When was the last time you got excited for a laptop? Pull down your pants and say hello to the HP Mini Netbook. Slender, lightweight, and ultramobile, the HP Mini represents a convenient alternative to carrying your primary laptop everywhere you go. Need to write a blog at a trade show or a press conference? Thinking about bringing a computer with you on vacation? Does your back hurt? Finding a reason to own a cute light-weight netbook isn't hard.
Cute is one thing, but what about functionality? True to its "netbook" name, the HP Mini makes getting on the 'Net easy. Besides having a great built-in WiFi antenna, Ethernet port and Bluetooth, an optional 3G broadband wireless capability enables basic Internet access from almost anywhere with cell phone coverage.
We had a camera handy and took some HP Mini unboxing photos. Here's how it went...
Gorgeous, Apple-like packaging. Minimal and classy.
Simple, one sheet instructions. Easy and smart. Obviously HP is learning a few of Apple's tricks.
Well designed and functional packaging. As good or better than Apple.
So small!
Battery. Boring but important.
Powering it up.
Really impressive industrial design. Considered the best in the Netbook category, the HP Mini has the largest keyboard of them all, yet in an overall tiny form factor footprint.
Manuals. *yawn*
Super slim. Less than an inch thick.
HP Mini Technical Specs:
10.2-inch (Diagonal) WSVGA LCD Infinity BrightView LED Display, 1024 x 600 Resolution
1.60 GHz Intel Atom Processor N270 with 512KB L2 Cache
1024MB DDR2 System Memory (1 Dimm), 60GB (4200RPM) Hard Drive, Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 950 (shared) with up to 128MB Total Available Graphics Memory
802.11b/g WLAN & Bluetooth
Genuine Windows XP Home Edition, dims in inches: 6.56 (W) x 10.3 (D) x 0.99 (H) approx., 2.38 lbs
NERD
NOTE: The Mini features either a 8.9- or 10.1-inch LED-backlit display. The 8.9" display has a resolution of 1024x600 pixels, the 10.1" is 1024x576. Both models feature stereo speakers, a webcam, and a single audio jack for both mic and headphones. There is no conventional video output, but the dock connector can carry a VGA connection.
And as Chris Lesinski (HackCollege) and Veronica Belmont (Tekzilla) found out when Chris raided a CES 2009 VIP room, the HP Mini also makes a great dessert* tray.
You have to see the HP Mini in person to really appreciate how tiny it is.
Overall, the HP Mini is on par with Apple. Even though it's plastic, as all inexpensive netbooks are, it's still really well done. And the price is right. It's pretty much as cheap as picking up an iPod.
The perfect on-the-go mobile machine. About the size of a paperback book. The HP Mini may very well be the best value and the best designed Netbook on the market today.
Linux version is about $250. Windows XP version about $300.
Incredible.
*Fancy foo-foo CES desserts not included.
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OtterBox
for iPod Mini On
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thanks to the OtterBox Mini you can now safely take your
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