HP Dives Into Netbooks With Mini 1000
After a little ‘toe in the water′ experiment with an educational netbook, HP has finally gone all out by announcing 3 Mini 1000 netbooks targeting “mobile professionals, always-on social media enthusiasts and fashion-forward women”. The piano-black Mini 1000 comes hot on the heels of Dell’s big-screen Mini 12 but sports a more modest 10.2in display with a good 1024 x 600 resolution. There’s also one with a more usual 8.9in display and all models come with a keyboard that’s ‘92%’ the size of a regular lappie keyboard. The Mini 1000 is powered by a 1.6GHz Intel Atom processor, has up to 2GB of Ram and comes with a choice of Windows XP or Linux operating systems. It has an Ethernet jack, 2 USB ports, built-in Webcam and microphone and WLAN support. 3G versions are due in December so it may be wise to hold off. Storage options include SSDs up to 16GB or mechanical hard disk drives.There are three versions: the Mini 1000, the Mini 1000 MIE [Linux] version and the expensive Mini 1000 Vivienne Tam version for fashionable ladies. They are priced at [US] $399, $379 and $699, respectively with the MIE version being held back until January 2009. We are still awaiting UK pricing but expect it to be a lot higher.-Martin Lynch laptop netbook
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