HP’s new Mini netbook looks a lot like their last Mini netbook

When you first look at the new HP Mini 1104 netbook you probably can’t tell it’s a new netbook at all, if you follow HP’s Mini line of netbooks. The general design of the HP Mini 1104 sits in-line with the design of the 2011 HP Mini netbook computers. HP isn’t looking to re-invent the wheel with the Mini 1104, they want to keep the same style that gave them some success in the declining netbook market last year.

So, what is actually new in the HP Mini 1104?

HP is introducing their very first netbook with Intel’s new Atom processors for the Cedar Trail family. The Cedar Trail family of Atom processors offers up the same low-power consumption that previous Atom chips offered but now the Intel HD graphics are much improved and the dual processing cores reach higher clock speeds for netbooks. HP is offering users more performance over the previous Intel only netbooks the company has sold.

href="http://laptop-computer-planet.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/Intel-Atom-Cedar-Trail-chip.jpg"> class="alignright size-full wp-image-9342" title="Intel Atom Cedar Trail chip" src="http://laptop-computer-planet.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/Intel-Atom-Cedar-Trail-chip.jpg" alt="Intel Atom Cedar Trail chip" width="216" height="220" />The HP Mini 1104 comes standard with the 1.60 GHz Intel Atom N2600 dual-core processor, which is currently the slowest Cedar Trail Atom processor out of the two that Intel has released. The Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 3600 chip is paired up with the N2600 central processor.

However other than the Cedar Trail processor there isn’t much in the form of new technologies for the new HP Mini 1104 netbook. With the 1104 you still get a 10.1-inch 1024×600 resolution LED backlit display, 2GB of DDR3 RAM, a 320GB hard drive, 802.11b/g/n Wi-Fi and Bluetooth 3.0 + HS, VGA out, 3x USB 2.0, an integrated webcam, and there is a 6-cell (55 WHr) high capacity Li-Ion battery that is estimated at up to 9 hours of battery life.

Buying one

You can currently purchase the HP Mini 1104 direct from href="http://h10010.www1.hp.com/wwpc/us/en/sm/WF25a/321957-321957-64295-3841267-3955550-5160433.html?dnr=1" target="_blank">HP.com in one of two configurations. The first configuration will set you back 9.00 and include everything mentioned above. The second configuration is 9.00 and it includes everything mentioned with the exception that Bluetooth is limited to version 2.1, but you get the HP un2430 EV-DO/HSDPA Mobile Broadband card (Gobi 3000) for Internet access outside of Wi-Fi ranges.