There’s not much information yet, but Hewlett Packard has quietly pushed a page up on their online store for the HP Mini 1000, the follow-up to their earlier aluminum HP Mini-Note 2133.
There’s not much to go on right now, except that it will come in black, be less than an inch thick and weigh a bit more than 2 pounds. There’s no word on specs, although you can guess: 1.6GHz Atom CPU, 3 cell battery, 802.11b/g, 80-160GB hard drive, 1GB of RAM, and optional XP / Linux flavorings.
The big thing is it’ll be cheaper. Where as the HP Mini Note cost more than six bills all told, the Mini 1000 should fall in line with the rest of the netbook market’s pricing: expect to pay $399.
Online Store [HP via Slashgear]
If it’s got one of those crappy 1024×600 screens I’m not interested. 1280×800 is the smallest I’ll go. The lack of screen real estate (not the size, the #of pixels) has kept me from getting one so far.