HP Pavilion dm1 (4108AU)

HP's 11.6-inch Pavilion dm1 isn't a netbook, which is great; but it isn't an ultrabook either.

The AMD-powered laptop is an exercise in "just enough", offering a quite decent experience. It's not really a production machine — you don't want to be doing any heavy graphics, audio or video work on it — but by and large it's perfectly fine for web browsing and consumption tasks. Even 1080p Flash video works fine in YouTube, so long as you play it full screen.

The keyboard and touch pad show that HP mastered the small form factor a long time ago, thanks to its professional netbook experience. The 1366x768 screen isn't great though; a washed out affair with limited vertical viewing angles. HP has also managed to cram in Beats Audio into yet another of its devices, but don't expect miracles — rather just passable sound for the size of the laptop.

It's fully featured, though; three USB 2.0 ports, HDMI and VGA out, an SD card reader, headphone and microphone jacks, gigabit Ethernet, Bluetooth 4.0 and 802.11n meaning you should stay well connected.

Connectivity

Network interface

10/100/1000 LAN, Bluetooth, 802.11n

USB ports

3

VGA

Yes

HDMI

Yes

Display

Natural resolution (max)

1366 x 768 pixels

Diagonal screen size

11.6 inch

Drives

Primary hard drive

320 GB

General

Dimensions (H x W x D)

30.7 x 214 x 290 mm

Laptop type

Ultraportable

Weight

1.57 kg

Graphics

Graphics hardware

AMD Radeon HD 6320

Memory

Amt of RAM

2GB

Other

Integrated webcam

Yes

Processor

Processor type

AMD E-450

Processor speed

1.65 GHz

Software

Operating system

Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit