HP Compaq Mini 311c-1010SA Intel Atom N270 ION 11.6" Netbook @ £314.99 inc VAT

jamesjoyce · 15 Oct 2009 at 15:16

The slot is there and its open. That means 1gb is on the mobo. When the slot is there is pretty much usable. Most manufactures remove the slot completely if they want a 1gb limit. Case in point as msi tried to do with their u120

http://jkontherun.com/2009/01/23/is-the-msi-wind-u120-limited-to-1gb-of-ram/

2gb PC3-8500 1066MHz DDR3 SODIMM shud work in there as confirmed by u.s users on another forum. Any faster speed ram won't be beneficial.

raptormonkey · 15 Oct 2009 at 15:22

Until someone actually tries it though there will always be doubts.

MasterPlan1 · 15 Oct 2009 at 15:29

Raikiri, wouldn't happen to play WoW would you?

That's the only real test I want to know, no one can give me a definitive answer, will it be playable or not

Bradmax57 · 15 Oct 2009 at 15:58

very smart

Raikiri · 15 Oct 2009 at 16:33

MasterPlan1 said:
Raikiri, wouldn't happen to play WoW would you?

That's the only real test I want to know, no one can give me a definitive answer, will it be playable or not

I do not and the client is about 10gb... however I think it would run on low

MasterPlan1 · 15 Oct 2009 at 16:41

10Gb is nothing these days!

I'll have a ponder about this little beasty, I don't know if you saw my pondering post yesterday, but HP are releasing the DM3, a full blown laptop which has a quite tidy graphics card in it (ATI Radeon Mobi 3200), set for release end of October with Win7.

jamesjoyce · 15 Oct 2009 at 17:02

Some video of mini 311

http://blog.laptopmag.com/video-hp-mini-311-proves-its-mettle-with-games-and-hd-content

Wow will run at native res low settings

Valo · 15 Oct 2009 at 17:11

Raikiri said:
1: Overall build is very good, no flex, slim and fairly light. Performance seems very snappy once you've removed all the bundled crap.

2. I will do, just a minute.

3. Keyboard is 92% standard size and fantastic to use, trackpad is good but not amazing (won't trouble a MBP, but still nice to use).

Cheers for that Raikiri

Couple more questions what's the boot time like and battery life? Did you also receive a voucher to redeem for an upgrade to Windows 7?

The reason I’m asking is I’m considering buying this for my mum as she needs a replacement for her 5yr old laptop (HP nx7010) and doesn’t need an all signing all dancing laptop just something mainly to browse the web, email and use word/excel. I'm attracted to this due to the high-res wide screen (1366x768) and it’s almost full size keyboard not to mention the portability.

Could this work as an everyday machine?

Raikiri · 15 Oct 2009 at 18:07

Boot time is about 35 seconds.

Battery life I couldn't say, haven't used it enough yet and the HP software for checking simply doesn't work (can't start it and there's not even a config file to try and fix the damn thing).

I will be using it every day at Uni for pretty much the tasks you decribed, the odd video etc.
The only thing it falls down on is HD flash video but I believe a CUDA accelerated version is being worked on.

Edit: Also ordered 2gb ddr3 for it, so I'll update again when that arrives and stick windows 7 on it.

Edit 2: Used 7% is 22 minutes playing video, firefox and installing something, about 60% brightness, Wi-Fi on, bluetooth on so about 4.5-5 hours under fairly heavy use.

Chris1712 · 15 Oct 2009 at 19:29

Excellent news!

Its time to upgrade for me and Ion is the way to go, this is the number 1 contender at the moment. Lets hope it takes the ddr upgrade alright and the battery is close to NC10 numbers (likely?).

Anyone want a good deal on an Advent 4211

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Valo · 15 Oct 2009 at 20:03

Raikiri said:
Boot time is about 35 seconds.

Battery life I couldn't say, haven't used it enough yet and the HP software for checking simply doesn't work (can't start it and there's not even a config file to try and fix the damn thing).

I will be using it every day at Uni for pretty much the tasks you decribed, the odd video etc.
The only thing it falls down on is HD flash video but I believe a CUDA accelerated version is being worked on.

Edit: Also ordered 2gb ddr3 for it, so I'll update again when that arrives and stick windows 7 on it.

Edit 2: Used 7% is 22 minutes playing video, firefox and installing something, about 60% brightness, Wi-Fi on, bluetooth on so about 4.5-5 hours under fairly heavy use.

Nice! Thanks again

Think I'm sold as long as the RAM upgrade works ok, which it no doubt will :cool:

How much did the RAM set you back?

Raikiri · 15 Oct 2009 at 20:20

£28 delivered, it's PNY (not exactly great, but branded at least).

Edit: 311 minutes battery running the same settings as CNET use, FYI.

Bradmax57 · 15 Oct 2009 at 21:51

Raikiri said:
Edit: Also ordered 2gb ddr3 for it, so I'll update again when that arrives and stick windows 7 on it.

Are these ddr3?

raptormonkey · 15 Oct 2009 at 21:54

Yes they are DDR3.

Raikiri · 15 Oct 2009 at 21:54

Bradmax57 · 15 Oct 2009 at 22:18

cool

wonder if it makes any difference over the n510 even tho its got a slower cpu (slightly)

raptormonkey · 15 Oct 2009 at 22:20

I doubt it very much.

Bradmax57 · 15 Oct 2009 at 22:57

raptormonkey said:
I doubt it very much.

still cool to have a ddr3 netbook tho

Raikiri · 16 Oct 2009 at 14:08

For anyone that's interested, running Windows 7 now (Ultimate until my Pro copy ships). Runs very well, even with 1gb RAM.

BananaDunka · 16 Oct 2009 at 14:53

If I can sell this Acer Travelmate laptop then one of these ION powered netbooks is mine, been waiting for these ever since I sold the NC10 !

** HP Compaq Mini 311c-1010SA Intel Atom N270 ION 11.6" Netbook @ £314.99 inc VAT **

HP Compaq Mini 311c-1010SA Intel Atom N270 ION 11.6" Netbook @ £314.99 inc VAT