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Deals of the Day (8-16-11)

Today’s bargains include some great deals on refurbished notebooks and tablets, and a Walmart promotion allowing you to snag a $50 gift card when you pick up Acer’s new 7 inch Android tablet. Refurb HP Mini 311 11.6″ notebook w/Atom N270, NVIDIA ION for $280 - eXpansys Refurb Acer Aspire One D255 netbook w/Atom N455, 3 cell battery for $175 -…

August 16th, 2011, 3:00 pm by Brad Linder | 3 Comments

Hacked HP Mini 311 BIOS gives overclockers, tweakers more to play with

The HP Mini 311 comes with NVIDIA ION graphics and either an Atom N270 or N280 processor. That gives it more oomph in the graphics department than the vast majority of Atom-based netbooks and notebooks on the market. But as I pointed out in my review of the laptop, it generally feels a little sluggish when you’re performing tasks that…

February 27th, 2010, 10:48 am by Brad Linder | 6 Comments

4 NVIDIA ION powered notebooks compared, contrasted, rated

After almost two years of writing about netbooks with 1.6GHz Intel Atom N270 processors, GMA 950 graphics, 1GB of RAM, 160GB hard drives, and Windows XP, the last few months have been pretty exciting. The low cost ultraportable space has expanded to include machines with CULV processors, NVIDIA ION graphics, and there are even a few models with AMD processors…

December 23rd, 2009, 10:29 pm by Brad Linder | 4 Comments

HP Mini 311 review

The HP Mini 311 was the first notebook with NVIDIA ION graphics to hit the United States. While this 11.6 inch notebook has a little competition today, it’s still the cheapest NVIDIA ION powered ultraportable, with a starting price of just $399.99. And that could make the HP Mini 311 an attractive computer for anyone looking for a machine with…

December 19th, 2009, 5:35 pm by Brad Linder | 28 Comments

Liliputing Holiday Giveaway: HP Mini 311 NVIDIA ION powered notebook

The HP Mini 311 is an 11.6 inch laptop with a 1366 x 768 pixel HD display, a low power 1.6GHz Intel Atom N270 CPU, and NVIDIA ION graphics. Despite the slow CPU, this computer can handle 1080p video playback and 3D graphics acceleration for many modern video games. The folks at NVIDIA sent me a demo unit to review…

December 18th, 2009, 2:57 pm by Brad Linder | 323 Comments

Easier way to convert HP Mini 311 ION LE graphics to full ION

A few weeks ago we posted about a method for taking an HP Mini 311 netbook with Windows XP and NVIDIA ION LE graphics and installing some tweaked drivers to enable support for DirectX 10, a feature that previously only available if you had a full NVIDIA ION graphics card (without the LE). But if you don’t fancy editing your…

December 11th, 2009, 12:54 pm by Brad Linder | 4 Comments

HP Mini 311 unboxing and first look – Video

The HP Mini 311 is one of the first notebooks to hit the streets with NVIDIA ION graphics. The laptop features an 11.6 inch, 1366 x 768 pixel display, an Intel Atom CPU, and ION graphics. And the folks at NVIDIA just sent me one to review. While there are a few other ION-based laptops, including the Lenovo IdeaPad S12…

December 9th, 2009, 5:56 pm by Brad Linder | 21 Comments

HP Mini 311 gets overclocked to 2.1GHz

I may only have been posting here for a couple weeks, but it’s pretty obvious that there are two major sects in the “netbook crowd”: those looking for the best battery life possible and those looking for the best performance they can cram into a tiny package. If you count yourself among the latter, the results from the power-hungry users…

December 5th, 2009, 1:11 pm by Lee | 15 Comments

Not all NVIDIA ION machines are created equal – Video

The HP/Compaq Mini 311 and Lenovo IdeaPad S12 are two of the first laptops available with NVIDIA’s ION chipset which combines and Intel Atom CPU with an NVIDIA GeForce 9400M graphics processor. And Johannes at NewGadgets.de happens to have one of each right now, so did the sensible thing and pitted the two machines against one another in a battle…

November 14th, 2009, 3:52 pm by Brad Linder | 14 Comments

HP Mini 311 with Windows 7, 3G modem reviewed

Verizon Wireless is now offering a subsidized HP Mini311. You can pick the laptop up for $199 when you sign up for a 2 year wireless broadband service plan. That will wind up setting you back $60/month for the next two years, but these plans can often be transferred to different devices if you decide you want a new netbook…

November 14th, 2009, 9:34 am by Brad Linder | 4 Comments

NVIDIA is giving away a dozen ION powered mini-laptops

NVIDIA is running a contest through November 22nd where you can enter to win a custom HP Mini 311 laptop, and HP external Blu-Ray drive, an HDMI cable, a laptop case, and a boatload of software including the games The Sims 3, Portal, and Left 4 Dead, which will presumably run on the HP Mini 311 thanks to the integrated…

November 2nd, 2009, 5:34 pm by Brad Linder | 13 Comments

HP Mini 311 goes under the knife – Dissection photos

The HP Mini 311 is an 11.6 inch notebook with an Intel Atom processor and NVIDIA ION graphics. And if you’ve ever wondered what the computer’s guts look like, MyHPMini forum member teknokracy can help. He picked up a Mini 311 this weekend and immediately proceeded to dissect it to see what makes the computer ticks. The HP Mini 311…

November 2nd, 2009, 4:37 pm by Brad Linder | 1 Comment