Mini Executive. Maximize mobility. The HP Mini 5101 is designed for mobile professionals who want a lightweight mini PC, with a 10.1-inch diagonal LED-backlit display.acklit display.
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10.1-inch diagonal LED-backlit display
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Slick Travel Machine
Review Date: August 22, 2009
Reviewer: D. Dayton, Saint Petersburg, FL USA
I've owned a netbook since April '08 when I bought one of the first mass market Asus EeePC Surf models. It was a useful travel tool, light, easy to store and secure, but it lacked two things.. screen size and an adult size keyboard. The HP Mini 5101 covers both those issues and more.
I've had the 5101 for a week now, and been on my first trip with it. No complaints. Keyboard feels great, good key action. Metal case (aluminum and magnesium) feels solid without being weighty. The power brick is the same as the one my work laptop (also HP) uses, so I can even use that in a pinch when the 6 hrs of battery life runs out. Wireless is great; I picked up wifi points my smaller netbook never saw at the same hotels and airports.
If you're looking for a solid work class netbook, I strongly recommend this one.
Amazing Hardware, Ruined by bloated, destructive Software
Review Date: January 7, 2010
Reviewer: Seth Hoenig, Texas
This notebook is more expensive for the specs of hardware you get, but if you like aluminum cases and hard-rubber around the keyboard, then this laptop is perfect for you. It has no problem playing flash videos (even full screen "HD" videos), and plays downloaded DVD's just fine, though I can't vouch for the ability to play blu-ray quality movies.
The keyboard is the largest keyboard you fill find on a netbook. It really is 95% of the size of a full size keyboard, so even for someone 6' tall, I don't feel like I'm cramping my fingers to type. The built in webcam runs smoothly for Skype, AIM, and MSN, and probably works just as well for other clients.
The Catch
The problem with this netbook is not the hardware. The problem is not even Microsoft Windows XP SP3 that it ships with. The problem is the TONS of crapware that HP installs with this netbook by default. To put it in perspective, it took *2 hours* for the netbook to boot for the first time, and not because it had to install XP. It was installing the loads of garbage software that HP decided would enhance your experience or whatever. The best part is, some of that garbageware that HP installs will actually *break* the functionality of XP. Case in point: HP forces the installation of a 3rd party network manager that *disables* XP's built in networking capabilities. If you uninstall that network manager, you will NOT be able to connect to the internet without using 2 registry hacks to re-enable XP's network manager.
I want to give this netbook 5 stars, but HP's garbageware is enough to lower the experience from excellent to "holy crap why does my new computer run like it's 1998?"
Do NOT buy this netbook if you don't know how to reformat and install your own copy of XP, Windows 7, or Linux.
The first generation of processors for netbook and nettop Atom series marked, for better or worse, a milestone in the path of mobile computing. Despite many misgivings about the performance of these chips, the choice to give priority to saving energy on any other factor has proved to be accurate and awarded Intel and PC vendors that have shown greater confidence in the model “netbooks.” One can not denyIntel Atom Diamondville CPU with 230, 330, N270, N280, and Silverthorne Z500 series, the merit of having contributed to the widespread success of low-cost computers.
It seems that Samsung is able to win in 2010 the second in the ranking of the leading nebook, ripping the position to Asus. This is what some say the component manufacturers.
Intel says that one always not a good graphics card for netbooks because this requires only the battery life suffers, and on the small screen anyway, it is no fun to play.
Fujitsu has managed to build is a MID that can collapse like the one Umid M1 but with an even wider margin around the multi-touch functions can be exploited even less.
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