Originally posted on October 9, 2009 @ 10:00 am
Laptop Magazine was able to get their hands on an HP Mini 311, and wowza, it won points for performance. Usually I belittle HP’s netbooks because the stuff running under the hood is no match against other, relatively uglier netbooks, but somehow HP Mini 311 seems to change the game.
11-inch screen goodness aside, the HP Mini 311 has a standard Intel Atom processor which every netbook worth its salt has been rocking since time immemorial. And we all know how limited the Atom is. But thanks to the powerful NVIDIA GeForce 9400M graphics, the Mini 311 trounces your typical netbook when it comes to video playback, video gaming, or the 3DMark06 benchmark. It also outperforms every netbook and some CULV powered machines in the more general PCMark05 test. And would you believe you can squeeze at least 5 hours out of this baby?
And seriously, for $399, you can’t do any better for that price range.