Dell Vostro A90 Netbook

[The Recruiter]

Dell have taken the Inspiron Mini 9 netbook into the paintshop and emerged with their latest business notebook, the Vostro A90. Aside from the sober styling, the specifications of the A90 netbook are exactly the same as found in the Mini 9:



Dell is preparing to ship its new netbook known as the Vostro A90 in Japan, and it is basically an Inspiron Mini 9 netbook with nine new colors to choose from.
Specification

• Intel Atom N270 1.6GHz processor
• 8.9" LCD display at 1,024 x 600 resolution
• 1GB RAM
• 8GB solid state drive
• Wi-Fi connectivity

The Dell Vostro A90 will be offered solely with Windows XP as Operating System, rather than the Mini 9’s Ubuntu Linux configuration. The usual three USB 2.0 ports, VGA output, memory card reader and audio in/out are there, together with ethernet, WiFi and Bluetooth 2.1 +EDR. Vostro A90 will retail for an extremely expensive $972 after conversion, which is totally out of the Mini 9's price range.

[Gonzo]

The Vostro line of computers don't have all the preinstalled stuff that serves as advertising income to Dell to offset the cost (and so lower the purchase price) of their products.

[Regina]

The company charges ¥57,079 or about $614 US for the Inspiron Mini in Japan. I can only assume that the black paint is bullet proof.