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Tuesday, June 15, 2010
As promised at CES 2010 at the start of this year, the HP Mini 5102 netbook is now available with an Atom N470 processor (1.83GHz) and it’s only a $25 upgrade.
Add that to the bevy of interesting options like a Broadcom HD card, matte 1366 x 768 display, multi-touch display, SSD, carry handle and such already available and the HP Mini 5102 is one tempting option, if you have the cash to spare as the configurable model starts at $518. The 12% off coupon code: CTO5102 to take 12% off still seems to be up.
Check out the HP Mini 5102 at HP Small & Medium Business
Unfortunately I think the 12% for 5102 has expired already so you would be looking at a near $700 configured netbook. I actually just tested a 5102 configured with a touchscreen after they accidentally sent me my canceled order.
I have to warn others, the touch screen is capacitive but it isn’t a very responsive one. Not nearly as seamless as an iphone in terms of its “feel”. It seams to cut in and out when doing page swipes or scrolling in firefox. I had to really be dead center on links ect. for it to read the input. My experience with the T91MT wasnt like this (however it was a resistive screen)
Also the fan does run constantly and at pitch that you can hear definitely hear in a quiet room or even with the TV on. For me that is a deal breaker.