HP today announced it is launching a small and affordable laptop for primary school children. Much like Intel's Classmate PC, the Mini 100e comes in a beefy plastic case resistant to spills and some rough play, with a built-in handle and a 10.1-inch LED backlit WSVGA display. It's also based on a fairly standard netbook configuration, including a single-core 1.66GHz Atom N455 processor, 1GB of RAM and the choice of either a 160GB hard disk or 16GB solid-state drive (SSD).

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