HP Mini 311 Refresh Ready for Windows 7 Upgraded Win 7 HP Mini 311 Specifications & Features Detailed

As you may, or may not, be aware, netbooks running Microsoft s XP OS had
to adhere to a number of particular limits in terms of specifications "
such as a 1GB RAM limit, a HDD no larger than 160GB capacity and a
display size less than 12.1 � " but, thanks to MS not placing any such
stipulations relating to the use of the new Windows 7 OS, manufacturers
can at last break free of these wholly restrictive shackles and, with
that in mind, HP look set to offer the Windows 7 powered version of
their HP Mini 311 netbook with a somewhat (upwardly) revised feature set.
Whilst there s no official word from HP at this juncture " these
details were obtained via the HP Mini 311 s maintenance guide (links to
PDF download) – it appears that the new Windows 7 powered HP Mini
311 netbook will offer up a non-LE version of the Nvidia ION chipset
(ie., the full deal), as well as between 2GB-3GB RAM and, in terms of
storage, a choice of 250GB or 320GB 5400rpm HDDs or, if you want to go
the SSD route, an 80GB SSD.

Additionally, rather than offer just the starter edition of Windows 7
reports also suggest that the refreshed HP Mini 311 netbook will be
offered with a choice of Windows 7 Starter, Premium and Professional
operating systems.

We expect an announcement to prove forthcoming from HP shortly and will
follow up with their officially confirmed specifications, though there s
no reason to believe that they ll differ from those provided above.