HP Mini 210 Review

Laptop Mag reviewed the HP Mini 210 and had the following to say about it:

Pros:

Roomy keyboard, Clean design, Large touchpad, Good HD video playback, Strong software bundle

Cons:

Bottom gets hot, Slow boot time, Shorter battery life than other netbooks, Broadcom chip doesn’t improve Flash playback (yet), Below-average performance

Bottom Line continued after the break

Bottom Line:

They said that the HP Mini 210 offered one of the best keyboards in it's class along with an HD screen at a reasonable price (Sony Vaio W also offers an HD screen). If you don’t need HD capabilities, for $85 less you can get an ASUS Eee PC 1001P, which also has an excellent keyboard, performs marginally better, and lasts about 2 hours longer on battery. In the $380ish price range they prefer the Toshiba Mini NB305 because of its better ergonomics and cooler running temperatures. The Toshiba NB305 also happens to be what I named as the best netbook of CES. I'll add that the HP Mini 210 comes in a TON of different configurations so be sure to browse our netbook comparison database to sort through the various models and prices.

Quick Product Specs:

Intel Atom N450 1.66 GHz Processor, 1 GB RAM, 250 GB Hard Drive, Windows 7 Starter see full specs

Note: I'll update this review with more of my own impressions if HP sends me out a Mini 210, but they're notorious for never having enough demo models to send out.