HP’s Mini 110 Linux-Based Netbook Now Available
HP’s first Mini netbook to come running Linux – the Mini 110 – has landed in Australia for the bargain price of $499, although you’ll want to upgrade the storage on it pretty quickly.
The Mini 110 comes in two main iterations – the Linux powered version which comes with 16GB of flash storage, and the XP powered version with a 160GB HDD. Both have the latest Atom N280 1.66GHz processor, 1GB RAM and a 10.1-inch screen. However, the XP version will set you back $699 compared to the $499 for the Linux version.
The HD video card that we heard about with the US release seems to be an optional extra, as is a 6-cell battery and cases to match the three different available colours.
I love the fact that we’re starting to get 10-inch netbooks for under $500, but I do wish the Linux version had more than 16GB of storage. You’ll probably want to upgrade that as quickly as possible, I’d imagine.
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Like I said here before, just get yourself a Kogan Agora (1Gb/160Gb/10″ screen) for $499 – with linux pre-installed!!!!
I’m just a satisfied customer; no other affiliation with Kogan!!!
No need to increase the storage for some people – I run an Asus eee 701 with Ubuntu Netbook Remix and I have a 4GB hard drive.
Forgive my ignorance but how do the SSD drives interface with the motherboard? Is it IDE or a proprietry connection? Just wondering if you could replace the SSD with an IDE drive?
Actually there seems to be some devilish conspiracy that prevents mfrs from shipping linux on anything but crippled configurations ie if they want to ship XL on _anything_ then they have to follow a rule such as “only ship linux on a machine that can’t run XL.”
I wonder if that’s legal or actually contra competition law – ACCC anyone?
Kogan can do it because they don’t ship MS on _anything_.
It’s a shame that HP’s site is so bad – there doesn’t seem to be a way to buy it!
I can’t find anywhere you can buy it either, I tried shopbot, the hp site and some other online retailers that ship hp laptops and can’t find any sign of it.
I too bought a Kogan Agora, and it has a fraction more screen space (1024×600), same 1.6G Atom, almost identical overall build layout to the HP except that the arrow keys a a bit bigger on the Kogan (better for games I guess) and the Kogan puts the touchpad buttons under the touchpad, rather than to the sides of it.
Kogan went with a 160G SATA drive, with an SD card reader on the side.
When I looked at the ACPI readings in Ubuntu Linux, I was impressed at how good the atom chip is with this whole laptop claiming to run at a mere 1 Watt! However, someone has messed up the ACPI somewhere, it really runs closer to 13 Watts normal operating power, which is still quite decent.