Here in Tennessee we had a tax free holiday over the weekend of the 8th and 9th of Aug. 2009. I've been looking at netbooks for a while with the intent of purchasing one. Well I did, and I decided on the HP-Mini Netbook model 110-1025DX. The mini specs are as follows:
- Product Height: 1.3"
- Product Width: 10.3"
- Product Weight: 2.6 Lbs.
- Product Depth: 6.8"
- Color: Black
- CPU: Intel Atom 1.6"
- Display Type: LED Anti-Glare Widescreen (1024x576)
- Screen Size: 10.1"
- System Bus 533Mhz
- Cache Memory: 512KB on die Level 2
- System Ram: 1GB
- Memory Type: DDR2 Pc-6400
- Hard Drive Type: 160GB Serial ATA (5400 RPM)
- No Optical Drive
- Digital media card reader 5 in 1
- Graphics: Up To 128MB
- MPG: Yes
- Built In Webcam: Yes
- No Modem
- Networking: Built in 10/100 Base-T Ethernet (RJ-45)
- Wireless networking: Yes. Wireless B & G
- PCMCIA Slots: None
- USB 2.0 Ports: 3
- Battery Type: 3 Cell lithium ion
- Battery Life: up to 3 hours
- Pointing Device: Touchpad
- VGA Out: Yes
- O/S: Windows XP Home SP3
- Energy Stat Qualified: Yes
- Comes with various software such as Microsoft Works 9.0, Norton Interet Security Suite
I really enjoy this little mini! I got it for its lite weight, small size and portability. It quickly surfs the net, watches videos and movies with out a hitch. It also does a great j0b for my blogging. Has built in Wireless and a webcam. For as small as it is, it's very quick. It has plenty of hard drive space, 160GB. Vga Out to hook up to an external monitor. I plan to pick up an external DVD-RW. This thing stays very cool to the touch. It does what I need it too, not only surfing, but runs Office 2007 and OpenOffice smoothly. I got the system for $329 with no tax. I must say that I am very pleased with this mini. It takes some time getting used to typing on such a small computer, but you will learn quickly I love the widescreen for movies and such. I wish it had an S-Video out so I could hook it up to my TV, but that's not too important. I have other laptops that can do that. When Solid State Drives come down in price, I plan to replace the standard hard drive with one, making it even faster. I would recommend this Mini as a secondary Laptop or if you have a desktop. I give it 4 out 5 stars. All and all for the price. it's an excellent Mini. aif you have any comments or questions pleae feel free to post!
haha, nice review. I also own the HP Mini.
ReplyDeleteI'm pretty happy with it, except for the battery life. After 2 hours i have to charge again. I'm looking for a battery then the 3cells I have now.
I have the up on the same model but when I looked it up on the HP website, it says that max RAM is 1GB. Were you able to increase the RAM t0 2GB?
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I only have 1 GIG of RAM, and after looking at the HP site, I see that it's max size is 1 gig. I believe I got the information from Best Buy (shouldn't have done that.) Best Buy's specs on the Mini have changed, it no longer says its expandable to 2GBs. Which is a disappointment to me. Sorry for the misinformation, I was just going by Best Buy's website. Thank you for pointing that out.
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