HP Working on Cheaper Mini-Note, Possibly with Atom

Sourabh Kalantri | Friday, July 25, 2008 6:11 AM Plans for second-generation & cheaper Mini-Notes revealed HP has already started revealing plans for a second, low-cost Mini-note laptop just a day after Toshiba revealed its prototype. The company has now made public a few of their plans for the second mini-note. Unlike the first mini-note HP Compaq 2133, the new model will be more like a conventional netbook (so, what was the original one?). Due to premium features like anodised aluminium chassis, a spill-resistant keyboard, shock-proof hard drive fitted with a 3D accelerometer and Windows Vista Business, the HP 2133 Mini-note was relatively expensive than other netbooks currently available. But that's all going to chance now since HP's second-gen Mini-note will be much cheaper (and less durable). There's a high chance that... [read full story]