HP Mini PC 5101 will be available for sale in July, HP announced yesterday in a news release about its new netbook. i for one believe that the netbook fever is here to stay. Netbooks are small and robust.

i just love the fact that you can carry a netbook out with style. No more carrying the bulky ugly looking laptop & backpack when on the go.

Months ago, when i was looking for the right netbook, the HP Mini was my second choice. i like its slimmer design but in the end i forgo the intention to buy it. Part of the reason was the battery doesn’t last that long and the harddisk space was smaller than all the other netbooks.

I’m glad to find that the new HP Mini 5101 has improved from there.

HP Mini 5101 PC features:
* Intel Atom N280 processor with a clock speed of 1.66 GHz
* Chipset Intel 945GSE Express
* Graphics Intel GMA 950
* Up to 2 GB of RAM DDR2 SDRAM 533 MHz
* 10.1-inch display with a resolution of 1024×600 or 1366×768 pixels
* Storages are 80 GB SSD or 160/250/320 GB hard drive (7200 rpm)
* HD audio (stereo speakers)
* 2 MP web-camera
* Ethernet 10/100/1000
* Wireless options are Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/draft-n, Bluetooth 2.0, EV-DO/HSPA
* SD/MMC Card reader
* Operating system is Windows XP Home, SUSE Linux Enterprise 11, and FreeDOS
* Connectors are 3x USB 2.0, VGA, RJ-45, a microphone, headphones
* Dimensions are 262×180×23.2 mm
* Weight is 1.2 kg

Source: HP