HP looking to follow up the Mini-Note with a “low-cost” version

It’s looking like a slight bit of admittance of defeat coming from HP in regards to their Mini-Note, according to some recent statements from Jerel Chong, HP Australia’s Market Development Manager for Notebook PCs they are looking to follow up the 2133 Mini-Note with a lower priced model.

“From a retail perspective we’re looking at a similar device (to the 2133) but at a lower cost”

While the Mini-Note is a very nicely made and very solid feeling notebook, its hard to argue that its among the most expensive of the netbooks currently on the market, so a lower priced model may be a welcomed addition.

In regards to the lower pricing, while HP has not mentioned just where they would be cutting those costs, it appears that they may be looking to recoup some of that cost from how the Mini-Note is made because Chong went on to state that “it won’t be as durable but it will be cheaper”.

Lets just hope that if they do make a cheaper but not as durable model they are still able to at least improve on the processor, because while the current Mini-Note works fairly well for everyday use, it would be much nicer with an Intel Atom processor as opposed to the current VIA C7-M.

Read [apc mag]