HP Compaq Mini 701eg
Notebook Specifications
Notebook: HP Compaq Mini 701egProcessor: Intel Atom N270
Graphics Adapter: Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 950
Display: 10.2 inch, , 1024x600 pixels, glossy: yes
Weight: 1.14kg
Price: 400 euro
Average of 8 scores (from 9 reviews)
Reviews for the HP Compaq Mini 701eg
Source: Trusted Reviews
There's an interesting sub-plot to the netbook craze that 99.9 per cent of consumers have no idea about. It all concerns market share and a battle between what we can now consider the big three of PC manufacturing: Hewlett-Packard, Dell and Acer. Acer, the challenger to HP and Dell's hegemony, has gone into netbooks in a big way, leading the market as a result. And, though Dell and HP have made a lot of noise, they actually hold a relatively small part of this market. This is partly deliberate, large manufacturers have been wary of cannibalising sales of more profitable mainstream notebooks, but with netbooks seemingly here to stay, both have started to treat the segment a little more seriously. An attractive netbook with an outstanding keyboard, the HP Compaq Mini 700 is only let down by compromises that aren't present in similarly priced and better featured competitors. It is fine for casual use, but more demanding users will find it a little half-baked.
70, Preis 70, Leistung 70, Ausstattung 70
Single Review, online available, Long, Date: 03/06/2009
Rating: Total score: 70% price: 70% performance: 70% features: 70%
Foreign Reviews
Source: Notebookinfo
DE→ENonline available, Medium, Date: 07/02/2009
Rating: Total score: 70% performance: 36% features: 54% display: 87% mobility: 74% workmanship: 88%
Source: e-media - 10/09
DE→EN, Long, Date: 06/01/2009
Rating: Total score: 80% display: 60% mobility: 40% workmanship: 100% ergonomy: 100%
Source: Chip.de
DE→ENonline available, Medium, Date: 02/27/2009
Rating: Total score: 73% price: 60% performance: 70% features: 70% display: 92% mobility: 61% ergonomy: 93%
Source: Notebookjournal
DE→ENonline available, Long, Date: 02/26/2009
Rating: Total score: 70% price: 60% performance: 50% features: 10% display: 50% mobility: 30% workmanship: 70% ergonomy: 40%
Source: Notebookcheck
DE→ENonline available, Long, Date: 01/16/2009
Rating: Total score: 84% performance: 52% display: 78% mobility: 86% workmanship: 90% ergonomy: 84% emissions: 80%
Source: mobile Zeit - 2/09
DE→ENonline available, Length Unknown, Date: 01/01/2009
Rating: Total score: 50% price: 90%
Source: Notebook Italia
IT→ENonline available, Long, Date: 12/22/2008
Rating: emissions: 90%
Source: PCM
NL→ENonline available, Short, Date: 02/27/2009
Rating: Total score: 80% display: 50% mobility: 60%
Comment
Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 950: Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 950 is an integrated (onboard) graphic chip on Mobile Intel 945GM chipset. It is a faster clocked version of the GMA 900 and supports no hardware T&L (Transform & Lightning) accelleration (which is required for some games).
Only older games can be played fluently with these graphics chips (if they were not too demanding). Shared memory graphic cores in this category got the advantage of less heat production and longer battery runtimes. For office, internet, image processing, and video editing tasks these graphics chips are still useable without any restrictions.
>> Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Graphics Cards and the corresponding Benchmark List.
Intel Atom: The Intel Atom series is a 64-Bit (not every model supports 64bit) microprocessor for cheap and small notebooks (so called netbooks), MIDs, or UMPCs. The speciality of the new architecture is the "in order" execution (instead of the usual and faster "out of order" execution). Therefore, the transistor count of the Atom series is much lower and, thus, cheaper to produce. Furthermore, the power consumption is very low. The performance per Megahertz is therfore worse than the old Pentium 3M (1,2 GHz on par with a 1.6 GHz Atom).
N270:
>> Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Processsors.
10.2": The netbook/subnotebook has a quite small display format. Nonetheless, it is a common format for netbooks. The advantage is, that the subnotebook/netbook can be small dimensioned and can be carried easily. Further the small display has the advantage, that it needs few energy, which improves the battery runtime and in consequence the mobility. The disadvantage is that the reading of texts is a bit exhausting for the eyes. It is difficult to use high resolutions.
>> To find out how fine a display is, see our DPI List.
1.14 kg: This subnotebook is one of the most lightweight of all notebooks and can be carried very easily. There exist hardly any models in this extreme class of weight. 7-9 inch displays are normal for this class of weight.
HP: The Hewlett-Packard Company, founded 1935, commonly referred to as HP, is a technology corporation headquartered in California, United States. HP specializes in developing and manufacturing computing, storage, and networking hardware, software and services. Major product lines include personal computing devices, enterprise servers, related storage devices, as well as a diverse range of printers and other imaging products. Other product lines, including electronic test equipment and systems, medical electronic equipment, solid state components and instrumentation for chemical analysis. HP posted US $91.7 billion in annual revenue in 2006, making it the world's largest technology vendor in terms of sales. In 2007 the revenue was $104 billion, making HP the first IT company in history to report revenues exceeding $100 billion. Market share regarding sales of personal computers in 2007 (market research IDC): HP 18.9 %, Dell 16.4 %, Acer 9.9 %, Lenovo 7.5 %, Apple 5.7 %
72.13%: This rating is bad. Most notebooks are better rated. This is not a recommendation for purchase.
>> Further information can be found in our Notebook Purchase Guide.
