PCWorld: Review – HP Mini 210 Netbook Only Average
The reviewer liked the display and multitouch pad but found the fan noisy and judged performance average.
“The HP Mini 210 consumer netbook is a basic netbook that does a decent job of providing what you’d expect from a typical product in this category, without any major surprises. Fortunately, it does so at a reasonable price: Mini 210 configurations start at $279, though the model we tested included a couple of upgrades that raised its price to $309.
Like lots of other netbooks, the Mini 210 runs on Intel’s Atom N450 CPU and integrated GMA 3150 graphics. You get 1GB of RAM, but no option for more and no easy way to upgrade the RAM yourself. The default configuration includes a 5400-rpm 160GB hard drive, but our review unit came with a 7200-rpm 160GB hard drive (a 250GB drive is available at extra cost). The faster rotation speed of our unit’s hard drive undoubtedly helped the Mini 210 in our WorldBench tests: The system scored a respectable 38–in line with the median for Atom-based netbooks–despite its limited amount of RAM.”
