HP Mini 210 spotted at retail with $350 pricetag

The yet-to-be-confirmed HP Mini 210 has popped up at a couple online retail spots already, but now it seems to have landed in the Real World courtesy of a Costco in Hillsboro, Oregon. We've seen the netbook listed at $280, $320 and now $350 pricetags, so we really don't know who to trust anymore (certainly not our parent's generation), but the sexy design, chiclet keyboard and unibutton trackpad certainly smack of progress.

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HP Mini 210 spotted at retail with $350 pricetag

[Plothole Posted Jan 3rd 2010 2:30AM]

M6 is correct. Though I have a smartphone, anything other than a quick jot is completely impractical with it. And without a keyboard that mythical tablet would be no better.

[Bash23 Posted Jan 3rd 2010 2:21AM]

Why couldn't they use this design on the Mini 311? Its one of the reason I that kept me from buying it.

[hp79 Posted Jan 3rd 2010 2:55AM]

I tried this model at costco couple days ago. The unibutton trackpad was really weird. I mean hard to use. Maybe one just needs to get used to it, but it wasn't for me. It is nice to have such a large area for the trackpad movement, but pressing the mouse button is PITA.

[YpoCaramel Posted Jan 3rd 2010 3:07AM]

@hp79 HP does have a bad track record with touchpads. I like the concept, but I'm not sure if the execution is right.

[reivilo Posted Jan 3rd 2010 4:31AM]

Hi,

@unverified
What purpose does the gap between the screen and bottom half serve?
The battery is there.

I bought a hp / Compaq mini 311c and it's a wonderful netbook. Screen quality, keyboard, trackpad, connectivity (HDMI + VGA), 5 hours of autonomy, and full accessibility to HDD and memory expansion.

One minor issue for hp: the netbook could handle 3 GB of RAM, which do not abide XP licence. So the netbook disappeared as soon as possible. It's back now with W7.

Check my review at http://sites.google.com/site/vilorei/fischertechnik/compaq-311c-netbook-user-review !

[joshsc Posted Jan 3rd 2010 9:50AM]

The reason there are multiple prices on this product is because there are multiple variations of this product-

210 w/ 3cell battery
210 w/broadcom HD video and 3cell battery
210 w/6cell battery
210 w/6cell battery and broadcom HD video

[afischer15 Posted Jan 3rd 2010 10:34AM]

I CAN HAZ HACKINTOSH?

[NewL Posted Jan 3rd 2010 12:23PM]

@afischer15 probably not. Afaik Pinetrail breaks hackintoshability (ugh)...

[rjflyn Posted Jan 3rd 2010 4:45PM]

Just stopped by my local Costco- they have the same netbook out. It appears to be the HP 210 6-cell standard version- NO HD noted in the specs that I could see. Compared to the old Mini 110 which has the mouse buttons on either side of the track pad, this one has them built in to the lower portion of it, split in half. Much cleaner looking vs the 110 as well. The gap in the photo is indeed the space where the battery lies as well.

[rjflyn Posted Jan 7th 2010 5:13PM]

@rjflyn Just looked at HPs site to build out with same specs is $389

[slipperyp Posted Jan 5th 2010 12:12AM]

I picked one of these up from Costco - I'm very happy with it in the ~36 hours I've owned it, but have a couple questions. I've been putting them in the forum on myhpmini.com and hope to attract more people who own one of these by mentioning that forum here:
http://myhpmini.com/forum/viewforum.php?f=61

[Anticrawl Posted Jan 12th 2010 8:29PM]

Yes but the real question is, will retailers offer the fucking HD monitor on the floor or will I have to resort to online purchases? I'd much rather walk in and pick one up with the outrageous Best Buy warranty (basically guarantees a free upgrade every year if you play the system right).