PostHeaderIcon HP Aluminum Mini-Note 8.9″ Laptop

Check out the HP Mini Note now available for $549.99 from ThinkGeek.com. With a high-res 8.9″ 1280 x 768 display, a 120 GB hard drive, 92% of full-size keyboard and all-aluminum case the HP-Mini Note addresses all of our complaints with the Eee and still provides that cool mini-notebook appeal.

HP Aluminum Mini-Note 8.9

Available for $549.99 from ThinkGeek.com

Product Features

  • Full-function PC with utmost mobility and durable all-aluminum case
  • Ultra-portable light-weight design: 2.6 lb (1.19 kg) and 1.05 in (27 mm) thin at front
  • 8.9-inch diagonal 1280 x 768 WXGA scratch-resistant display
  • 92% full-size QWERTY keyboard and touchpad
  • 802.11 a/b/g wireless LAN, HP Wireless Assistant
  • 120 GB 5400 rpm hard drive
  • Integrated VGA Webcam
  • ExpressCard/54 slot
  • Secure Digital slot for HCSD and MMC media cards
  • 1GB of installed RAM, Upgradeable up to 2GB of 667 MHz DDR2 SDRAM

Specifications

  • Dimensions (HxWxD) – 1.05 inches thick (at front) x 10.04 inches x 6.5 inches
  • Weight- 2.6 lb
  • Processor – VIA C7®-M ULV Processor (1.2 GHz, 128 KB L2 cache)
  • Operating System – SuSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10
  • System Memory – 1024 MB 667-MHz DDR2 (1 DIMM) Supports up to 2048 MB maximum (1 DIMM slot is free to increase the memory)
  • Hard Drive – 120-GB 5400 rpm (Hard drives are customer removable and will withstand multiple insertion/removal cycles. Up to 10 GB is reserved for the system recovery software.)
  • Display – 8.9-inch diagonal 1280 x 768 WXGA scratch-resistant display, Integrated VGA Webcam
  • Graphics – Via Chrome 9
  • Audio – ADI High Definition CODEC, Stereo headphone/line out and microphone in, Integrated microphone
  • Communications – Integrated Broadcom Gigabit Network Connection (10/100/1000 NIC)
  • Integrated Wireless – Broadcom 802.11a/b/g
  • Pointing Device – Touchpad with scroll zone and two soft-touch buttons
  • Keyboard – Spill-resistant keyboard is 92% of full size, 101/102-key compatible with isolated inverted-T cursor control keys, both left and right control and alt keys, 12 function keys, and hotkey combinations for audio volume, power conservation, brightness, and other features. US and international key layouts are available.
  • Battery – 3-cell (28 WHr) Lithium-Ion (Up to 2 hours 15 minutes usage time , standby time of up to 1 week) Optional 6-cell battery available from HP.
  • Power – External 65W AC Adapter
  • 1 Year Warranty

Ports

  • VGA/external monitor (Supports resolutions of up to 2048 x 1536 at 75 Hz)
  • 2 x USB 2.0 ports
  • RJ-45/ethernet
  • Stereo microphone in
  • Stereo headphone/line out
  • Power connector
  • ExpressCard/54 slot
  • Secure Digital (SD) Memory slot
  • Kensington lock slot

Available for $549.99 from ThinkGeek.com

One Response to “HP Aluminum Mini-Note 8.9″ Laptop”

  • jarome says:

    SLED 10 is an awful option. The distro is over 2 years old, and Novell has removed all the 10.1 depots (which worked with SLED). So you can’t update anything. Firefox 3 will not run because GTK+ is too ancient.

    And it is shipped without SP1 and SP2. So its unpatched. If you apply them, the Fn keys stop working.

    I was never able to get the wireless to work. I finally used nsidwrapper to get the light blue, but it will not connect to WPA-2.

    I hope I can install a better distro. But the Fn keys are problematical.

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