Notebooks.com Hands-On With the New HP Mini 1000

[Jason Dunn]

<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://www.notebooks.com/2008/10/28/hp-mini-1000-netbook-video-demos-specs-and-details/' target='_blank'>http://www.notebooks.com/2008/10/28...cs-and-details/</a><br /><br /></div><p><em>"HP is finally getting into the consumer netbook game with the Pavilion Mini 1000, an Atom-powered computer that runs Windows XP or Ubuntu with an HP customized user interface. I got a chance to sit down with HP's Kevin Wentzel last week and shot a bunch of video and photos. The first version of the HP Mini 1000 features a 10.2-inch glossy display and weighs in at 2.4 pounds. A 2.25-pound version with an 8.9-inch display will be coming soon."</em></p><p><object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" width="520" height="322" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0"><param name="src" value="http://blip.tv/play/_U_WsUrbbg" /><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="520" height="322" src="http://blip.tv/play/_U_WsUrbbg"></embed></object></p><p>Xavier from Notebooks.com was fortunate enough to have some hands-on time with the new HP Mini 1000, and he has a lot of great information on it, including two videos - the one above, and one on the Mobile Internet Edition (MIE) that shows the customized Linux user interface.</p>

[sundown]

Well that's pretty cool and the price seems reasonable. I could see myself using one of these for light computing such as during vacations. I love my HP tx2000 but at 4lbs or so and the 12 inch screen, it's still a little big for non-working vacations. I might even consider the Linux version because I would likely only use it for email, internet, music and blogging. I wonder if the SSD provides a dramatic enough difference in IO performance to consider compromising on capacity.

[Jason Dunn]

I wonder if the SSD provides a dramatic enough difference in IO performance to consider compromising on capacity.

Probably not - the type of SSD they'd be using would be a low-cost one, not a high-performance one. You'd go SSD for no noise and less heat. Myself, I still think hard drives are the way to go - there's just not enough advantage to SSDs yet. In 12-24 months, I think things will be different...