HP Mini 1120NR 10.2-Inch Netbook (1.6 GHz Intel Atom N270 Processor, 1 GB RAM, 16 GB Hard Drive, Mobile Internet Experience Software, 3 Cell Battery)

by HP

Product Details

• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B001J6NNVM
• Item model number: 1120NR
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: October 29, 2008

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

Simplify Your Life With the Perfect Mobile Companion
HP Mini 1000 with Mobile Internet Experience software HP's new Mobile Internet Experience (MIE) provides access to the online content and apps 
you want with just one click. From the desktop you can access email, internet, pictures, video, music and more faster and more easily than ever.

• Intuitive dashboard-style interface lets you personalize by adding your favorite sites
• Applications automatically launch when you power on - and web pages stay live and update dynamically while connected 
• Travel light with the ultra-mobile design - only 1 inch thin, starting at just 2.25 pounds
• Integrated wireless technology helps you get online easily
• Websites and photos are easy to view on both the 8.9-inch or 10.2-inch HP BrightView displays
• Work and play comfortably on the near-full-size keyboard (92% of full size)
• Chat face to face with the built-in HP Mini Webcam
• Snap an HP Mini Mobile Drive into the recessed port to add storage (Optional: Available with Solid State Drive (SSD) configurations only)

Internet access required and sold separately.

Product Description

Simplify Your Life With The Perfect Mobile Companion. HP’s new Mobile Internet Experience (MIE) provides access to the online content and apps you want with just one click. From the desktop you can access email, internet, pictures, video, music and more faster and more easily than ever.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

25 of 25 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Worth every penny, March 14, 2009

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Michael Baehr (San Francisco, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: HP Mini 1120NR 10.2-Inch Netbook (1.6 GHz Intel Atom N270 Processor, 1 GB RAM, 16 GB Hard Drive, Mobile Internet Experience Software, 3 Cell Battery) (Personal Computers)

I'm a 24/7 on-call sysadmin, so I needed a suitably light machine I could chuck into my bag and bike around town with, and ended up deciding on the HP Mini 1000-series after seriously considering several others (including its businessy cousin, the 2140)

I was in a hurry to order it so I bought the 1120NR option instead of a build-to-order. If I had BTOed, I'd probably have 2GB of RAM, 802.11n wifi, and an internal Bluetooth adapter. I'm actually quite glad I didn't go overboard, because I spent $330 on a computer and got every penny's worth. It's so cheap, I decided to forego the warranty as well.

I am quite impressed by MIE. I'm a Linux power user, and probably my first task was figuring out how to get a shell open (and I now have gnome-terminal bound to Alt-F3), but this is a polished system, and I have to give HP some credit. The only non-trivial tasks I had to perform which required some manual intervention were setting up tethering to my 3G phone and setting up a VPN connection to the office, both of which work flawlessly with just an hour's fiddling. (I'm using a Cirago BTA6210 USB adapter for BT; it was instant plug-and-play in MIE and required no configuration). I may eventually get tired of the inability to customize the home screen and panels, and install stock Ubuntu, but this machine is ready, with a few hours' work, for everything I need it to do. Well done, HP.

Best features: the display (may be low resolution but is very bright and sharp), and the keyboard. I had almost no trouble adjusting to it and can type at my usual speeds with ease.

The most disappointing features of the machine are ones that aren't likely to bug me, with the exception of the mouse button placement, a problem which is obviated by the fact that the trackpad supports tap for middle and right-click, so who cares? The silly wasted USB slot for the "Mini Drive" inspires a big "whatever". As does the need for a VGA dongle... the likelihood that I'll ever need to hook up an external monitor to this thing is almost nil. If you want premium features, spend the extra $$$ (and it adds up, quick) for a 2140, especially when the HD screen comes out. But this thing works, it's cheap, and it's pretty. If you need a machine for mostly internet purposes (isn't that the whole point of a "netbook"), this is perfect, and it's got one of the prettiest and most headache-free Linux distros I've ever worked with.

