HP Mini 1000 RAM swap: quicker than a NASCAR pit stop

Kudos to HP for smart design when it comes to the memory slot. While it looks like a trackpad in the picture, it’s not. It’s a quick and simple to access covered memory slot on the underneath of the netbook. You’ll just need a screwdriver to release one tab, which in turn allows you to remove the small panel. Sitting under the panel is the RAM, which comes pops up when you release the two side clips. Remove that standard 1GB module, slide in a 2GB unit and close the cover. Done.

Xavier demonstrates this over at Notebooks.com in a video and it’s almost as quick as my OS X netbook going to sleep and then waking up. Seriously, it’s that fast of a process. Now we just need Xavier to drop the "do as I say, not as I do approach"; he says to use a screwdriver, but he ended up access the release tab with a steak knife. Yikes!