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Regardless, battery life can make a significant impact on getting through your work- or school-day, so make sure that the laptop you purchase delivers at least 8 hours of battery life before needing recharging. Given their smaller sizes, mini laptops just don't deliver a battery life as long as full-sized models are capable of. Affordable mini laptops with the latter are best suited for basic tasks like web browsing, streaming video, or typing Word documents.

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We suggest that you opt for a product with an Intel Core series chip because it's more capable than the entry-level Celeron series. The newer the processor (CPU), the more power and better performance your new laptop will offer. Since choosing the right set of features will ensure you'll be happy with your mini laptop for years to come, I outlined everything you should consider before making the investment.

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But if you require more from your mini-notebook-such as Bluetooth 2.0 and an ExpressCard slot-and don't mind paying for it, the XP version of the HP Mini-Note is an excellent choice.I know reading the specifications of a laptop can seem a bit overwhelming (and quite boring), but they're the most important thing to pay attention to when you're shopping for a new computer - whether it's for you, your fourth grader, or your soon-to-be college student. Ifall you needis a low-cost laptop that can run Windows, you may want to opt for the 9-inch Eee PC, which costs $549. While it's somewhat bigger and pricier than other mini-notebooks, the HP 2133 Mini-Note offers a few features that the others don't, including an adult-size keyboard and a design more suited for road warriors. From 50 feet away, the 802.11a/b/g radio managed speeds of 10.6 Mbps, which is a slight drop from the 13.2-Mbps mark seen on the Vista version of the Mini-Note. The machine pushed data along at a rate of 16.7 Mbps at a distance of 15 feet from our access point (up from 14.3 Mbps). The HP Mini-Note demonstrated above-average wireless performance. We should note that this battery life was achieved with an extended-life six-cell battery, which adds 0.4 pounds to the weight and a little girth to the bottom of the system.

With screen brightness at 50 percent, we saw 3 hours and 58 minutes of endurance, which is about as good as it gets (so far) for this category. While surfing the Web with the LCD's brightness at maximum, streaming music from Slacker, and checking e-mail, the HP Mini-Note lasted a weak 1 hour and 23 minutes on a charge. It did take 54 seconds for the OS to boot, but that's a solid improvement over the 1 minute and 18 seconds needed for Vista load. It's still on the low side, but the Mini-Note had no trouble handling XP, running Meebo, and streaming Slacker Internet radio as we checked e-mail and worked in Google Docs. The VIA Chrome 9 graphics chip helped the Mini-Note achieve a 3DMark03 score of 477, which is slightly better than the 380 score seen on the Vista version.

Still, we had no problems streaming Hulu and YouTube videos. The Mini-Note is powered by a 1.2-GHz VIA C7-M processor and 1GB of RAM and produced a PCMark05 score of 1,006, which isn't blazing but is more than 200 points better than the 2go PC's 780 score. These latter configurations start at $599. HP offers several drive choices as well, including a 4GB solid state drive for the Linux version (starting at $499), and 120GB and 160GB drives that spin at 5,400 rpm.

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Our Mini-Note came with Windows XP Professional installed on a 5,400-rpm 120GB hard drive (which is protected by an accelerometer) you can configure the system with Vista Business, Vista Home Basic, FreeDOS, or the SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 operating system. The built-in stereo speakers were surprisingly loud, but as with the majority of notebooks in this class, they lacked sufficient low-end punch. The HP Mini-Note doesn't come with a webcam utility, but Meebo immediately recognized the camera, which provided adequate image quality for video chatting. Positioned above the display is a camera and microphone embedded in the upper bezel. (Sure, you can plug a USB modem into other mini-notebooks, but they protrude from the side of the system more, making them easier to accidentally dislodge or break.) Plus, you can plug in an ExpressCard mobile broadband modem, so you don't have to rely on Wi-Fi hotspots, which makes the HP Mini-Note attractive to business customers. Unlike competing systems, such as the ASUS Eee PCand Everex CloudBook, you can configure the Mini-Note with your choice of processors, RAM, and hard drives. Along the perimeter of the machine is a power switch, drive indicator, Wi-Fi toggle, Ethernet, VGA, headphone and microphone jacks, two USB 2.0 ports, and ExpressCard/54 and SD Card slots.

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