HP Mini 1000 to get $40 price cut

What's this? A $40 price cut on an item that's likely on at least one gift list that you're currently staring at? Huzzah! Unless, of course, you're one of those proactive individuals who went out and already nabbed one. In all seriousness, Laptoping has reportedly received an email notification from Hewlett-Packard that the sleek and sexy Mini 1000 netbook will stoop to $359.99 starting tomorrow. That'll net you a 10-inch panel, Atom N270 CPU (1.6GHz), 1GB of RAM, an 8GB SSD, 3-cell battery and Windows XP Home. There's no word on whether the stylish Vivienne Tam Edition will receive a drop of her own, but we wouldn't count on it (yet).

[Eli @ Dec 6th 2008 10:35PM]

Ah, there's nothing better than the falling price of mediocrity...

[Stin @ Dec 7th 2008 12:23AM]

I was thinking about getting a netbook but I ended up buying a refurbished Dell D410 for $200. Has a 12" screen and a cpu that is more powerful than any of these netbooks.

[lpppppl @ Dec 6th 2008 10:36PM]

Screen still crippled for AutoCAD...

[Juaquin @ Dec 6th 2008 11:22PM]

Dear god why would you try to run AutoCAD on a netbook?

[strider_mt2k @ Dec 7th 2008 7:37AM]

Commenter mentally crippled for thinking.

[KarlW @ Dec 6th 2008 10:37PM]

In my opinion, one of the best netbooks out there, along with the Aspire One.

The only downside is the annoying sideways trackpad buttons.

[who? @ Dec 6th 2008 10:42PM]

Only downside?

[Mark @ Dec 7th 2008 12:13AM]

Bigger downside is the craptacular hard drive. 1.8" what were you thinking hp?

[who? @ Dec 7th 2008 1:02AM]

Yeah HP! Gosh!

[brandon_r87 @ Dec 7th 2008 10:19PM]

I confess to liking the funny button placement. Left-clicking was very natural to me, although right-clicking I would have to move my hand, which is also a good thing, since it would reduce accidental right-clicks. Either leave your thumb on the left button and move with the index, or if that is uncomfortable move with the middle and click with the index.

What is holding me back isn't the specs at all, it's the fact that even though I want one, I definitely don't need it.

[Thats What He Said @ Dec 6th 2008 10:39PM]

Id tap that

[Giga @ Dec 6th 2008 10:44PM]

On the bright side, it has a good keyboard.

[iEye @ Dec 6th 2008 10:44PM]

8GB SSD?

That is just enough to hold the OS and iTunes and a small media collection so that the user can sync an iPhone on the go!

[James @ Dec 6th 2008 11:02PM]

Yeah and it even has bluetooth so you dont need to carry around that stupid unstandardized cable around everywhere with you...oh wait nvm.

[Zuwxiv @ Dec 6th 2008 11:02PM]

CAPTAIN, DOWNRANKING INCOMING
Arrr, batton down ye hatches!
CAPTAIN IT WONT HELP
Do it, aye say!
SHE'S TAKING ON WATER, CAP'N!
This sturdy old girl can take it! Get to ye duties, cowardly dogs!

[James @ Dec 6th 2008 11:04PM]

lol at my grammar.

[Thats What He Said @ Dec 6th 2008 11:13PM]

if your gonna comment in french, make the entire thing french, not just one word

[Wii60 @ Dec 6th 2008 11:15PM]

All I want for Christmas is the painful drawn out deaths of engadget trolls.

[Starvine @ Dec 6th 2008 11:43PM]

Ignore him. He's still traumatized from finding naked pictures of himself on his Dad's Apple II...

[who? @ Dec 7th 2008 12:22AM]

@Starvine

lol- Genius, but wouldn't it make more sense if it was a PC of some kind? It would all make sense then...

[Messymeese @ Dec 7th 2008 12:29AM]

And I thought we would last at least one post before iEye brought up the iPhone..... What a fool I was....

[CJ @ Dec 7th 2008 8:17AM]

@ who:

Not really; iEye loves his dad, and they bond over their shared love of steve jobs regularly.

[who? @ Dec 7th 2008 9:51AM]

@CJ

ah

[slav @ Dec 6th 2008 11:02PM]

I'm currently in the market for a Netbook. I still base everything on my desktop, but I just want to have something with me when I'm away. But with Asus, Acer, Dell Mini, HP, Samsung, etc. which one do I pick? I'd like to have a big hard drive, ~160gig, a web cam, and battery life is not most important to me. Any personal opinions out there?

[Dustin Hess @ Dec 7th 2008 5:11AM]

I would seriously look at either the aspire one or the hp mini note 2133, my gf has the mini note and it has a rather large hard drive, an ample amount of ram (2 gb), the best keyboard of any netbook that I have used, and one of the highest resolution screens.

The only downside is that it comes with vista, but I just formatted it and put xp on it and it runs pretty damn snappy.

