Laptops Arena

When it comes to HP laptop computers, there is quite a lot to speak about and it would take a very long article to cover all the important models that HP has launched and used to impress the market.



The HP Mini 311 is one of those HP laptop computers dedicated to people which are on a budget or are simply looking for a small and very portable unit that they can carry around wherever they go. Let us see a bit more about what this unit has to offer. This mini laptop is based on a 1.6 GHz Intel Atom N270 processor and 1 GB of DDR3 RAM. The total storage capacity of the hard drive is 160 GB. The display measures 11.6 inches in diagonal and it comes at an amazing 1366 x 768 pixels. The unit reviewed here was priced at $400. As for the dimensions of this unit, the laptop comes with 11.4 x 8 x 1.2 inches and a total weight of 3.34 lbs. if the selection of ports and features is your main interest, you should know that this unit comes with 3 USB ports, one HDMI port, one security lock slot, a 4-in-1 media card reader, a VGA out, an Ethernet port and the regular headphones out and microphone in jacks. With the display brightness adjusted to 70% and the wireless card activated, this laptop managed to stay on for 6 hours and 20 minutes of battery life which is pretty ok considering that there are similarly sized and priced notebook that can do a lot worse.



At the other end of the line, we have the elegant and expensive HP Envy 13 which comes at a price of $1925 for the unit reviewed. The unit is based on a 2.13 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo SL 9600 processor and 3 GB of DDR3 RAM. The total storage capacity of the hard drive is 250 GB while the graphics card is the ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4330 with 512 MB if video memory and this card is switchable with the integrated Intel Graphics Media Accelerator X 4500M.



The dimensions of this unit are 12.59 x 8.46 x 0.8 inches while the total weight of the unit without the power adapter is 3.75 pounds.  Even if the laptop is not as light as the model we have presented above, it is still an ultra portable unit that comes with a 13.3 inch display. This screen comes with a native resolution of 13665 x 768 pixels. Part of the reasons why this unit is so expensive is all the cool features that you get with this laptop. The unit hosts a Blu-ray optical drive which has yet to become something very common on laptops. Too bad that the selection of ports and connections is simply terrible. This laptop is host to 2 USB ports, one HDMI port, an SD card slot and the regular headphones out and microphone in jacks. All this is completed by 6 hours and 55 minutes of battery life with the display brightness set to 70% and the wireless card activated.