Linux-Ready Netbook Rev’d for the “Mi” Generation

HP has upgraded its “Mini” netbooks, which come with HP’s own Ubuntu-based “Mi” Linux distro. The “HP Mini 110 with Mi” improves on the Mini 1000 with a larger, faster hard drive, a VGA port, a third USB port and a lower $280 price, says HP.

HP’s first foray into the netbook world, the HP 2133 Mini-Note PC, targeted the education market and was based on a Via C7-M ULV processor clocked at 1GHz, 1.2GHz, and 1.6GHz. The Atom-based HP Mini 1000 with MIE was introduced in October, and a pricier and more business-like HP Mini 2140 was introduced with SUSE Linux in January…