HP Mini 5101 netbook review
Rating: 
HP's second netbook is the best one we’ve yet seen for design and build, and the high resolution display is another highlight. However, unimpressive battery life and high cost take the shine of an otherwise first-rate machine.
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Looks good
However £100+ on the base price for the mobile broadband option looks gouging to me.
On the other hand the Linux version provides an extra Gig of RAM for £1 - presumably having taken some of the cost of an XP licence.
Four varieties, albeit only one apparently available at the moment. The product page is rather deeply hidden on HP's site so here's a direct link.
http://h10010.www1.hp.com/wwpc/uk/en/sm/WF25a/321957-321957-64295-3955550-3955550-3973865.html
By calmeilles on Friday Sep 18
Pedant attack
The Hard Disk doesn't "format down" to 232MB, it's just that Windows measures the capacity in Mebibytes wheras the manufacturers use Megabytes. But of course I don't need to point this out - any reviewer for IT Pro would surely know this....
By Ergath on Monday Sep 21