HP has an annoying habit of releasing different notebooks unde the same model number. So while I reviewed an HP Mini 210 earlier this year, here I am reviewing the HP Mini 210 again. One obvious difference is that I reviewed the Mini 210 HD previously, which had a 1366 x 768 pixel 720p HD display, while the latest unit…

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[/caption] HP appears to be preparing to refresh its business class netbook line with a new model called the HP Mini 5103. For the most part, this model looks like the HP Mini 5102 I reviewed a few months ago. But the new model will come with a choice of a 1.66GHz Intel Atom N455 or 1.86GHz Intel Atom N475…

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HP is introducing a new model into its Mini line of netbooks with the launch of the HP Mini 100e Education Edition netbook. This is the first product aimed at students between kindergarten and 6th grade. The netbook is designed with a strong plastic chassis with steel pins, a spill-resistant keyboard (with mylar film under the keys), and an LED…

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A few days ago HP revived the HP Mini 110 name with a new line of netbooks that look suspiciously like HP Mini 210 models. Now it looks like HP is officially discontinuing the Mini 210… sort of. MyHPMini reports that the HP Mni 210 and HP Mini 210 Studio Tord Boontje Edition netbooks were listed as “end of life…

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HP has been targeting its Mini 5101 and 5102 netbooks at education markets since the get go. But it looks like HP may have a new education oriented mini-laptop up its sleeve. Engadget’s Joanna Stern spotted an HP Classmate PC netbook running SUSE Linux 11 at Novell’s Computex booth this week. The netbook features a 10 inch display and an…

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The HP Mini 210 and 2102 is what HP is calling its third-generation consumer netbook. That’s because the HP Mini 2133, 2140, and 5101 were all business/education machines. SO the HP Mini 2102 is the descendent of the HP Mini 1000 and Mini 110. But that doesn’t mean it takes all its design cues from those models. In fact, one…

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Every now and again the FCC will publish a document that will completely ruin the surprise launch of an upcoming product. And sometimes companies do a much better job of covering their tracks by requesting the FCC hide some of the good stuff behind a confidentiality agreement. It looks like HP is taking the latter approach with two new products…

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HP has a habit of dressing up its netbooks with special edition covers from big name designers like Vivienne Tam and Tord Boontje. So what better way to spruce up a Chinese HP Mini knockoff than by adorning it with a little bling? Of course, there’s bling and then there’s bling. And while the HP Mini 1000 Vivienne Tam Edition…

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After a false start over the weekend, HP has finally gotten around to officially launching the HP Mini 1000. This machine is the second netbook from HP. It replaces the HP Mini 2133 Mini-Note, and in some respects the HP Mini 1000 is certainly an upgrade. In others, not so much. While the new model has a faster CPU, it…

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