More leaks, pics, on Dell's upcoming Netbook

(Credit: Gizmodo)

With Netbooks either available or on the way from HP, Lenovo, and Acer (to say nothing of Netbook mainstays like Asus and MSI), one of the only players yet to join the fray is Dell. We've been seeing leaked pics and specs for a Dell Netbook for some time now, and Monday's flood of new information is a pretty clear indication that we should be seeing something official in the not-too-distant future.

Gizmodo has some allegedly leaked spec sheets for something called the Dell Inspiron 910, which will offer 4GB, 8GB, and 16GB SSD drives, along with an August 22 release date and a starting price of $299. Engadget describes a system with an Intel Atom CPU, 8.9-inch display, 80GB drive, and 2GB of RAM (which seems unlikely), called the Mini Inspiron.

We're fairly sure at least some of this info is wrong, but few upcoming laptops have garnered the kind of buzz this Dell Netbook is getting. Stay tuned, because we'll no doubt see more rumors and leaks in the coming weeks.

Update: The original Engadget post seems to have been "unpublished" and replaced with one that cites the more believable Gizmodo information.

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Does anyone else think it seems odd that the specs on this unit include Windows XP? Would Dell release a new product line loaded with a dead product line? And let's assume that this is a typo, would you want to run Windows Vista on those specs? Maybe they meant Windows Mobile (or CE for you old school folks). If that's the case why wouldn't you just get one of the nice PPC phones that have video out capabilities (I assume that would be the feature that most people would use to justify this with) Don't get me wrong the thought of a small, light and inexpensive laptop gets my attention. I just don't see it in those "leaked" specs.

[muestro]

Windows Vista was not designed to run on these kind of specs like you say. It makes a lot of sense to ship the netbooks with XP or linux.

[veruslite]

Theres a difference between DEAD and DISCONTINUED product line. Windows XP is still the OS of choice as far as anything MS has to offer. If you hadnt noticed windows Vista(which couldnt run on any netbook anyways) is pretty much the Windows ME of this generation. I mean there already releasing large amounts of details regarding Windows 7 to get Vista out of peoples heads ASAP. So it makes perfect sense that the unit would come installed with XP (or Linux if thats you're cup-o-tea)