Comments on: HP Mini 1000 netbook comes out of hiding, starts at $399

By: John Ray Cabrera

John Ray Cabrera — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 20:31:18 +0000

no release date still? does it have the same specs with the Compac MiniNote 700? any option for a 6cell battery and a high capacity drive? 160Gb perhaps?

By: Yen

Yen — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 16:34:27 +0000

Hi JK,
I saw the mini 1000 has a single jack for phone and mic, is that meant we can’t use third party manufactured phone jack, I believe most of the headphone with mic comes with 2 jacks.
thanks for your comment.

By: rick

rick — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 04:10:00 +0000

according to the paragraph at the end of this article http://www.digitimes.com/news/a20081028PD204.html The mini 100 is indeed atom powered "In additional news, Hewlett-Packard (HP) recently deciding to switch the CPU of its next generation netbook from VIA's C7-M to Intel Atom"

By: REMF

REMF — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 08:19:30 +0000

HP have three choices with the refresh mininote 2133 assuming they stick with Via CPU’s:

1. keep the same terrible integrated Via chipset
2. use a Via chipset with the new S3 400 ULP GPU for netbooks
3. use the nVidia MCP79 ulv integrated chipset as found in the new MBA

I wonder which it will be?

By: Who

Who — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 05:17:50 +0000

I’m also really most intrested in a Nano or Atom 2133: I love the style and the alu case. Any info from HP about those would be great.

My ideal machine would be
10″ screen (1280×800, or whatever it was)
Nano or Atom
2gb RAM
Linux (! – really no point in putting Vista on these machines!)

Same chassis, with some cunning way to still include good speakers

But I can do the ram myself… I just want something small, beautiful and powerful enough for proper use.

By: REMF

REMF — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 03:17:32 +0000

Is the refresh 2133 due this year or early next, because that is the one i want?

Cheers

By: Luscious

Luscious — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 00:35:09 +0000

James, I spoke with a source from HP.

Vivek, I was referring to the article posted here, not yours.

By: Vivek - The Technicist

Vivek - The Technicist — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 20:26:41 +0000

Lucious, everything other than the Vista bit is mentioned in the article. Vista doesn't get a mention since there isn't any credible information as of yet to support the claim that Vista will be the only option on the Mini 1000. I'd assume XP will be standard, as it should be.

By: James Kendrick

James Kendrick — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 19:35:17 +0000

Luscious, where is your information coming from?

By: Luscious

Luscious — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 19:32:18 +0000

Don’t mean to crash the party here, but folks may want to keep in mind some key points that are not mentioned in the article:

This Mini 1000 is going to go on the consumer side of HP’s lineup, meaning it will come loaded with Vista only – no XP!

10″ screen, 1.6 Atom/Nano, Windows Vista – no thanks!

Also, because this is being sold on the consumer side, it will NOT be replacing the 2133 mininote, that refresh is still due in the coming months.

While I’m curious about the specs for the mini 1000, I’m not going to throw away my 2133 just yet – the 2133 is a very capable machine, so long as you stick with Windows XP.

By: Pam T.

Pam T. — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 19:25:03 +0000

James, I want to know if the speakers in the new model are as awesome as the old model! You remember how great they were, don’t you?

(That may sound pretty minor, but since the 2133 is my mobile entertainment device, I’m thrilled not to carry external speakers for movies and music anymore!)

By: REMF

REMF — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 17:09:54 +0000

you’re missing a trick.

the original article talks about two new netbooks:
1) an update for the 2133
2) new consumer Atom/plastic model with a vivienne tam paint-job

Hooray! they aren’t foing to ditch the alu chassis, but who knows what the ‘update’ will consist of………………..?

By: Dave Zatz

Dave Zatz — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 17:08:44 +0000

Looks hot! The mouse button location is a deterrent for me though. If someone comes up with an OS X build for this, I might let it slide.

By: Kamall

Kamall — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 16:15:36 +0000

So its the 2133 with a larger screen, less bezel and Intel Atom processor? Excellent, this was the exact right thing to do HP!

I do love this netbook over most of the others for having a 1280×768 screen and Expresscard slot! :)

By: Oliver

Oliver — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 15:51:31 +0000

> Like the Acer Aspire One, the left and right mouse betters truly are
> left and right… of the trackpad.

As I type this on my 2133, I am looking at the mouse buttons… and they truly are left and right… of the trackpad. Am I missing something?

By: Erik

Erik — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 15:40:56 +0000

My opinion is that this Netbook from Hp is powered with an Intel Atom!

Thanks for this Infos

Cheers
Erik