Comments on: Long term hardware impressions — HP Mini 1000 MIE http://www.umpcportal.com/2009/02/long-term-hardware-impressions-hp-mini-1000-mie/ portable pc, mobile computer, pocket pc and handheld computing Fri, 10 Feb 2012 11:29:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Bob DeLoyd http://www.umpcportal.com/2009/02/long-term-hardware-impressions-hp-mini-1000-mie/#comment-18595 Bob DeLoyd Thu, 26 Feb 2009 20:12:20 +0000 http://www.umpcportal.com/?p=5924#comment-18595 Nice review! I have an HP Mini-Note 1000 10" running XP and just love it! The LED back light can really give you some serious eye burn! I lower mine down to level 6. The keyboard is just what you said, and I have gotten used to it. It's the best one around for a Mini. The Dell Mini 9 has the keys here and there and I was afraid that if I used that keyboard much I'd be ruined for any standard keyboard I’d use. That’s one reason I bought the HP and the Dell sits by the wayside. I have Microsoft Office 2007 and use the Mini-Note for all my typing. The touch pad was my biggest problem: the right click is a little flimsy until you find the right spot to hit. The best is that it is so portable! I got to laugh when I see folks carrying these large 15-17” laptops, they remind me of the early 80’s where an Osborn portable weighed 24.5 pounds and people would lug them around! One thing that I don’t like is that there are only two USB ports. Hell My Asus EEE701 and Dell Mini 9 have three each. I didn’t count the flush USB port because it’s unusable without Hp’s Mini Mobile Drive (4GB for $24.99) I might get me one. //bob Nice review!
I have an HP Mini-Note 1000 10″ running XP and just love it!
The LED back light can really give you some serious eye burn! I lower mine down to level 6.
The keyboard is just what you said, and I have gotten used to it. It’s the best one around for a Mini. The Dell Mini 9 has the keys here and there and I was afraid that if I used that keyboard much I’d be ruined for any standard keyboard I’d use. That’s one reason I bought the HP and the Dell sits by the wayside. I have Microsoft Office 2007 and use the Mini-Note for all my typing.
The touch pad was my biggest problem: the right click is a little flimsy until you find the right spot to hit.
The best is that it is so portable! I got to laugh when I see folks carrying these large 15-17” laptops, they remind me of the early 80’s where an Osborn portable weighed 24.5 pounds and people would lug them around!
One thing that I don’t like is that there are only two USB ports. Hell My Asus EEE701 and Dell Mini 9 have three each. I didn’t count the flush USB port because it’s unusable without Hp’s Mini Mobile Drive (4GB for $24.99) I might get me one.
//bob

]]> By: UMPCwatch http://www.umpcportal.com/2009/02/long-term-hardware-impressions-hp-mini-1000-mie/#comment-18580 UMPCwatch Thu, 26 Feb 2009 16:36:46 +0000 http://www.umpcportal.com/?p=5924#comment-18580 I had a chance to check the PC ... and I agree: it is a very good one. However, in my opinion, it is lacking an Express card slot - and it is the ONLY reason why I shall not buy it! Imagine: if this PC does not come with the built-in GPS support - short of a USB- or BT-attached receiver, how else can I add the option. Neither of these two is very convenient, because either one requires an external GPS unit; but if the PC had the slot, one could easily complement the PC by inserting a GPS card, without losing a single-piece view. Of course, it's just my opinion. I had a chance to check the PC … and I agree: it is a very good one.
However, in my opinion, it is lacking an Express card slot – and it is the ONLY reason why I shall not buy it! Imagine: if this PC does not come with the built-in GPS support – short of a USB- or BT-attached receiver, how else can I add the option. Neither of these two is very convenient, because either one requires an external GPS unit; but if the PC had the slot, one could easily complement the PC by inserting a GPS card, without losing a single-piece view.
Of course, it’s just my opinion.

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