HP Mini 110 and 210 netbooks get Atom N455 and N475 accoutrement

Looking for a Mini that has a little more to offer in the processor department? HP has thoughtfully upgraded the Mini 110 and Mini 210 to offer your choice of Intel's N455 or N475 Atom processors. Those chips bring DDR3 memory compatibility to the table, which both netbooks now offer by default, while the optional N475 brings either one up to 1.88GHz -- though you'll have to pay an extra $25 as proof of your commitment to handle that sort of blazing performance. The default 110 with 1GB of memory starts at $280 right now, while a base 210 will set you back $330.

[cap87 Posted Jul 2nd 2010 11:10AM]

Great!

[Kangal Posted Jul 2nd 2010 11:15AM]

meh

[Kangal Posted Jul 2nd 2010 11:17AM]

With what GPU?
At least include the Broadcom.

[detusueno Posted Jul 2nd 2010 12:23PM]

@Kangal The 210 HD has the Broadcom option. Got mine with a 1366x768 10.1" screen and Broadcom HD card. Threw in a after market Intel SSD and 2GB RAM for a extra $120, and it still weighed in under $500. Makes for a great ultra portable companion to my 15" macbook pro.

[Slick Posted Jul 2nd 2010 1:31PM]

@Kangal

They need to update the freaking 311 and give it this years atom instead of continuing to sell it with old specs.

For the $300 base price it was seriously the best deal they had, with Ion under the hood. I've suggest it to several people and they all love it for the portability and that they can still watch some decent res. video content without stutter / lag / frame drop.

[ProDigit Posted Jul 15th 2010 5:13PM]

@Kangal N475 = 1,8Ghz ; N455 = N450 @ 1,66Ghz.

But ram is expected to be slower, since desktop benchmarks have shown that DDR3 1333 equals DDR2 800Mhz ramsticks.

[Tomguruken36 Posted Jul 2nd 2010 11:16AM]

They still make netbooks?

Well...This is news to me

[Senseito Posted Jul 2nd 2010 11:26AM]

@Tomguruken36 where have you been?

[Elranzer Posted Jul 2nd 2010 11:16AM]

Just waiting for Dell to upgrade their netbook line. The current Dell Mini 10 is a good start. Would love to see a new Dell Mini 12 (or even Mini 11) with upgraded components.

[Jimbojones Posted Jul 2nd 2010 12:50PM]

@Elranzer really? You like DELL netbooks?

[bob1000 Posted Jul 2nd 2010 11:16AM]

Just make a webOS tablet already.

[DefPoet Posted Jul 2nd 2010 11:17AM]

Put a Amd Neo in the form factor HP and I'll buy every one in ny familyone

[Kangal Posted Jul 2nd 2010 11:18AM]

@DefPoet

Guess I'm moving to NY then!

[hp79 Posted Jul 2nd 2010 11:37AM]

The only change from N450 is DDR3 memory support, and it won't really help much. I'm still waiting for the promised 40% less power consuming netbook which should come around early next year. I want a light netbook that really lasts at least 10 hours on heavy use.

[CaptainFabulous Posted Jul 2nd 2010 12:02PM]

Hey look! It's another set of overpriced Atom-based netbooks. Zzzzzz...

[detusueno Posted Jul 2nd 2010 12:20PM]

@CaptainFabulous Over priced? $330 is over priced? Since when?

[CaptainFabulous Posted Jul 2nd 2010 2:15PM]

@detusueno Yeah, they're not really overpriced, but dammit there is no edit button!!!

[HawtDawg Posted Jul 2nd 2010 12:05PM]

Wheres the envy 14 braaa

[Corsair Posted Jul 2nd 2010 12:42PM]

Welcome improvement but not good enough!

HDMI?, 1080p playback?, still 1GB Ram?

The new AMD netbook platform is doing these already... well minus the battery time...

[blland Posted Jul 2nd 2010 1:48PM]

@Corsair I know right? No 1080p screen, no HW-virtualization, no SSD option, and it's still an atom? Like come on, some netbook brands have Core i7 now!

...

[One Love Posted Jul 2nd 2010 1:03PM]

Oh HP! I love how if pick 2GB memory it alerts you that : "2GB Memory requires Windows 7 Premium 32-bit Operating System" selected? The netbook already has Windows XP Home with Service Pack 3?

...and selecting a larger HDD alerts you that "250GB 7200RPM SATA Hard Drive requires Genuine Windows 7 Starter 32-bit"?

Stop the madness!!

[Delta Posted Jul 3rd 2010 2:12AM]

@One Love
Because Microsoft limits the specs of netbooks you can sell with XP on them.

Also, as an article mentioned previously on Engadget, XP isn't going to be on any new computers pretty soon.

This makes total sense. XP was much less stable, much less secure and it's nearing the end of its support life. The world needs to move on.

[weinerschnitzelboy Posted Jul 2nd 2010 1:55PM]

Do people even buy netbooks anymore?

[One Love Posted Jul 2nd 2010 2:09PM]

@weinerschnitzelboy : Yes indeed. My Company just bought 400 HP 210's from Verizon for sales people. They step on them, run them over and toss them and we replace. Cheap.

[Caprice Dates Posted Jul 2nd 2010 2:24PM]

I'm about ready to ditch mine for a full fledged notebook. Netbooks are good but underpowered, can't watch HD stuff

[JakeInDC Posted Jul 2nd 2010 7:00PM]

The ATOM proccessor is simply too underpowered for the web apps and software of today.

For the love of God, please kill the ATOM once and for all.

[Delta Posted Jul 3rd 2010 2:15AM]

@JakeInDC
Considering the sales number of netbooks, not many people agree with you.

It's not like Intel isn't making fantastic CULV chips. Why hate on something that so many people enjoy? I have yet to see a CULV match the battery life, weight and size of a netbook.

[ProDigit Posted Jul 15th 2010 5:17PM]

@JakeInDC It is not the processor that is slow, but in most cases the harddrive and the OS that make a netbook slow.
The Atom processor is more than capable to display any webpage within seconds.
With a good SSD, it'll boot your OS even faster than a 3,4 Ghz Quadcore desktop on a 5400/7200rpm harddrive.

It's good enough for the 1024x600 pixels, and for regular webpages, not flash (but then again, even on a 2,4Ghz Core2Duo a flash game can burn 100% CPU!