Here’s a little secret about netbooks. You want to know why they all have 7 inch, 8.9 inch, or 10.2 inch displays? It’s because most of them are using the same displays designed for digtial pictrue frames which come in those sizes. There aren’t any 8.4″ digital picture frames, and so there aren’t any 8.4″ […]
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HP Mini 1000 benchmarks
I’ve never been a big fan of benchmarks, because they aren’t always good at telling you how a computer will perform under normal conditions. But if you lik to sift through a bunch of numbers before deciding whether to purchase a netbook, the folks at MiniNote User have psoted a raft of benchmarks for the […]
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HP Mini 1000 Linux edition coming in January
When HP launched its new mini-notebook lineup last week, a $399.99 model running Windows XP was immediately available. HP also showed off a version running Ubuntu Linux with a custom “Mobile Internet Experience” interface which looks like a super-slick version of the Linux program launchers created by Dell and Asus. But there was no firm […]
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HP Mini 1000 unboxed
Xavier at Notebooks.com has posted an unboxing video of the HP Mini 1000 netbook. There’s nothing particularly special about the packaging, but one thing I noted is that the battery bucks the netbook battery trend in size and shape. Instead of fitting onto the back of the laptop, the HP Mini 1000’s 3 cell battery […]
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HP 2133 Mini-Note: I’m not dead yet!
The death of the HP 2133 Mini-Note may have been been greatly exaggerated. While HP did indeed roll out a new netbook this week, Xavier at Notebooks.com says he’s spoken with people at HP who say the origianl HP 2133 netbook is not yet at its end of life, and in fact updates may still […]
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HP could offer cheap netbooks bundled with broadband access
It’s not hard to find a wireless carrier in Europe or Asia that’s offering cheap or free netbooks to customers who sign a one or two year service contract. In the US you can find plenty of carriers who offer these kinds of deals on cellphones, but it’s a bit tougher to find a telecom […]
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HP Mini 1000: RAM upgrades couldn’t be easier
Some netbook manufacturers, like Asus, make it easy to upgrade the RAM by putting an access panel on the back of the unit. Remove 2 or 3 screws, pop off the panel cover, and you can swap out your RAM DIMM for a higher capacity stick. Others, like MSI, make it a bit trickier, requiring […]
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Compaq Mini 700: It’s the HP Mini 1000 with optional HSDPA
While trolling around for HP Mini 1000 news, I noticed a number of stories in UK based publications including Pocket Lint and T3 about the Compaq Mini 700. At first glance, I just figured this was the UK version of the Mini 1000. But upon closer inspection, it appears that the Compaq Mini 700 has […]
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HP Mini 1000 netbook now available for $399 and up
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 […]
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HP spills the beans on the HP Mini 1000 netbook
The HP Shopping homepage has an image of what appears to be the sequel to the HP 2133 Mini-Note. But if you click on the picture of the netbook, which appears to be called the HP Mini 1000, you get nothing. The folks at HP 2133 Guide make an educated guess that the page was […]