[digitallysick @ Dec 6th 2008 11:31PM]

horrible left and right click buttons , other than that, its about time it matched the aspire one, which they sell at walmart now

[E. Leigh @ Dec 6th 2008 11:36PM]

Nice catch!

[Mark @ Dec 7th 2008 12:15AM]

The Aspire One is a much better deal.
It has a bigger faster hard drive, smaller package with the same screen, and a bigger battery if you buy the $399 version.

[CJ @ Dec 7th 2008 8:20AM]

To be honest, ever since I discovered the synaptics touchpad on my Compaq (I know, I know) have user-programmable tap-to-click areas, I no longer even use the mouse buttons for right click. (Each corner can be assigned to do a different mouse duty; right click, double click, forward/backward one page, etc.)

[poematik14 @ Dec 7th 2008 12:06AM]

When are the dual core atoms coming?

[Restoration @ Dec 7th 2008 12:09AM]

I wonder if this price change will affect the launch price of the version with MIE

[Stretch @ Dec 7th 2008 12:19AM]

I just bought one last Sunday. Excellent netbook. I got the 10.2in screen with the 16GB SSD.

[Messymeese @ Dec 7th 2008 12:27AM]

I saw a netbook with a 120GB HHD, 1GB RAM, and it was about $350....
I guess some people really go crazy for the SSD's...

[kinezo @ Dec 7th 2008 12:28AM]

The only thing that stopped me from getting this was the screen resolution. I so wished they kept the WXGA from the previous one and I would have been totally happy. I got a Macbook instead, although a netbook (with WXGA) would have been enough for my needs. Oh well. So close, yet so far.

[Blacknimbus @ Dec 7th 2008 12:41AM]

I keep getting the itch to buy a netbook, but the fact that my 5 year old Fujitsu lifebook is really no worse than any netbook on the market (and a similar form factor) keeps me from pulling the trigger.

Plus I'm really cheap...

[anychamster @ Dec 7th 2008 12:51AM]

even with the 40% black friday deal on hp, it was more expensive than what i'd like it to be.

[Andrew @ Dec 7th 2008 1:46AM]

I picked up a Sammy NC10 for 320 on Black Friday, better battery and similar in all other respects. I am satisfied.

[Chin-Poh @ Dec 7th 2008 1:53AM]

I got to see this at my local Microcenter and it is one of the if not the best looking netbooks I have ever seen, very nice design in my opinion. Damn shame they axed the Expresscard slot from the 2133 model and 1280x768 resolution. Too bad it also uses a 1.8" HDD or tiny SSD.

Damn it HP, you had to intentionally cripple some parts of this netbook to not have it rise above the rest!!!

[TJ @ Dec 7th 2008 2:24AM]

I like the Samsung NC10. It has the most balance of features, power and price.

[Mike @ Dec 7th 2008 3:20AM]

I personally own one of these. I have the 10.1" screen and the 60GB HD instead of the SSD. In my opinion, this little one feels very solid as compared to other netbooks I got my hands on. The webcam is a plus also as I use this to communicate with family from out of country. Its size is perfect, smaller than my college books. It could be a tad more powerful, and it came with a load of bloatwares. I had to do a clean install with XP and gonna be trying SUSE on it just to see. This little bugger is only 4 days old for me so I wonder if I can get a price change for the difference being that the original price dropped within the week of me purchasing it. I wish I waited to give their MIE a try. It looks promising.

[Marijo @ Dec 7th 2008 6:47AM]

The best netbook is MSI Wind. I have the white one. 2 GB RAM, 160 GB Hard-Drive, 10-inch screen, wi-fi, bluetooth, webcam, Windows XP... Great little machine.

[CJ @ Dec 7th 2008 8:22AM]

I'm in agreement with you, but the sub-par touchpad is a deal breaker for me.

[Aaquib @ Dec 7th 2008 8:24AM]

For just $660 more you can get a REAL computer.

[sjs2626 @ Dec 7th 2008 12:20PM]

Wow! Or I could get 3 of these...

Which would you have? Three HP netbooks or one Mac that you'll replace next year when Jobs announces a new one?

[wootman @ Dec 7th 2008 1:02PM]

just 660 dollars more?
THATS A STEAL!

[sockatume @ Dec 7th 2008 8:26AM]

Meanwhile, the HP Compaq Mini 700 is due in "mid-December" in Europe and still doesn't seem to exist outside of HP's pres release. What's the story?

[Luke @ Dec 7th 2008 9:13AM]

Who the FUCK buys someone a laptop for an xmas present?

I mean apart from the uber rich, thats not normal. Sorry engadget.

[Chin-Poh @ Dec 7th 2008 11:21AM]

Sorry Luke, make up a large chunk of that number I'll bet.

Sorry Luke.

[Chin-Poh @ Dec 7th 2008 11:26AM]

Woah, my comment got chopped up when getting posted!
Luke, I'll bet laptops make up a sizable amount of Christmas presents and this year, netbooks will make up a good chunk of that number.

[jj1814 @ Dec 7th 2008 12:44PM]

Um.... Me.