When I ordered my Mini-10 netbook, the scheduled ship date was May 7th and the estimated delivery (at the 3-5 business days $10 shippig charge I chose) was May 12th. Needless to say, I was looking forward to receiving the netbook, especially since I sold my Asus Eee PC netbook last weekend.

On the day it was scheduled to ship, I received an email advising that the expected delivery date May 16th! The even bigger surprise was that it actually shipped the next day. Not only that, Dell upgraded the shipping to Saturday delivery, at no extra charge to me — so it arrived even before the original expected delivery date.

I know that some people, including ones whose judgement I respect, have had problems with Dell. However, I’ve always been impressed with their quality and service.

My first step, of course, was to turn it on and accept the license agreement for the “system builder’s” version of Windows XP Home. The operating system is one place where Dell is unlike some of its competition. Dell actually provides the Windows operating system CDROM…

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