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 Home, End, PageUp, and PageDown July 26, 2010
Christie A. Truly
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Several reviewers have complained about the lack of Home, End, PageUP and PageDown keys. They are correct; there are no dedicated keys for this. BUT, if you press the fn key + left arrow you get the Home key. If you press the fn key + the right arrow you get the End key. If you press the fn key + the down arrow, you get the PageDown key. If you press the fn key + the up arrow, you get the PageUp key. This is not obvious because this is not marked on the keys in a secondary color and you have to get deep into the manual to find out about this. BUT,it works fine. It is unfortunate that HP did not include some large card in the box to explain this, but once you find out about it, then there is no problem.
Overall, I love this laptop. Keyboard is awesome for a netbook. The only thing I regret is getting the glossy screen. The 1030nr has the matte screen. The battery life is less than the ASUS models. This seems to be because HP has less aggressive power saving choices. For example, the CPU is not slowed down when running on battery in the default installation. So when you are on battery the computer is faster but uses more battery power than the ASUS models. (You can confirm that ASUS slows down their netbooks by looking at the Geekbench benchmark scores. You will notice two clusters of scores. The two clusters come from benchmarks with the ASUS netbooks plugged in and on battery) You can create a more aggressive power saving plan in Windows 7. You can slow the CPU down to as much as 60% of full speed. (Setting the power plan below 60% does nothing additional.) I leave the CPU on full speed because 6 hours battery life in real world usage is plenty for me, and I like having a more responsive netbook. If you want maximum battery life and don't care about slowing down your netbook, you should probably choose an ASUS model.
 good but could be better July 24, 2010
Ana Q.
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
The worst part is that it comes with windows 7 starter. I have not heard of this version before, t is very limited(you can't even change the wallpaper of your computer). you are forced to consider an upgrade.
The other thing i dint like is the strength of the wi-fi receiver. I had to buy a wireless usb receiver to improve the quality of my signal.
Battery time is great and so is the price. Liked the keyboard size too.
Love My Mini July 20, 2010
Neva Franklin
I love the small size. It is not bulky and goes anywhere. I can fit into a backpack easily. Easy to use and the build in webcam is great.
Neva
Great little computer. July 15, 2010
Antonio Quinonez-munoz (Woodinville, WA USA)
Obviously not for playing high end games. I use mine for writing and surfing the web, and Twitter. The keyboard's excellent, the start-up's a little slow, but waking up from hibernate does the trick in terms of using it quickly.
Biggest problem is the drain that comes from turning on the wireless, but this may be typical for notebooks.
Faster without all hp extra software July 13, 2010
John (Temecula, CA USA)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I really love this little guy. after letting it update I took some time to uninstall all hp software that begins with hp (IE hp media smart) , norton antivirus, all games by wildtangent so it too will uninstall, times reader, google toolbar, and windows office trial software. Leaving all drivers and other software alone (many are required even cyberlink has video driver so leave alone). I also unchecked Idpt audio in msconfig startup which doesnt stop the sound driver but keeps interface from running everytime it starts and if I ever need to adjust it I can recheck it.
In the end it boots in 50 seconds, even though I usually just shut the lid to put it to sleep and open it for instant use (not much different to battery life it just is bad if droped in this mode). I then added microsoft security essentials (a better less intrusive free antivirus) and my printer drivers. Some Hp software might have been usefull but I have a portable usb dvd drive so don't need their transfer program for software installs or setup advisor or any other junk.
One thing I have discovered is the screen is to small for my eyes so I always wear my glasses. When I use it for IE I can inlarge view with control + shrink with control- and go 100% with control 0 so sometimes I do that but have to drag the up down bars more. The keyboard size really slows my typing speed so for heavy report writing I probably would use a full size keyboard.
As far as 7 starter is concerned its basically a full version of seven just some user settings and some extra apps taken out. It runs all programs that 7 full runs. It runs my full office 2007 I already had and seems to have nothing I need from the full 7 except the background not being changeable and if you download oceanus you can change that too. The network sharing homegroup was easy to share with my other 7 computers and is the same in this version.
I think starter is underated it certainly is faster and more advanced then xp and doesnt have the bloat such as media center full or ultimate 7 has but does have media player which works faster/better for this size device anyway. Linux users can always install their quick but less polished operating system but for the rest of us that want more ease of use/functionality 7 starter is the correct operating system for this device.
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