Comments on: HP Mini 5101 Netbook Photo Tour

By: netbook photo

netbook photo — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 18:49:24 +0000

hp has fast boot time

By: REMF

REMF — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 09:33:02 +0000

do you think an 11.6″ screen would fit into that chassis?

By: Luscious

Luscious — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 07:56:25 +0000

I don’t hate black, but that bezel and keyboard would look so much better in another color – I liked the all-bronze 2133/2140. The brown/silver Toshiba NB205 wins it for me in color and appearance.

Sans Pinetrail, this unit is rather uninteresting. I wish Intel would get it’s act together and get the next-gen Atom out before the year’s end. This 5101, same as the Toshiba NB205, is just another clearing-house device for Intel to push it’s Atom inventory.

By: TalonZ

TalonZ — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 03:03:56 +0000

If I was just crawling out from under a rock & saw that laptop design + XP I would swear it was 2002

By: Corey McLaughlin

Corey McLaughlin — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 23:51:33 +0000

Does it include a backlight keyboard?

By: Derek

Derek — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 23:36:21 +0000

As an owner of a 1035NR, there are things I like about this and things I don’t. I’ll wait for the full review to give my impressions.

By: James Kendrick

James Kendrick — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 22:20:04 +0000

This is a review unit.

By: James Kendrick

James Kendrick — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 22:19:41 +0000

I will answer all of these questions in a more detailed review coming shortly. This has the 6-cell battery which only slightly raised the back of the laptop up. The battery is not like that of the Mini 1000, it is a standard shape battery that attaches to the back of the netbook.

By: John Ray Cabrera

John Ray Cabrera — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 21:39:27 +0000

did you buy this? from where? how much?

or is this unit just a review unit.

am planning to get one. actually am teteering over either Asus N10E or HP Mini 5101.

buying frenzy i am.

By: Sally hats

Sally hats — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 21:19:47 +0000

Hi is there anyway to get the dimensions? the website says .91″ at the front can you check what the back is without the battery. i plan on getting the 4 cell… thanks

By: Random iPhone Developer

Random iPhone Developer — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 21:10:01 +0000

When you do the review, can you include pictures of the battery (or batteries), particularly to see what it does to the unseen bottom of the machine? I made the mistake of getting the HP 2140 with a 6-cell (actually, they wouldn’t sell me the HD screen with a 3-cell, or even let me buy it as an option!). I suppose in theory the right-angle inch-high “stand” on the back made for a better typing angle, but it also made it horrible to get the machine into a thin bag. You’d think basic questions like this could be handled by HP’s site, but it is lousy at providing any practical details like this.

It may seem like a small thing, but an oddball battery pack can really ruin an otherwise portable machine, and none of the stories I’ve seen on the 5101 have turned it over and show what the battery bulge looks like.

Thanks.

By: James Kendrick

James Kendrick — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 20:40:22 +0000

No, this is the standard res screen (1024×600). The keyboard is indeed nice and big.

By: Grant

Grant — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 20:36:14 +0000

Good to see HP have discovered Chiclet keys. Did the machine come with the higher resolution screen? Looking forward to more in use coverage.