14 DAY TRIAL // HP has quietly updated its website to list an improved version of the Mini 210 netbook that is based on Intel’s latest Atom platform also known under the code name of Cedar Trail.
The netbook can be ordered right now with either a 1.6GHz Atom N2600 CPU or with a 1.86GHz Atom N2800 processor, according to Liliputing.
Customers who go for the less powerful of the two chips will have to pay $299.99 (224 EUR) for the Mini 210, while the upgrade to the N2800 processor will cost an extra $35 (about 26 EUR).
HP’s clients can also opt for Windows 7 Home Premium instead of Windows 7 Starter, can upgrade from 1GB of RAM to 2GB, and choose between a 250GB, a 320GB, or a 500GB hard drive.
The rest of the specs list includes 802.11 b/g/n WiFi, Bluetooth and 100Mbps LAN connectivity, a VGA webcam, a built-in media card reader and a 6-cell battery.
The keyboard was designed in order to be spill-resistant, while the 10.1-inch LED backlit screen has a native resolution of 1368x768 pixels.
As many of you surely know by now, Intel’s Cedar Tail platform comprises the Cedarview processors and the NM10 chipset, the latter also being used by the chip maker for the Pine Trail netbook and nettop platform.
However, unlike these processors, the CPUs used by Cedar Trail are built using the 32nm fabrication process and feature a unified architecture that packs the processing cores, memory controller and the GPU on the same die.
The latter is actually based on a PowerVR design and features hardware decoding capabilities for a wide number of HD formats including MPEG2, VC1, AVC, H.264 and Blu-ray 2.0. This makes Intel's Cerdarview processors better suited for multimedia use than their Pine Trail predecessors.