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HP Mini 1000

By Dan Ackerman on 31 October 2008

HP may have arrived late to the consumer netbook game, but by lifting the generous keyboard from last year's business-oriented model, the Mini 1000 easily joins the category's top tier.

Editor's rating:8.0 User rating:8.6

Comments (9)

  • Ben gave a review on 11/07/2009 13:12

    Anyone know where I can buy one of these in Sydney or online store?

    DSE, Bing Lee, Harris Technology all sell older models..

  • chops gave 2/10 on 26/06/2009 12:25

    • Good: good keyboard
    • Bad: shocking sound quality

    DO NOT BUY if you plan on running XP and listening to music with headphones or external speakers.

    It is shipped with an audio driver that filters out bass and treble in order to protect the PC speaker. Great idea, but you can't turn it off, so when you listen with headphones, it sounds about the same quality as hold music over a telephone.

    There's some Vista-related fixes out there, but all involve disabling USB functionalities.

    HP have not committed to any future driver upgrade either.

    I can't believe this product passed QC for release.

  • jessica gave a review on 20/04/2009 16:26

    • Good: handy size, large keyboard
    • Bad: without a VGA output and low battery capacity

    For i need a battery which can last a long working hours, i buy a 6-cell battery at http://www.all-batteries.co.uk/notebook-batteries/hp-mini-1000.htm

  • Dave gave 9/10 on 22/02/2009 13:08

    • Good: Keyboard is very good, i tried typing on the other netbooks and i find it very difficult as i keep hitting more than one key at a time

      The screen is not too bad, its decent as long as you're not in the glaring sun but then again how many times will that happen
    • Bad: No VGA out which is a bit disappointing

    Just got mine yesterday for 600 after cashback thanks to JB. No other notebook at that price will beat this!!!

  • yasin747 gave 10/10 on 28/01/2009 14:30

    • Good: Keyboard design
    • Bad: battery

    wow great laptop it seems do have a great design to it to

  • castroeagle gave 10/10 on 09/01/2009 00:05

    • Good: DESIGN!!!! SPEED... 39 seconds booting time!!!!
      Licensed OS (XP Home SP3)
    • Bad: The battery life last for less than 3 hours only.....
      STANDARD VGA OUT.... (where can i buy the VGA Adaptor) pls reply...

    BEST EVER MINI PC!!! as of Jan 2009

  • Matt2008 gave 9/10 on 05/01/2009 12:52

    • Good: great machine, looks good. fast enough with 2GB ram in it. Battery isnt too bad either
    • Bad: no standard vga output, and only 2usb ports.

    Mine has a displayport plug on it, which will be good once I've tracked down the adaptor for it.

  • rufoson07 gave 10/10 on 20/12/2008 17:02

    • Good: screen size and keyboard
    • Bad: no vga

    Best looking UMPC in the market

  • Eon gave 10/10 on 15/11/2008 18:11

    • Good: Keyboard. Design
    • Bad: Battery Life.

    Including the Asus 1000H, I have owned a few Netbooks since their introduction. This is the best I have seen.

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