Awhile back during the weekend Singapore was hosting the first ever F1 night race, I had the opportunity to chill out at the F1 Paddock Club courtesy of the dudes at Dell Singapore. Dell happens to be a sponsor for the BMW-Sauber team, and had a couple of invites for members of the media. While waiting at the Dell Singapore offices for our ride to the Paddock Club, I had the opportunity to get some hands-on time with a production unit of the new Dell Inspiron Mini 9 laptop.

Dell Inspiron Mini 9 - in perspective
First impressions: the laptop is seriously small, ss you can see in the picture above, with my Nokia N82 placed next to it for some perspective. Then again, netbooks are meant to be small and compact; the Inspiron Mini 9 is no larger than most other netbooks i’ve had the opportunity to check out in recent months.

