HP Mini 210-2100 review index:
- 1 – Overview
- 2 – Window 7 Starter and Rescue Disk
- 3 – hardware specifications and gallery
- 4 – Insyde H20 BIOS
- 5 – CPU-Z data
- 6 – Intel GMA 3150 and OpenGL (GPU Caps Viewer, GPU-Z)
- 7 – N550 Performance
- 8 – Installation of Linux Ubuntu 11.04
- 9 – Conclusion
1 – HP Mini 210-2100: Overview
I had the oppurtunity, few days ago, to quickly play with a Mini 210-2100, new HP’s netbook. The Mini 210-2100 is powered by the new Intel Atom N550 @ 1.5GHz, a dual core processor with hyperthreading capabilities which means the operating system sees 4 logical cores:
More details about Intel Atom™ Processor N550 can be found HERE.
The price of this netbook is around US $380.
HP Mini 210-2100 is available in several colors (Charcoal, Ice Berry and Ocean Drive) and I tested the blue (Ocean) one (HP Mini 210-2180).
The Mini 210 like most of netbooks is small. Here is a comparison with a GTX 580:
HP’s netbook is shipped with a 40W AC power adapter:
HP Mini 210-2100 review index:
Aspire One 522.
Intel sucks. AMD powered netbooks will beat the crap out of them.
Full DX11 in a netbook, FTW.
How much, 380€…
They sell AMD HP Probook for little bit more and with Ubuntu, netbook is a toy you won’t get far with it.
AMD powered will actually blast off.
No rival;)
I bought one of these as a holiday travel spare. Fast enough to surf and do email, small enough to pack anywhere, cheap enough so you’re not devastated if some person purloins it. Also good for backing up pics in case camera gets stolen. Screen is same size as an iPAd, and guess what, it comes with a nice keyboard, an integrated case, a dual core processor and a great deal more storage for approximately half the price. Oh, and it also has USB ports and flash…..
We also upgraded the ram to 2GB and the OS to Windows Home Premium and it works just fine for the purpose. Also great as a budget PC, just plug in a regular keyboard and a monitor up to 1080p from the VGA connection (iPad doesnt have that either).