Dell plays defense with Mini 9 Netbook

This post was updated at 12:30 p.m. PT to reflect Dell’s announcement of partnering with Vodafone.

A year after the Asus Eee PC began aggressively marking territory in the low-cost notebook business, the second-biggest PC maker in the world is finally ready with an reply.

The Dell Inspiron Mini 9 will be formally announced Thursday, as CNET News reported Tuesday. It’s Dell’s first foray into

the Netbook category–undersize notebooks powered by Intel’s Atom processor.

Hewlett-Packard, Acer, and seemingly hundreds of lower-tier players jumped in months ago to what has been certainly the most interesting development in the PC business in some instance. But is it too late for Dell to manufacture a meaningful impact in the category? Furthermore, is it even essential for Dell to participate?

Orginal post by Erica Ogg

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