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Dell Mini 12 My reviewDell Mini 12 My review

Features are

  • 12.1in 1,280 x 800 screen
  • 1.6GHz Intel Atom Z530 CPU
  • 1GB DDR2 RAM
  • 80GB hard drive
  • Windows Vista Home Basic Edition
  • 25.5mm thick, 1.25Kg
  • 3-cell 24WHr battery

The use of an Atom CPU with a mere 1GB of RAM to play Windows Vista Home Basic Edition. A Linux system is expected to come later, so it’s not all bad news though.

The Mini 12 costs £429

If considered as a small, low-powered and above all portable notebook, then, the Mini 12 could be a lot more attractive.

How to Install Windows XP from DOS ?How to Install Windows XP from DOS ?

Install Windows XP from DOS (ie. no OS on a new hard drive):

Boot with a Windows 98 Start Up disk

Insert the Windows 98 CD into the CD reader

Run smartdrv.exe from the Win98 directory on the windows 98 CD (file caching)

Type cd.. to back up to the root directory

Insert Windows XP CD into the CD reader

Copy the i386 folder to C:\

Go into C:\i386 folder on C: and type winnt.exe to launch the setup from the hard drive.