How does an HP Mini 311 with NVIDIA ION graphics and loads of exciting features sound to you? This netbook is well worth around $1,500 so I don’t think nobody in this planet would not want to have it.
So, what are you waiting for head over to this site and learn how you get the chance to bring home one of these 12 (yes NVIDIA is giving away 12 units) HP Mini 311’s loaded with the following specs and extras:
Verizon Wireless has added two HP Mini netbooks to its stable of netbook bundle offerings – the HP Mini 311-1037NR and the HP Mini 110-1046NR. These two netbooks shall come with Verizon’s Mobile Broadband network built-in and give Verizon Wireless customers the ability to access their email accounts or browse the web through Verizon’s Wireless Global Access service plan.
Obviously the reason why Verizon added these netbooks is to join the Windows 7 netbook craze that is just starting to heat up right now. Although only the HP Mini 311 has the Windows 7 installed, the HP Mini 110 could still be a good choice.
Anyway, here are the published specs of the HP Mini 311:
Genuine Windows(®) 7 Home Premium
11.6″-diagonal HD LED BrightView widescreen display (1366 x 768)
16:9 aspect ratio for full-screen HD content playback
With many netbooks already able to load into OS X it comes as no surprise that the netbook/CULV device from HP can also run OS X. One hacker over at the Insanely Mac forums, has successfully loaded into the Apple operating system on their HP Mini 311. Both the high resolution of the device (1366 x 768) and graphics (NVIDIA GeForce 9400M) are supported in OS X along with the card reader, Ethernet, webcam and bluetooth. Unfortunately WiFi and sound don’t work at the moment. Neither does the sleep/resume function but, this has been a case with many Hackintosh netbooks.
Over at LaptopMag the folks benchmarked the HP Mini 311 with 3DMark06 along with trying Far Cry 2 on the ION powered netbook. Users asked for more specific tests to be done which relate to very popular games. They asked for the netbook to be tested with Spore, Call of Duty 4 and World of Warcraft. Call of Duty 4 has already been demoed on the HP Mini 311 which you can view here.
Laptop Mag listened to their readers and have videos of the netbook playing both World of Warcraft and Spore. Overall they were pleased with the results. They even made use of the 1080p HD Video out and connected it up to a Samsung HD TV and the results are very impressive. While doing their tests, they’ve also played the HD trailer of “Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs” back, which apart from some motion blur, had smooth playback. You can view their videos of the games and trailer tested here.
Of course you’ve heard about the HP Mini 311 right? Even though it hasn’t been out right now, this doesn’t stop HP from preparing some guides on how you can possibly upgrade its features in the future.
MyHPMini.com stumbled upon this vital documents relating to the upgrade features for the upcoming HP Mini 311. And from the looks of it, HP seems to be really prepping up the HP Mini 311 to become a powerful machine with excellent video handling capability.
Not convinced? Well, here are just some of the upgrades that you can do with the HP Mini 311:
NVIDIA ION, the FULL platform, only with Windows 7
Added 1GB RAM (plus 1GB on-board ram), total 2GB
Added 2GB RAM (plus the 1GB on-board), total 3GB
80GB Solid-State-Drive (SSD)
250GB Hard Drive, 5400rpm, only with Windows 7
320GB Hard Drive, 5400rpm, only with Windows 7
Windows 7 Starter, Basic, Premium and Professional options. (All 32-bit)
So we’ve read the specs of the upcoming netbook/CULV notebook from HP and we’ve seen the machine in action handling Call of Duty 4 smoothly, now it’s time to see it up close and personal. The lucky folks at Blogeee have got hold of the upcoming HP Mini 311 and have taken many photos of it.
Firstly, while it is noted as the HP Mini 311, the actual branding on the netbook is that of Compaq who HP took over. In the photos, Blogeee have captured each side of the netbook, along with a look at under the battery. Also thrown in are a couple of photos showing it with the Samsung NC10.
Well, this certainly brings a new meaning to gaming on the go. The recently announced HP Mini 311, which falls into the CULV category, features an NVIDIA ION chipset, which can bring gaming to the netbook world and not just solitaire or similar. As the video below shows, Call of Duty 4, one of the top games of 2007/2008 (and still very popular) runs very smoothly on the CULV netbook. The settings are naturally set to the lowest settings but, considering it packs a 1.6GHz Intel Atom processor it certainly impresses.
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