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7.5
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8.0
CNET Jul 29, 2009

The good: Revamped version of one of our favorite Netbooks; excellent keyboard and touch pad; sturdy and durable; includes accelerometer; optional higher-resolution display. The bad: Loses its ExpressCard slot; standard Netbook components at a premium price. The bottom line: HP's biz-minded...

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7.0
PC Mag Jul 22, 2009

HP is hot on the heels of Acer for the top spot in the netbook category. But let's not kid ourselves: Even though HP is very aggressive in pricing, the current Mini 1000 and even the newest Mini 110 (1030us) haven't been able to keep up with the latest netbook trends...

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Liliputing Oct 22, 2009

If you’re willing to spend $425 on a netbook at a time when you can get a cheaper Intel Atom powered 10 inch laptop for closer to $300, HP does give you a number of reasons to upgrade including an excellent chassis, keyboard, and touchpad, a fast hard drive, high quality webcam, and little extras...

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9.0
mattijzz mattijzz

Use this one every day. Works well. Now I use Chrome with ad blocker with privacy filters. And remove all this pre installed software...it makes a difference. I have 2 gb ram in it now. Its fast enough now :-) Wish it starts up faster though (around 1 minute with visusscanner, WIFI on and...

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