HP Pavilion dm1: The Mini 311 gets an upgrade

I had the HP Mini 311 for about a year before it was bought by a friend. I loved its design but wanted something better than what Atom can offer. If only HP could do a Core 2 Duo or Athlon Neo version. Turns out the HP Pavilion dm1 is the one.

HP Pavilion dm1 specs:
11.6â€ HD LED @ 1366×768 pixels
AMD Athlon II Neo Dual-Core K325 (1.3GHz, 2MB L2)
ATI Mobility Radeon HD4225 Graphics
3GB DDR3 800MHz (Max 5GB)
320GB SATA HDD 7200rpm
External Super Multi DVD+/-RW DL Drive
WiFi 802.11 b/g/n
Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR
0.3MP webcam
Card Reader
1 x HDMI port
3 x USB ports
6-cell Li-Ion battery

Th unit weighs a bit heavy at 1.47kg and the 6-cell battery promises up to 5 hours on a single charge (though I doubt it can do 4 hours in real world situations).

The unit comes with Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit and MS Office Starter 2010. The HP Pavilion dm1 is not widely available locally but gray market prices puts it at Php38,000. Yeah, quite expensive but I remember getting my HP Mini 311 for Php31,000 before.

Abe Olandres

Abe is the founder and Editor-in-Chief of YugaTech with over 20 years of experience in the technology industry. He is one of the pioneers of blogging in the country and considered by many as the Father of Tech Blogging in the Philippines. He is also a technology consultant, a tech columnist with several national publications, resource speaker and mentor/advisor to several start-up companies.

https://www.yugatech.com

17 Comments

Name: says:

13 years ago

100
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Sylvain Racine says:

14 years ago

This is a lemon.

I am sending it back today.

– Battery last no more than 3 hours.
– The touch pad is very bad.
– The fan is loud and always on.

There is no way of liking this laptop. I would not even buy it for 100 USD. I paid it about 850 USD.

I bought it because the retailer wrote as the main selling point that the battery last 9 hours. They’d better not cause me problem with the refund, because I’ll screw them.
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robbie says:

14 years ago

saan nakakabili sir?
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Vance says:

14 years ago

The price is not that worth it.. For one, the unit will not last 4 Hours on batt.. The HP Mini 311 only lasted for 3 hours since AMD processors use alot of power.. Secondly, for a 11 incher will you waste 40K for it? if it was a 13″ one, I might… for the same price you can buy a core i3/i5 laptop with powerful graphics card.

Sayang talaga..
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fafi says:

14 years ago

Way too overpriced, I would rather bought a CULV netbook than this one.
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manong says:

14 years ago

@yuga â€“ a 8-hr battery life is an upgrade to a 4-hr battery life, sans the brand.

touchÃ©?
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nightcrawl says:

14 years ago

@Bench

tama 1799 dirhams lang yan dito. ang specs ay ito…

Intel Celeron Dual Core SU2300 1.2GHz
1MB level 2 cache
3GB DDR-3 RAM
320GB 5400rpm SATA HDD
11.6″ diagonal HD LED BrightView widescreen display
Intel graphics media accelerator 4500MHD, Up to 1309MB total available graphics memory
Integrated web camera with microphone
5-in-1 card reader
Ports – 3x USB 2.0, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA port, 1x RJ45 Ethernet connector, 1x jack Headphone/Mic combo jack
Integrated 10/100BASE-T Ethernet LAN
802.11b/g WLAN
Bluetooth
6 cell Li-Ion battery
Windows 7 Home Premium
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jay jay says:

14 years ago

Too expensive..
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troy says:

14 years ago

HP’s service sucks and the repair prices are incredibly expensive.
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BatangasNetwork says:

14 years ago

medyo mahal pa din – asus na lang ako
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gregong says:

14 years ago

My, you really have to be careful on what you say on this blog since there is always someone who would correct you. My thoughts: I think this is a nice upgrade over a single core (processor) but the price is a bit prohibitive. I have had an ASUS 1000HE for more than a year and I plan to “upgrade” to a netbook that’s faster and better looking. Any suggestions Mr. Yuga?
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Abe Olandres says:

14 years ago

@manong – a dual-core CPU is an upgrade to a single-core CPU, sans the brand.
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manong says:

14 years ago

so amd is an upgrade to intel? be careful coz your loyal followers might agree with you and ditch intel…

so i disagree that this replaces that model but another product line. intel atom is designed as a low-power solution for limited task that will be offered maybe in 3-5yrs time; and i’m sure you know the word “diversity”.
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godofredo says:

14 years ago

can you compare this MSI U250. seems like they have the same processor and similar specs. although the price tag makes the difference.
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Teknisyan says:

14 years ago

Yeah… looks like HP is refreshing their Netbook aka HP mini line. I also got the HP Mini 110 with an updated specs.:)

http://www.teknisyan.net/2010/08/unboxing-hp-mini-110-3010ee.html
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lawrence says:

14 years ago

mahal parin! 1.3 ghz seems so low. na overclock ba to?
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bench says:

14 years ago

have this one for 4 months now..i can say it is really one of the great item that I been using…pero nabili ko lng sya dito sa UAE ng around 21k sa pera natin..
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