which actually means that all those rumors of an August release for Dell's highly anticipated mini-notebook have been nothing more than just that – rumors. Either that, or Dell is having certain problems with achieving the $299 price tag, which is yet another rumor that has been making the rounds this past month.
Ever since Michael Dell was first seen carrying one of these things earlier this year, rumors on the possible release date of Dell's Inspiron 910 just kept getting stronger. It was generally believed that the Round Rock-based company would enter the netbook market in August, by announcing its first sub-notebook computer system. August 22 was just one of the many dates thought as a possible release day for the Mini Inspiron. Unfortunately, all the fans were somehow let down with the Inspiron 910 being a no-show.
Dell’s netbook was touted as a real Eee PC competitor, especially since it presumably provided the very basics in portable computing technology for a significantly lower price tag, compared with any other netbook currently available on the market. The Inspiron 910 is expected to come equipped with a Linux-based Ubuntu operating system in an 8.9-inch form factor.
As with most other current netbooks, the Inspiron 910 will be powered by an Intel Atom processor, running at 1.6GHz. It will provide 1GB of RAM, and up to 12GB of storage space on an SSD. According to several rumors, the small Inspiron is even said to provide 3GB capabilities in some offers.
This being said, one thing is for certain and that is that Dell is yet to officially announce its netbook system. Nevertheless, despite the fact that August is over and no release took place, the general opinion still has it that the Inspiron 910 is close to an official launch. Word in the industry has it that September 9 is the most probable release date, which means that we’re a little over a week away from it. All there’s left for us to do is wait.