HP Mini 311 is now accessible subsidized from US wireless carrier Verizon. Sign up for a 2 year wireless broadband plan and you will be able to buy thenetbook for $199. Of advance you accept to absorb $60/month for the broadband service.
HP Mini 311 is acclaimed for actuality the aboriginal netbook to accept NVIDIA ION graphics. Like the approved HP Mini 311, the Verizon archetypal too has an 11.6 inch affectation with 1366 x 768 pixels resolution. It is powered by an Intel Atom processor withNVIDIA ION Light Edition graphics. The Verizon archetypal has 2GB of RAM and congenital 3G module. It runs Windows 7 Home Premium. The XP archetypal comes with 1GB of RAM.
Design
In abounding aspects, the Mini 311 looks agnate to HP’s beyond notebooks. The lid is accessible in both atramentous and white and bears HP’s Swirl pattern. The Mini 311 is about the aforementioned admeasurement as the MSI Wind U210 and Acer Aspire 1410. The anthology measures about 3.2 pounds.
Keyboard and Touchpad
The HP Mini 311 comes with hardly advised aboveboard argent keys. The keys are adequate to blazon on and you will be able to ability your accustomed attached acceleration about immediately. The touchpad buttons are a bit stiff. The touchpad apparent additionally shows some friction.
Ports and Slots
The HP Mini 311 has the approved arrangement of ports. There are 3 USB 2.0 ports, Ethernet, VGA, headphone/mic and 5-in-1 anamnesis agenda reader. There is additionally an HDMI anchorage for appointment video to an alien monitor.
Performance
The bigger backbone of this netbook is its NVIDIA ION cartoon processor. Achievement is excellent. In cartoon achievement tests, the HP Mini 311 delivers bigger achievement than added netbooks with chip Intel graphics. The apparatus can comedy best contempo amateur with ease. It can additionally handle multitasking. But back it comes to CPU accelerated tasks, the Mini 311 isn’t decidedly bigger than added netbooks with Atom N270 processor.
Battery life
The Verizon adaptation runs Windows 7 and it doesn’t accord as abundant array activity as the adaptation active Windows XP. You may get beneath than 5 hours if you are on WiFi and 3.5 hours on 3G.
Pros
Good cartoon performance
Attractive design
Built-in 3G for wireless broadband access
Good keyboard
Cons
