Review: HP Mini 5103 Netbook

PCWorld: Review – HP Mini 5103 Netbook

Priced from $399 to almost $1,000, this 10.1-inch-screen netbook can be configured with a variety of options. It boasts over seven hours of battery life.

“The HP Mini 5103 is a corporate-oriented netbook that does just about everything right: It has a plethora of business and security features, an excellent keyboard and touchpad, and a touchscreen. However, performance is mundane, and a larger display would be nice–especially on a unit this pricey. The Mini 5103’s configurations, and there are a lot of them, start at $399 and can run up to nearly $1000 even before including extended service and warranty plans. At this writing, the configuration we tested would set you back $649.

If our test suite is to be believed, you gain little in the way of performance with the new dual-core 1.5GHz Intel Atom N550 processor. The Mini 5103’s WorldBench score of 35 is similar to other Atom-based netbooks. The unit also felt sluggish during evaluation despite having 2GB of DDR3 memory and a 7200 rpm, 160GB Western Digital hard drive.”