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Great product with great flaws, March 8, 2009

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Graffiacane - See all my reviews

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This review is from: HP Mini 1120NR 10.2-Inch Netbook (1.6 GHz Intel Atom N270 Processor, 1 GB RAM, 16 GB Hard Drive, Mobile Internet Experience Software, 3 Cell Battery) (Personal Computers)

The keyboard is wonderful and lives up to the hype. The MI interface is pretty solid, though I have the feeling that if I were able to disable the Elisa media interface (which I would love to do, as it is worthless, crappy software), it would be better yet. The BIG problem is that this little netbook which will likely be bought by other students like myself freezes completely every time it tries to connect to a WPA2 Enterprise secured wireless network. Which is what just about every university uses. Atop of that, HP's support is entirely unhelpful, and it is entirely unclear whether they ever plan on addressing this issue. It's also been pointed out that the webcam window in the display bezel was erroneously manufactured with reflective film over it like the HP logo opposite it on the lower portion of the bezel, making the webcam nigh useless. The fan runs pretty consistently and the system can feel sluggish at times. Nevertheless, it's very sturdy, the keyboard is wonderful and I'd be incredibly happy with it if I could connect to the internet without a system freeze. It's ridiculous to have to seek out coffee shops or lug around an ethernet cable half the size and weight of the computer because I can't connect to my university's wireless, and disconcerting that HP doesn't seem to recognize this problem.

8 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Proprietary hardware is a no go..., March 14, 2009

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Brie M (DE, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: HP Mini 1120NR 10.2-Inch Netbook (1.6 GHz Intel Atom N270 Processor, 1 GB RAM, 16 GB Hard Drive, Mobile Internet Experience Software, 3 Cell Battery) (Personal Computers)

Hardware stuff that I hated:
I got this for about 2 days before I decided to return it. The VGA cable that hasn't been released yet by HP is going to be over $70. A 6 cell battery is $94 (and out of stock the last time I looked). Looking at many forums, the representatives at HP are pretty unreliable about the VGA cable. They tell you to get an Apple mini VGA cable, which doesn't fit at all.[You could get a USB to VGA, but I've heard those are not good quality.] Also, one of the 3 USB drives only fits a proprietary usb stick from HP so that it will sit flush with your computer instead of sticking out (maybe you could use one of those USB drives that is just a flat piece of plastic, maybe not). It's a pretty big chunk of money for just a thumb drive. Lastly, the fan is a lot louder than expected.

What I liked:
I really liked the keyboard. I've got smallish hands and didn't really notice it being much smaller. It was actually more comfortable on my wrists than my regular laptop keyboard.
It included a good chunk of the programs that I would have downloaded (Pidgin, firefox, openoffice, skype etc).
It was pretty easy to navigate to different windows thanks to 2 keys. One was an HP key that brought you back to your home screen and the other brought you to a choice of programs that were already open.
It's very pretty and super tiny, and could probably fit into a lot of people's purses.
Once I changed the toolbars for open office to be on the side instead of on top, I didn't have much of a problem with the size. The memory is simple to upgrade. There's a video of someone doing it in 20 seconds.

Other things I didn't like:
I really didn't like the Mie interface. I'm not going to put pictures and music on something this small, why should that be half of my desktop? Also, I don't use thunderbird, so the mail app on the left was useless. The battery life is about the same as my regular laptop, which was pretty disappointing. The command line is hidden, not entirely disabled. Press fn+f2 to get to it. If it came with an SSH program, I may have kept it longer...

Buy this if:
You want a small laptop that you can surf the internet and use the few programs that are on it. If you want to change the version of linux on it, this may still be a good choice. It wasn't as slow as I thought a netbook would be, and I did not even upgrade the memory yet.

Don't buy this:
If you need a VGA port to show presentations, or if you want a long battery life. If you want to download other programs, you may have some obstacles to run over, but I'm sure that you can tweak it enough to do it. If you don't want to put a different OS on here and don't like the interface of Mie, you shouldn't get this. If you want to customize stuff, this version of Linux really isn't for you.

It was cheaper for me to return this and just get something that included the VGA cable and a 6 cell battery instead of buying the hard to find parts from HP.