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It’s official, Dell UK has started selling the Mini 10 for 299 pounds for the 1.33GHz version or 329 pounds for the 1.6GHz version.

You can buy it here. It won’t ship for another 3 weeks however.

More details on the Dell Mini 10 have been released:
http://en.community.dell.com/blogs/direct2dell/archive/2009/02/18/dell-s-mini-10-packs-a-punch.aspx

Some things that jump out:

• QVC gets to sell it first… er… right.
• It will be available on Dell.com on February 26th – one day before my pre-announced release date here
• QVC price is $559
• Weighs 2.86lbs
• 2 choices of Atom processor: Z520 or Z530
• 160GB 5400rpm HDD … no SSDs for the release
• 1GB of fixed RAM (non-upgradable)…. fail.
• No Ubuntu for release – coming later this year.
• GPS / TV Tuner / 720p screen all to be released later in the year.  Goddamit.

Summary:  Not a lot of netbook for a lot of money.  I’m going to have to reconsider which netbook to buy now.