Can’t wait for a touch screen capable Dell mini 9? You can do it yourself, just like one of the mydellmini forum members did.

Dell seems to be crazy about painting their laptops all over. First they gave some artistic touch to their notebooks, now they are getting to netbooks. Dell Inspiron Mini 9 and 12 got painted at least in 4 variations.

Land of the Rising Sun (Japan, in case you wonder) will enjoy red Dell Inspiron Mini 9 starting from tomorrow. Red version is added to black and white versions of Mini 9. This is so called Dell Inspiron Mini 9 Platinum Package which also comes with flash-drive upgraded to 32GB and is priced at ¥54,980 (about $570).

No word when the rest of the world will see this red beauty. Before you decide to wait, read Dell Inspiron Mini 9 review on Laptopmag.

Dell is offering its first netbook Dell Mini 9 for less than $300 on Black Friday. Do not hope to see the high-end model for such a price. Most likely it will be Mini 9 with 8GB SSD, 512MB RAM, and Ubuntu. Today this kind of configuration costs about $350. So it will be a nice $50 saving. Check out the list of all the offers from Dell here.

If you are not sure whether Dell Mini 9 is worth buying, check out the Dell Inspiron Mini 9 review on Laptopmag.

Laptopmag has a Dell Inspiron Mini 12 review and they are pretty happy with the Mini 12 design, but are upset with its performance under Vista. Maybe it is Vista to blame…

Laptopmag has a review of Dell Inspiron Mini 9 (Linux version) and writes: Despite its inferior keyboard, we recommend the Dell Inspiron Mini 9 over the Aspire one for those users interested in Linux.