HP says latest netbook is business-ready
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Powered by a 1.6GHz Intel Atom processer, the HP Mini 2140 has a 10.1-inch display. The keyboard is 92 percent the size of a full-size PC keyboard, and the whole machine weighs from 2.6 pounds.
The netbook comes with a choice between an 80GB solid-state drive and a 160GB hard disk drive; and a choice between a three-cell or six-cell battery. It uses 802.11a/b/g/n Wi-Fi and has options for Bluetooth 2.0, a USB docking station, USB-powered HP Mobile Audio Speakers and an HP USB optical disk drive.
The machine will be available at $499 in the U.S. later this month.
HP says the Mini 2140 is suitable for business use while remaining a true netbook. The company said in its statement that the brushed aluminum chassis made the netbook rigid enough to withstand business use, and also touted features such as the accelerometer-based DriveGuard. According to HP, DriveGuard "instinctively protects your data by parking the hard drive prior to a shock event, bump or drop".
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DriveGuard for a SSD drive?
DriveGuard for a SSD drive?
SpeedFreak_7th Jan 2009 -
RTFA...heh
two options... 8oGB SSD, or 160 hard disk drive with DriveGuard
Metronome497th Jan 2009 -
petitpois7th Jan 2009 -
Anything under $400 is 3-cell. :\
That's why I choose the Eee 1000H. I looked at all of the options but the cheapest 6-cell with SSD (so that 6-cell lasts longer) was the Eee.
Of course this thing is $500 which is outside of netbook territory.
T1Oracle8th Jan 2009 -
Latest netbook are ready for business.
the question is :which business?. Macdonald is a business, IBM too.
magallanes9th Jan 2009
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