HP Compaq Mini 700 review
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Verdict
It's a pleasure to use and it's gorgeous, but those looks do come at a cost in other important areas
Review Date: 25 Mar 2009
Reviewed By: Sasha Muller
Price when reviewed: £243 (£279 inc VAT)
Overall Rating
Features & Design
Value for Money
Performance
| Details | |
|---|---|
| Part Code | NF280EA |
| Review Date | 25 Mar 2009 |
| Price ex VAT | £243 |
| Price inc VAT | £279 |
| Overall rating |
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| Features & Design |
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| Value for Money |
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| Performance |
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| Warranty | |
|---|---|
| Warranty | 1yr collect and return |
| Physical specifications | |
|---|---|
| Dimensions | 261 x 167 x 25mm (WDH) |
| Weight | 1.150kg |
| Travelling weight | 1.5kg |
| Processor and memory | |
|---|---|
| Processor | Intel Atom N270 |
| RAM capacity | 1.00GB |
| Memory type | DDR2 |
| Screen and video | |
|---|---|
| Screen size | 10.2in |
| Resolution screen horizontal | 1,024 |
| Resolution screen vertical | 600 |
| Resolution | 1024 x 600 |
| Graphics chipset | Intel GMA 950 |
| VGA (D-SUB) outputs | 0 |
| HDMI outputs | 0 |
| S-Video outputs | 0 |
| DVI-I outputs | 0 |
| DVI-D outputs | 0 |
| DisplayPort outputs | 0 |
| Drives | |
|---|---|
| Capacity | 60GB |
| Optical disc technology | N/A |
| Optical drive | N/A |
| Replacement battery price inc VAT | £0 |
| Networking | |
|---|---|
| Wired adapter speed | 100Mbits/sec |
| 802.11a support |
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| 802.11b support |
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| 802.11g support |
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| 802.11 draft-n support |
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| Integrated 3G adapter |
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| Other Features | |
|---|---|
| ExpressCard34 slots | 0 |
| ExpressCard54 slots | 0 |
| PC Card slots | 0 |
| USB ports (downstream) | 2 |
| PS/2 mouse port |
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| 9-pin serial ports | 0 |
| Parallel ports | 0 |
| Optical S/PDIF audio output ports | 0 |
| Electrical S/PDIF audio ports | 0 |
| 3.5mm audio jacks | 1 |
| SD card reader |
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| Memory Stick reader |
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| MMC (multimedia card) reader |
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| Smart Media reader |
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| Compact Flash reader |
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| xD-card reader |
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| Pointing device type | Touchpad |
| Speaker location | Above keyboard |
| Integrated microphone? |
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| Integrated webcam? |
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| Camera megapixel rating | 0.3MP |
| TPM |
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| Fingerprint reader |
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| Smartcard reader |
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| Operating system and software | |
|---|---|
| Operating system | Windows XP Home |
| OS family | Windows XP |
| Battery and performance tests | |
|---|---|
| Battery life, light use | 198 |
| Battery life, heavy use | 147 |
| Overall application benchmark score | 0.40 |
| Office application benchmark score | 0.52 |
| 2D graphics application benchmark score | 0.31 |
| Encoding application benchmark score | 0.37 |
| Multitasking application benchmark score | 0.40 |
| 3D performance (crysis) low settings | Fail |
| 3D performance setting | N/A |
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