Laptop has 10.1-inch screen and Windows 7 Starter

Dec 22, 2009 08:23 GMT  ·  By

It seems that Intel's sudden release of the Atom N450, D410 and D510 Pineview processors was only sudden for consumers, as hardware makers appear to have been forewarned of the chip maker's plans. This is likely, considering the immediacy with which hardware makers introduced their own Pine Trail products immediately after the actual announcement of the chip. Now, after ECS, MSI and Dell have already shown off their respective products, HP is also joining the fray with the Mini 2010 netbook.

The news doesn't come from the company itself, but rather from an online retailer that already lists the laptop. Said retailer, eCost more specifically, provided both the system specifications of the device, as well as the price. The netbook is a solid black mobile PC with a 10.1-inch Flush Glass screen and running on a three-cell or a six-cell battery.

Of course, the gadget uses the Intel Pine Trail platform, being powered by the Intel Atom N450 central processing unit. The product has 1GB of random access memory (RAM) and its storage capabilities are provided by a hard drive capable of either 160GB or 250GB. The device makes use of the Intel Media graphics Accelerator (GMA) 3150 and has 802.11 b/g/n wireless connectivity. The Mini 210 may also read data cards through the five-in-one card reader and is built with a Chiclet keyboard for input. Extra features include a webcam and a mic.

The online retailer lists multiple versions of the laptop, each differing from the other mainly through aesthetic design and storage capacity. Depending on the differences, the actual price of the product may range between roughly $320 (for the solid black version with 160GB HDD) and almost 400$. The $400 devices are the HP Mini 2010 laptops with 250GB-capable HDDs (at 7,200RPM) and Pacific Blue, Sonoma Red or Mattle Black with pattern frames.

All the models make use of the Windows 7 Starter operating system.

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HP Mini 2010 netbook listed by online retailers
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