How would you change HP's Mini 1000 Mi?
By Darren Murph 
posted April 17th 2009 10:47PM
posted April 17th 2009 10:47PM
posted April 17th 2009 10:47PM
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Needs a biometric scanner, definitely.... and some lasers. OOOOh, how about an iphone dock.... and maybe mac it a mac.... too far?
HP 2140?
Then add ION
Don't forget that vaporous 1366 resolution that was promised when the 2140 came out!
make it exactly like a Vaio P, but cheaper....
Richard, that resolution has been released! rejoice!
seriously, a resolution of 1024 x 600 is just awful for todays modern applications, I would probably just increase all these netbooks to at least 1280 x XXXX.
@ Dave Chappelle
I do not want a Vaio P.
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I wish we could know how many people bought the Mi version just to save the cash because they were going to put bootleg windows on it.
I wish we could know how many people bought a Windows computer before just to save the cash because they were going to put OS X or a linux based operating system on it. I'm betting it's a much larger number. My Ubuntu Dell would have been cheaper, I think, had I opted for Windows instead at the time of purchase. You don't, as the consumer, magically save money by not getting Windows.
Ah, in this case there is a $20 difference.
I never found Windows piracy convenient enough to bother. I wish there was a site people could go to to give away Windows licenses that came with machines they just got to run other OSes on. I guess Craigslist'll have to do.
I'd say someone who took the course of action you described over $20 is... I mean, Windows takes a bit more than two hours to get basically functional, and I'd rather flip burgers than set it up myself..
Ethan, you clearly don't know how to pirate correctly, judging from the fact you believe it to be an "inconvenience", when its easy as 1, & 2. Yea, when you get the hang of it, its just that easy.
Regardless, who's to say its any different for those who pirate OSX, i guess it really makes no difference. Then again the average Jane and Joe aren't going to have the know hows on how to pirate efficiently and productively, so your case in point is still valid, for someone who is unknowledgeable in that field.
I always reinstall the operating system anyway to get bloatware off, now I save some money in the process :)
I'm looking at buying a netbook in the next month and I've been looking around, but I think I'm going to have to go with the 8.9" Acer Aspire One. It's got twice the ram of this and a 160GB hard drive for $50 cheaper.
anything smaller than 10'' is pretty hard to read, really what is $50? 3 corona 12packs
I bought a HP mini 1035nr a few weeks ago and I love it. The keyboard is where it really shines. I looked at those acer aspires but the keyboard is just too cramped. I got the version with xp home installed. Runs like a champ. I had 2 3 hour flights from Atlanta to Portland the other day and I played Half-Life with steam and Vice City the whole way back.
price, damn, all netbooks should start at 200 dollars, this was gonna be my perfect netbook, but Dell managed to do the $200 thing first, so i went with them. this should be a huge priority to these companies, it is the essence of the netbook.
plus you can get a decent(albeit old) laptop for less than 500 dollars.
normal buttons, a nub, or hell even a macbook-esque trackpad please?
Yeah, there's totally enough room for a trackpad like that on a netbook.
that's my biggest complaint about the netbooks right now, i can't have the mouse buttons on the left and right, they need to be below the touchpad.
There is always room for less discrete buttons.
Change those AWFUL lmb and rmb placements. Maybe give it a nipple like the Vaio. I do love it though, the keyboard on it in particular is great.
Include a 6-cell battery or GTFO.
I was ready to buy the HP Mini 1000, but I had to go with an Acer Aspire One because no 6-cell (included) Mini was available.
You can pick up a HP Mini 2140 w/ HD screen, 6-cell battery, and 160GB hard drive for $480.
http://h71016.www7.hp.com/dstore/ctoBases.asp?oi=E9CED&BEID=19701&SBLID=&ProductLineId=539&FamilyId=2965&LowBaseId=29203&LowPrice=$449.00
I bought it for the 2GB of memory and lower price... I immediately took the worthless linux crap off it and put Win 7 on it. VERY NICE.
If you're going to install an OS as helpless out of the box as Windows on your brand new Ubuntu netbook, you may as well hackintosh the sucker.
Oh wait, forgot, this wasn't the Mini 9. The mini 9 is great for OS X, this may not be..
Windows 7 on the Mini 1000 is awesome. I run it on mine and it works like a champ. Yeah the linux is Ubuntu, but the MI interface kinda restricts the computer as opposed to a full out Ubuntu install.
Ethan - you are obviously a LInux troll... please save your fanboy comments for yourself. Honestly, Linux is nothing more than a hobbyists OS or if you want a cheap way to run a web server. There's no real use for a consumer since there's nothing that runs on it. Ohh yea, I could put OpenOffice or Star Office and use a much more inferior product than Office 2007 which I'm not willing to do. Go look around anyk store that sells software - the damn candy section is bigger than the section that sells Linux software. Now go along Nathan, don't you need to get to study for your high school exams now?
@TDOGDFW: "Go look around anyk store that sells software - the damn candy section is bigger than the section that sells Linux software."
Isn't that the purpose of linux?
@TDOG... That's rich, you're accusing ethan of being a "linux troll". You're not only obviously a microsoft fanboi, you're also a troll and not a little bit of an idot too.
