As of today I am the very happy owner of an HP Mini 311 (thanks Mom!). I admit, I used to scoff at the idea of a teensy little “wannabe” laptop to try and design sites for kids clothes on, and I scoffed even more at the prospect of a computer without an optical drive (I believe this scoffing came about after the debut of Macbook Air), but after hauling around my behemoth 17″ notebook, I’ve come to appreciate the fact that computers are available in small packages.
So, the specs of the HP Mini 311:
- White lid with swirl pattern, black bezel, silver chassis and keyboard
- 11.6″ screen
- Display: 1360 x 786 (with $35 display upgrade)
- 1.60GHz Intel Processor
- 1GB DDR3 System Memory
- 160GB 7200rpm hard drive
- Touch pad w/ buttons, integrated webcam & mic, wifi adapter
- Windows 7 Ultimate (it came pre-loaded with XP, which I quickly tossed)
First impressions? Gorgeous. And small. But gorgeous. Of course, I think it would look better if the chassis and keypad were white like the lid (since that is how my dv7 is designed), but I guess I can’t have everything.
So far I’ve only reformatted it and installed Microsoft Security Essentials, so I’ll definitely need to use it more in order to come back with a full-fledged review!
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