I'm also HP mini 210 owner. Similarly to others, I got it from TM.

Yes, will work.

Yes, not a problem. No format is necessary if you wish to upgrade only. Just buy the retail key and upgrade.

WWAN is possible. You may need to hack the computer's BIOS if the WWAN card isn't expected for HP mini.

That is the slot for SIM card. The slot for WWAN cards that I've been mentioning. I believe that there is nothing in that slot if you open your Mini. I haven't opened it up so I can't be sure.

That slot can either be used for WWAN or Broadcom HD.

Nope. There are retail version of HP Mini 210. Notable by:
1. 6 cell battery
2. Better keyboard
3. Borderless glass screen

Remove battery, push the 2 orange tabs, then firmly pry the back cover open. You can access the RAM compartment easily.

Come look for me, I watch you open

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Added on March 27, 2010, 9:47 pmJust go to Lowyat Plaza. The 3 reasons justify why theirs is 1399 while ours is 1100.

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Added on March 27, 2010, 9:48 pmCampak in drawer.

This post has been edited by mengsuan: Mar 27 2010, 09:48 PM

I have the line too. I believe it's normal for slow CPU computer. :ll:

Wahaha, I thought you would have much more sense of humour.

You will be using HP recovery tool to restore to factory settings. Hence no driver CD. If you choose not to use recovery method, you can still download drivers from HP website.

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@soonlee33, it seems we have new guests who isn't using 1073TU from TM. Should you change the title to HP Mini 210 to cater for all HP Mini 210 variants?

The HP recovery tool will prompt you to make recovery CD in case of HDD failure. I've ignored the warning because I'm lazy.

Yeah, the TM version is only RM1100. If I'm able to make an optional purchase, I would opt for the 6 cell retail version. Comes with better screen, keyboard, and the palm rest area is smooth finish.

Dear fastreader, it's just several post before that I've mentioned.

The retail unit screen is glossy borderless glass screen. You've got it right for the keyboard.

Anyway, AFAIK the netbook from TM should have 2 year warranty. I have received an email from HP yesterday informing me of the warranty status. The warranty would end May 2011. That's about 1 year and 1 month. Why so?

If that's the case, they must have deliberately made ours uglier.

Probably not. The only WWAN card in whitelist is un2420 made by broadcom.

This post has been edited by mengsuan: Mar 30 2010, 06:58 AM

Either your netbook is different or...


Source: http://mengsuan.blogspot.com/2010/03/hp-mi...l-uni-pack.html

Difference:
1. LCD bezel (retail is non-bordered glass)
2. Keyboard (ours isn't chic-let, fake chic-let only)
3. Palm rest (ours is rough)
4. Back cover (ours is plain)

Unable to provide more pictures at the moment. Maybe later

This post has been edited by mengsuan: Mar 30 2010, 07:19 PM

Battery life is a problem. I did not bring my power supply with me to college today and I run into dead batteries by noon. With minimum brightness, I could only get about 3.5 hour on average.

The official HP runtime for 6 cell battery is 9.5 hours. Enough for an entire day of lecture, unplugged.

Haha. I have already placed screen protector on it after shooting the picture. So it's now glossy.

No matter how you idle a 3 cell HP mini 210, it cannot exceed far from 4 hour.

@fastreader, he mentioned it is retail.

Where you buy the skin and how much would it cost?

Aiyah, need to cut. Hate to cut things.

I use CCleaner. They have options to selectively disable startup programs.