HP Compaq Mini 700

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The elongated shape of HP’s Compaq Mini 700 reminds us of Sony’s Vaio P series; thankfully this one carries a seriously lighter price tag!

Handling and Design

No doubt here, HP definitely delivers a product with a good design and strong build. The keyboard is large and typing is comfortable, unlike 7 or 9 inch netbooks. There is a convenient button between the touchpad and keyboard that disables the pad when an external mouse is being used. The touchpad is elongated, and the click buttons are on the sides in order to gain some depth. Unfortunately, the matte surface of the touchpad makes it difficult for the finger to slide. The pad is 3.5 cm long, smaller than that of the 1002HA.

Be careful when charging the computer: the plug can be very loose.

The noise bothered us a bit. When heavily used, the internal fan kicks in. Not horribly loud but enough to be disturbing.

The webcam is disappointing. Indoors, the picture is very dark and its hard to make out the person’s features. In order to make it better all you can do is go brighter, but even then the result is not very satisfying. The Mini 700 has a microphone, but we never managed to make it work.

On the sides of the PC, there are 2 USB ports, an Ethernet jack, 2-in-1 card reader for SD/MMC support, a combination jack for audio/mic and an expansion port. HP is selling an adapter to hook the laptop up to an external monitor (VGA only) as an optional accessory.

The speaker (a long metal bar) is beneath the keyboard. The sound is rather weak, good enough to watch a movie on your own, sitting in front of the screen. As always, headphones are recommended.

The only element you can access, again beneath the keyboard, apart from the battery such as Compaq Armada M700 Battery, Compaq EVO N400c Battery, Compaq EVO N410c Battery, Compaq EVO N600C Battery, Compaq EVO N610C Battery, Compaq EVO N620C Battery, Compaq Presario 1200 Battery, Compaq Presario 1800 Battery, compaq 116314-001 battery, Compaq Presario 700 Battery, is the memory slot.

Processor Power

There are few components inside of a mini-PC. The most common equation for a 10 inch is an Intel Atom N270, an Intel GMA 950 for video and a hard drive. Such is the case with the Mini 700.

A netbook can stand apart only by its RAM and/or the hard drive The latter is not very satisfying here - only 60 GB (some netbooks go up to 160 GB). The hard drive manages read speeds of up 30 MB/s, (in comparison others can reach 70 MB/s) and boot time is 1 minute 5 seconds, which is relatively slow compared to some netbooks booting in 30 seconds. The processor can do everything a traditional laptop can do, it will just take two or three times longer than a mid/high-end laptop.

With video, SD and DVD quality is watchable, but make sure to avoid HD.

Battery Life & Portability

At only 2.25 pounds, the mini 700 is the lightest 10 inch PC we have tested. In terms of battery life, it falls short, lasting just 2 hours and 13 minutes, while the EeePC 901 can go on for 5 hours.