Customer Reviews

HP Mini 1010NR 8.9-Inch Netbook (1.6 GHz Intel Atom N270 Processor, 512 MB RAM, 8 GB Solid State Drive, XP Home)

5 star:		(6)
4 star:		(3)
3 star:		(1)
2 star:		(0)
1 star:		(1)

 

 

I got this netbook for class to take notes. I wanted something lightweight and easy, and that's exactly what I got! The battery even lasts through my 3-hour lectures. I do turn the brightness down though.

It has a great keyboard. It's bigger than one would expect and easy to type on. The screen is bright and the webcam sharp. The mouse pad has cool scrolling dots on the right, and the side click wasnt a big adjustment.

It's fast and mobile and has now become my main computer.

I'll keep this review short and sweet. This netbook is my new best friend! I had wanted to get a laptop for the longest time and when I got my tax return I finally headed up to Best Buy to look at them. I saw this netbook and fell in love. I ended up getting the netbook, external CD/DVD drive, a memory card, carrying case, wireless mouse, optimization and 2 year warranty for a little under 700 bucks. Pretty much every thing I need! I recommend finding a package deal like I did but I just wanted to let everyone know how sleek, fast and great this mini PC is. HP is the leading producer for netbooks right now.

I was trying to decide between this laptop and the Acer inspire one. I really like this netbook the keyboard seems bigger than the other netbooks that I looked at and the screen is a great size if you have good vision. I would say that the only reason to get the Acer is if you need more hard drive space. Just remember that the SSD or solid state hard drive wont break if you drop it like a regular hard drive in the acer, plus SSD is faster. I would say the other main reason I chose the HP over the Acer is that i feel safer with an HP product, especially if something goes wrong with it.

I have only used the Mini a few weeks, but I have no complaints. Needing a professional word processor, I deleted much of the included software and loaded Microsoft Word Office Edition. While the flash hard drive is somewhat limited, it is more than adequate for my use. I kept the included image processor, and have found it to be ideal for the limited image processing I need in the field. Serious image work can wait for PhotoShop and the big computer. Meanwhile, I carry a complete computing system that weighs about what my big laptop weighs alone.

Thinking about how much I have used the DVD writer in the field previously, I had planned to buy an external version, but so far, I have found external flash drives to be all I really need.

This little laptop is perfect. It weighs only two pounds, looks good and has all the functionality you need for email, skyping, taking notes and checking on the net wherever a wireless connection is available. Battery life is about 3 hours. The webcam is not the best quality so you need to be in bright light for it to work properly. All said and done, this is a great little basic laptop for under $300.

I love my mini!!! I take this thing everywhere -- it fits in my purse! This is a great little machine. I did buy an extended-life battery and an external DVD Drive to used when I need it. I use this mostly on trips and for typing documents on the fly. I do not notice any difference in size of the keyboard -- works great for me. I highly recommend this netbook.

This is a very good laptop but sometimes it slows down and sometimes it goes so slow that it just stops loading that I have to shut it down with the switch. I was about to get the hp business notebook but I didn't really need a disc drive and a very heavy laptop. I have a 1035NR model. It doesn't concentrate on starting up and only takes 40 seconds to start up completely and 10 seconds to were it says Microsoft corporation windows XP. But I would give it five stars if it weren't so slow.

When I got this computer it was in the original box but it was rattling around with the charger, no packing at all. I booted it up and it hooked up to my wireless network. It must have been quite a while in storage because it downloaded around 3 MB of Windows updates. When I went to use it the browser was locked in some kinda of configuration that the system would NOT let me change. In fact nothing that had anything to do with the settings could be changed. It would not allow me to download virus protection or any other upgrades at all. the little solid state drive was completely full and other than a web browser it was useless.
I contacted the seller and he basically told me to contact HP or Windows customer service. So I advertised it locally and sold it at a loss. I fully disclosed my concerns and complaints about the unit. I wish someone had done me the same way.

I guess it was my fault looking for a deal and getting taken in the end.

This is a basic netbook. It's not designed to be an only computer. But it is a "full" computer and can do things quite well.

First, it needs 2GB RAM. Maybe about $30. Easily installed.

Might want larger battery or get second battery. One charging, use the other.

Don't worry about the small hard drive. It's OK for what it needs. Save files to thumb drives and SD cards. There's a special USB drive called a mobile drive. It's handy.

The transfer rate from the USB drive can be slow (especially when saving a spreadsheet). But with some patience, it'll be OK.

Do not have the anti virus scan or update at bootup. It will make a boot up seem to be forever. It takes a lot of power this thing doesn't have. Just leave on at night have have such done then....

If you need external video, there is a special cable sold only by HP and hard to get. Waited 6 or 9 months and got one just to have it!

Its been a year since i bought this netbook... still looks good heck even still looks like new... not to mention i used this as my primary pc for 6 months. when i bought a laptop i still use it 5 hours daily. still does its job like when i used it the first time...