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 Great styling, anti-glare screen, and price, but prepare for compramises July 16, 2010
Jonathan Cordova
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
The best thing here is really just the price. For well under the $299 benchmark you get a functional laptop with all the basics but no frills. The second best thing is the styling, which is slick even for a netbook, especially with the practical anti-glare screen. Otherwise, there's nothing special here.
It's one of the few laptops with an anti-glare screen, and I love that. Even then, the coating is a bit distracting in its own way--you can see the speckling when you look for it. It was worth it for me, but I'm starting to think HP is a little bipolar with its screens: too much reflection or too much anti-glare coating.
Battery life really is just four hours max, so that's about two hours of streaming video or music with the screen open. It's more than worth getting the bigger 6-cell battery separately or standard with the Mini 210 1030, which is identical otherwise. Since the "4.75 hours" claim is accurate, I gather the Acers & Asuses claiming 5 to 10 hours are telling the truth too, so if you plan to stream video on the go or expect it to last the whole work day...spring for that 6-cell and be prepared for a heavy netbook.
But the presumably wimpy battery does result in a super-slim and light form factor measuring a tidy 10.5x7 inches. The Mini 210 feel like an actual paper notebook or appointment book! It makes the Dell Minis look bloated and clunky. Combined with glossy black finish and the almost shell-shaped lid, this netbook look very slick.
Performance? As usual modify your expectations and you won't be disappointed...but one note: 1080p video will be a disaster, and streaming 720 will be choppy, but downloaded 720 videos can be played reasonably well using VLC Media Player 1.1.
I'm sure there are better software solutions out there, and the Crystal HD chip is only $100 or so, but once you start optioning up these netbooks with RAM and everything, you end up with a $600 10-incher.
See, one of the things that makes a netbook a netbook is price, so there will always be compromises.
 Mini HP 210 July 15, 2010
Titia Malu
Compra recente. Então o pouco que o HP 210 foi usado até hoje teve ótimo resultado. Recomendo!
It gets the job done. July 14, 2010
eddieg
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is my first netbook. Overall it is a very good product.
pros
good battery life
quick startup
durable
quickly connects to wifi hotspots
added conveience of windows 7
webcam
very lightweight and portable
reliable
cons
as I just figured out, this and in fact most netbooks are not made for multitasking or high memory applications, having a smaller processor and only 1 gig of ram.
It is sometimes frustarating downloading software such as autocad, just to find out that the program crashes due to the lack of memory.
In addition Windows 7 stater has limited functionality, which includes the inability to change the desktop image or use the windows media center.
Obviously this laptop is not for gaming either, but thats why its called a netbook.
Can freeze of lag severely if you run too many applications at once.
Conlusion
This netbook is perfect for typing documents, listening to music, and using the internet, however if you plan on doing any more than that, I suggest that you either upgrade the ram to 2gb or higher or invest in a laptop with a better processor.
HP Netbooks July 13, 2010
cakeverssole
For our needs it is going to be great. I will have to put Office on them as they come with trial.
HP 210 July 11, 2010
Tommy
I am very pleased with this computer. I have been looking for something like this to come around for some time that worked as well as the home units and this is it a very capable product worthy of the claims for what it is designed for. It is perfect for the on the go type person looking to stay connected.
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