UK Netbook Review

HP has updated their business netbook. The new HP Mini 1103 is a business version of the current HP Mini 110/210 series consumer netbook. Unlike the HP Mini 5103 business netbook, the HP Mini 1103 does not have the optional HD display, touchscreen, or dual core processor. It’s more of a budget business netbook, coming in at just $299 USD. You can configure the HP Mini 1103 with Windows 7 Starter, SUSE Linux 11, or FreeDOS and opt for 1GB to 2GB of DDR3 RAM. It has a 7200RPM hard drive and is available in capacities from 160GB to 320GB.

HP’s 210 netbook has been one of the top selling netbooks over the last year. Now, the company has launched a brand new ’210′. Unlike other manufacturers who invent a new model designation for even the slightest feature change, HP has chosen to keep the same name for this netbook, but it’s a brand new design.

The folks at Shanzhaiben have found a notebook that copies the basic design of the HP Mini 5103, but which replaces the Atom N455/N550 processor with a dual core 1.83GHz Intel Atom D525 chip. The knockoff also has an NVIDIA ION graphics processor. There’s also a DVD buner in this clone, and that because it’s much [...]

The HP Mini 5103 is the latest business-class netbook from Hewlett Packard. It uses Intel’s latest dual core Atom N550 processor although it will also be available with single core Atom N455 or N475 CPU options. There’s also a standard fit 7200 RPM, 250GB hard drive with a free fall sensor to stop it spinning in the event of a fall. There are some premium options as well, including a 1366 x 768 pixel HD display, a capacitive touchscreen, a Broadcom Crystal HD video accelerator, 2GB of memory, and Windows 7 Professional. The base model comes in at $399 in the States, although with the premium options, the price quickly skyrockets to around $600.

The folks at Netbook News.de spotted a service manual for the HP Mini 5103 which mentions that this netbook will also be available with Intel’s brand new dual core 1.5GHz Intel Atom N550 processor. That makes sense, since Intel recently announced that the chip would be available in a number of netbooks including models from HP, Asus, Acer, Lenovo, Samsung, and others.