Dell mini 10

Getting one of these soon, and am wondering if anyone knows if you can upgrade the internal wireless from b/g to N? Call to Dell resulted in a shrug.

So does anyone have one fo these, and have you been inside it? Id also like to bump up the memory from 1gb if possible, the Dell rep I talked to really was clueless.

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veritas_libertas

Bokeh wrote: »

Getting one of these soon, and am wondering if anyone knows if you can upgrade the internal wireless from b/g to N? Call to Dell resulted in a shrug.

So does anyone have one fo these, and have you been inside it? Id also like to bump up the memory from 1gb if possible, the Dell rep I talked to really was clueless.

I would start with this web site: MyDellMini Home

arwes

Buying new? From what I see on the Dell site you can upgrade to a 802.11g/n card for $25.

Bokeh

Its actually through Qwest, for moving from cable to DSL, so we can save a few bucks each month. Both of us have cut way back on our internet use, so dont want to pay the high prices anymore.

Once I get it, I'll contact Dell and see if I can get the card from them at a decent price.

arwes

This is the card they offer as an upgrade if you order from them direct:

DELL 2.4/5 GHz Wireless 1510 PCI Express Internal WLAN Half-Height Mini-Card for Select Dell Inspiron / Studio / XPS Laptops : Networking | Dell

hypnotoad

I have a mini 9 -- the RAM is accessible and you can go up to 2x 1 gig sticks.
The wireless card is accessible but I haven't played with it much.
And the hard drive is a little SSD on a PCI-express 1x slot that should, in theory, be really fast (but isnt).