a review of the dell inspirion mini 9 running linux
After months of rumors, Dell enters the mini-notebook market with its long-anticipated Inspiron Mini 9. Dell took its time releasing its own netbook, and it is clear they spent the extra days and hours getting (nearly) everything just right. With a small footprint, sleek industrial design, 1.6-GHz Intel Atom processor, and a tailored version of Ubuntu

Dell is adopting a multi processor strategy with laptops running both an arm and a centrino processor.
This will have a positive impact on Linux adoption, because users will get used to Linux.