subject: N450-powered Dell Mini Inspiron - long battery life [print this page] This is one of the first Dell N450-powered netbooks to go on special, so if battery-life is important to you, it's worth a look. The N450 1.66GHz CPU is from Intel's recently-announced Pine Trail family, which won't give you more peformance but should extend your battery life compared to Intel's previous N270 and N280 CPUs. In this case, with a six cell battery standard, Dell and JB-Hi-Fi claim this machine will run for around 9-hours. Normally, you need to take vendor battery claims with a pinch of salt, since most are based on running a laptop virtually in standby mode - but Pine Trail is about extending battery life, so 9 hours of average computing with a six-cell battery using a new N450 should be close to the truth. We'll definitely be testing this shortly in our Labs.
The new Inspiron comes with 1GB of RAM in which Windows 7 Starter edition will run fine, and a 250GB hard disk.The 10in screen has 1024x600 resolution and Wi-Fi can do 802.11 b/g.
If battery life is not such a big deal for you, how does this special stack up against other netbooks also on special? For roughly the same price (also from JB Hi-Fi), you can get a Samsung netbook powered by an N280 with almost identical specs to the N450-powered Inspiron, but which also does Wireless N, for faster Wi-Fi connections. Elsewhere, we're starting to see retailers drop prices of netbooks powered by the older CPUs. For instance, Acer Aspire Ones are dropping into the $300 to $399 space at several retailers, while basic 10in ASUS Eee PCs are also starting to come down in price. Battery-company.com.au is dedicated to offer you the highest quality Laptop Battery with reasonable prices. All of our DELL Laptop Battery are directly purchased from various reputable manufacturers through out the world. The Laptop Battery have passed strict quality assurance procedures to achieve international standards certification. DELL Laptop Battery Care and maintenance: 1. Your DELL Laptop Battery is a product of superior design and craftsmanship and should be carefully treated.The suggestions below will help you protect your warranty coverage.
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