Screen Size:
10.1 inches
Memory:
1 GB
Hard Drive Size:
160 GB
Touchpad
1
Show what experts say (5 reviews)
“An exceptional keyboard doesn't help the placement of its mouse buttons, as they flank the touchpad on each side. I found it easier to navigate with two hands.”
“The touchpad can be awkward since the placement of the right and left touchpad buttons are on the right and left sides rather than beneath the touchpad.”
“At 2.3 x 1.1 inches, the Mini 2140’s touchpad is very narrow, requiring more movement and backtracking than we would like. Also, HP retained the awkward vertical mouse buttons, which flank the touchpad. The touchpad has a button above it for turning it off completely and a dedicated scrolling bar, which was useful for moving through long Web pages.”
“Touchpad too far south … Side-mounted [mouse] buttons still too awkward for extended use.”
“The small 2.5x1.3-inch touch pad is typical for netbooks, though not as roomy or comfortable as the larger gesture-enabled pad found on [other netbooks].”
Keyboard
10
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“The 92 percent keyboard is one of the biggest among netbooks I've seen, as big and as nice to type with as those on [other netbooks].”
“The HP Mini 2140 offers an expansive keyboard that is comfortable to type on and is the closest you can get to a full-size keyboard on a 10” netbook right now.”
“Using the Mini 2133 as a base design (complete with … spacious keyboard), the Mini 2140 has upped the flagship netbook.”
“But the real surprise is under the lid: a roomy keyboard (for a netbook) with a perfect layout. The square, flat-top keys are just 8 percent smaller than those on a full-size notebook keyboard. More important, ancillary keys are in the expected places...”
“The biggest selling point for HP's Netbooks has always been the fantastic keyboard, which HP claims is 92-percent of the size of a full-size laptop keyboard.... The result is a comfortable typing experience that takes a tiny bit of adjustment (as the keys are very close together), but one that is, thus far, our favorite on a sub-12-inch notebook.”
“Like the Mini 1000, the Mini 2140 has a fairly large keyboard (92% the size of a full-size QWERTY keyboard) with wide, flat buttons.”
Build Quality
10
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“Everyone in our office agrees that this ultra-mobile laptop has a solid chassis and attractive look. The brushed aluminum and plastic casing is durable and hides fingerprints well.... I didn't notice any signs of keyboard flex.”
“It sports a brushed silver, all-aluminum lid and a solid magnesium alloy chassis (similar to the original 2133 Mini-Note). Making the netbook even more durable are its metal alloy hinges complete with hardened steel pin axles; HP claims this build can endure the closing and opening of the lid ten times a day for six years.”
“There's even an accelerometer which parks the hard drive [to prevent damage] if a drop is underway, and the keyboard is spillproof.”
“The casing…makes the Mini 2140 lighter and more impervious to scratches than plastic-bodied models.... [It also] comes with HP’s 3D DriveGuard, an active-protection system that features an accelerometer that senses whether the machine is falling.”
“Both the spill-resistant keyboard and the 3D DriveGuard that parks the hard-drive head during a sudden movement (such as a drop on the airport floor) enhance this model's ruggedness for the road.”
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We add a netbook's Build Quality score with its Battery Life score to determine how good it is for travel.
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Speed show formula
To determine a netbook's effectiveness at multitasking, we combine the processor speed, with the memory size, and add in a bonus if a netbook has an SSD hard drive.
(processor speed x 2) + memory size + ssd support
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