The most popular Black version has shiny chassis with an attractive design. On the front there are located two switches. One of these is responsive for power toggling and the other one for Bluetooth and WiFI toggling. You will also see two LEDs for battery and hard drive on the front edge.
Other connectors, like audio out, air vents, and Ethernet jack and power connector are located on the other sides of HP Mini 1000. The headphone/mic connector represents a weak point of this netbook. The machine also lacks VGA video out connector. So, if you want to have this ability, you should buy an adapter for an expansion port. There are two USB ports available, that is enough for an average person.
This HP’s model can be ordered with display of 10.1 or 8.9 inches. The display is glossy, it shows vivid colors. However sometimes you may face problems with glare. Picture is crisp, vibrant and bright. The best possible resolution is 1024x600 pixels.
You will definitely like HP Mini’s keyboard. It’s flat and has large keys. So, we can say that it’s almost similar to a full sized keyboard. The large track pad comes with a button above it, which toggles it on and off. Right part of the track pad helps to scroll pages.
The speaker is located above the keyboard’s top keys. You’ll definitely be satisfied with sound, especially if taking into consideration the small size of Mini 1000.
Netbooks are popular not only because of the price. The size and all over portability play a very important role too. A cumbersome cable and adapter may really detract from the portability feature all netbooks have.
The 3-cell battery provides with almost three hours of instant working. Though machine gets a little warm after it’s been working for a while, it’s not very hot and shouldn’t bring you any inconvenience.
The webcam may seem a little bit dim and the image quality is grainy. But it’s a common case for most of cheap netbooks.
Let’s look through the specifications:
HP Mini 1000 comes with Intel® Atom ™ Processor N270 (1.60 GHz), system memory of 1GB DDR2, Intel® graphics media accelerator 950. 10.2″ WSVGA LED display has resolution of 1024x600. As most of netbooks and laptops, Mini includes Windows XP Home version with Service Pack 3.
Other characteristics are: 60GB hard drive, webcam with HP Imprint Finish (Swirl) for 10.2″ Display, 3 cell Lithium Polymer Battery and Wireless-G Card with Bloetooth.