Office 2007 is superior?
Interesting how the bet products out of microsoft is a 10 year old OS or a beta product that's a little revealing isn't it.
Edge to edge glass, touch screen, a hinge that allows it to fold around the back like a book and be used as a tablet and still keep the price down. Dream world 1. Real world 0.
For the love of God give it
-normal trackpad buttons!
-more RAM!
-Windows 7!
-Raised keys!
-Lower price!
-3G!
-More colors!
-fingerprint scanner!
...etc, etc...
Heck yeah, Windows 7!!
I would be thoroughly impressed if I ever saw a Mac come standard with a biometric scanner, none-the-less cost $279.99 for base configuration.
I guess it may not count, but I am really happy with my Mini 1000 XP. No, it doesn't have the best battery life, but it is's really compact size makes up for it. The only thing I would have changed is letting it use a 2.5" drive, rather than the 1.8"..
Or at least make the 1.8 inch drive SATA based over ZIF/PATA
And what do you gain from switching from ZIF/PATA to SATA besides the higher power consumption that SATA brings? The drives don't spin fast enough for the interface to matter.
I haven't tried it on the Mini itself, but on the Wind, the MIE launcher over Ubuntu runs really heavy, almost like vista but without the lag, I'm talking 50% on your good old Atom
I got Mi because I wanted to support Linux and didn't want a Windows netbook. The default version of Ubuntu they put on there is heavily nerfed and they should have just gone ahead and put 8.10 on there. I did this and it worked perfectly. The goofy 1024x576 resolution insted of the netbook standard of 1024x600 is annoying too. I've seen other vendors do this and it must knock like 2 bucks off the price. Just charge me those two bucks, I want my software to work. Came to this from a eee 700 series. Obviously a performance upgrade but that was to be expected. Didn't come with a 32 or 64gb SSD option like the dell mini
Over all it's a great netbook, the keyboard is awesome, the speakers are amazing, and while the resolution is annoying everything else about the screen is great. Would recommend it to anyone that doesn't want to pay for Windows. Additionally, check Logic buy for deals on these, they come up all the time.
Ohh - I would also put a SATA interface in for the hard drive so that I can take out the crap drive and put in an Intel X-25M.
The machine has a ZIF interface for the SSD which makes it impossible to upgrade the hard drive.
Runcore makes ZIF drives for the Mini 1000
With SSDs, it seems to me the vendor makes ALL the difference right now. Basically, the only ones I'd bother with are the Intel X-25M's.
Besides that, I'd just take a good old mechanical hard drive.
I love my hp 1000 but i mean a better job with the camera wouldnt hurt.
For god sakes HP remember to take the cover off of the camera before you place it into the computer
Gimmee Battery Life, and give me 2.5 inch HD/ faster ssd
I bought two of these at the same time at best buy and recieved different screens.. It pissed me off.
One was 1024x600 and one was 1024x576, one was 10.2 and the other 10.1 respectively, but they were being sold as the same device;Seems small but the difference in screens was very noticeable..
They both had the same model number and UPC.
This really pissed me off... BEWARE...
I returned the one with the smaller screen.
Other than that I love it.
I don't understand why all netbooks don't have a TrackPoint (aka nipple) control. The size of the netbook trackpads are ridiculous.
The TrackPoint nipple lets you cover the entire screen without lifting up your finger, and since it's pressure sensitive you can be very accurate. In fact despite using Photoshop and Illustrator extensively, I put off the purchase of an external mouse for my laptop for over a year-- simply because I wasn't really missing anything.
And while I'm on the topic of "awesome IBM inventions", doesn't anyone here remember the Butterfly keyboard from about 10 years ago? Seems like that would be a great solution to the problems of the tiny netbook keyboards.
I'm big fan if big red nipple on my Lenovo T43, I love nipples
I love nipples as much as the next guy, but not on a keyboard. They just get greasy and wear out. They're probably unsanitary too, with all the texture they need.
I'd much rather have a better trackpad on a netbook. I'll just tweak my nipples elsewhere...
I really dont mind the side buttons on the trackpad of my aspire one, i just set tap to click on the trackpad, i hardly ever use the buttons, the only time i do is if i need to right click on something.
I've never liked the nipple thing - on a laptop. It just doesn't work for me. I know some people love it. I suppose its a Vi vs Emacs thing :-)
My favorite solution for small format netbook was used by the Compaq Aero - quite a while back. I think it had a 12 inch screen. They used a track marble in the lower right front corner. The two buttons we actually on the side of the laptop. You manipulate the marble with your thumb.
I thought it worked perfectly. However, if you are a lefty, you are SOL. Many lefties used it with little effort.
How would I change the Mini mi?
Well I allready have an HP mini 1000. I love it.
1. Get rid of linux! The software I need to run can't run on linux anyways.
2. Add built in GPS.
3. Include a 128gb SSD
4. Include eSata/firewire interface
5. Put the mouse buttons on the bottom of the mouse pad.
6. MAKE THE MOUSE PAD ADA compliant! For people that have artifical silicon/metal fingers MOUSE PADS DON'T WORK!
TGC