Lust at first sight......

We more "Enterprise 2.0", PC using types don't go all gooey at the knees and want to shout out our emotions from the rooftops when we see new shiny toys (unlike those loud Apple lovin types ), we just succumb to good old lock jawed hardware lust - and this one deserves it. The Grauniad has a picture of the new Dell Inspiron 12" laptop.


Slashdot has a review that fits with our sense of decorum:

An anonymous reader points to what's claimed to be "the world's first look at Dell's 12.1" netbook," running at Australian Personal Computer Magazine. There's a bit of gushing at the beginning, but this is followed by some informative pictures, informal battery-life tests, and interesting background about the machine's components. Upshot: it's a well-made, decent-performing small laptop with a better keyboard than smaller netbooks and more wireless options than most. However, it's shorter on battery life (bigger screen, smaller battery) than Dell's smaller Mini 9, and less easily upgraded.

And it has a 60Gb onboard hard disk!

So - we were discussing just a week or so ago the upgrade of our current laptops (the 2004 version of Dell cute 12" screen ones) - we await with eager anticipation the downgrade to XP now.......