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Overall, color quality and viewing angles were quite good, but users with weak eyes may find text and icons too small.Ī camera and microphone are embedded in the upper bezel, but the system doesn't come with a webcam utility. We didn't experience any window-sizing problems like we did with the other small notebooks, thanks to the screen's 1280 x 768-pixel resolution. Even the display features a glossy no-scratch coating.īeneath the lid is a bright 8.9-inch display framed by a shiny black bezel. A brushed silver aluminum case over a magnesium-alloy chassis gives the system a durable foundation, which is augmented by a hard drive accelerometer and a spill-resistant, wear-resistant keyboard. Measuring 10.0 x 6.5 x 1.1 inches and weighing just under 4 pounds, the Mini-Note is a tad bulkier than the ASUS, CTL, and Everex models. Like other mini-notebooks, the 2133 Mini-Note is aimed at the education market, though you wouldn't know it from the design.

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The HP 2133 Mini-Note PC (starting at $599 for Windows Vista Basic, $499 for SuSE Linux, and $749 as configured) is a bit more expensive andweighs morethan the competition, but the system's unique strengths make it a good investment for students, mobile professionals, and anyone else looking for an affordable, highly portable computer. Plus, you can plug in a ExpressCard mobile broadband modem so you don't have to rely on Wi-Fi hotspots. Now that it's available with Linuxor XP ( Mini-Note with XP review), you can add operating system to the list. And unlike competing machines, such as the Asus Eee PC and Everex Cloudbook, you can configure the Mini-Note with your choice of processors, RAM, orhard drives. You also get a sturdy and stylish aluminum chassis that makes this system look like a premium ultraportable, as well as a relatively large and crisp 8.9-inch display.

HP enters the suddenly very crowded low-cost mini notebook space with its HP 2133 Mini-Note PC, and it trumps the competition in a few key areas.įirst, despite its compact dimensions, this 3.2-pound laptop sports a full-size keyboard, which makes it easy to take notes and compose e-mails on the go. But if you require more from your mini-notebook and don't mind paying for it, the HP 2133 Mini-Note delivers the goods. Ifall you needis a low-cost laptop that can run Windows, you may want to wait for the 9-inch version of the Eee PC. While it's somewhat bigger and pricier than other mini-notebooks, the HP 2133 Mini-Note offers a few features that the others don't, including an adult-size keyboard and a design more suited to business users. That runtime is on a par with other mini notebooks we've tested butit's notas much endurance as we would have liked.

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The system also came with a Bluetooth option and a six-cell extended-life battery that gave us 3 hours and 20 minutes of power with the power plan set to high performance. From 50 feet away, the 802.11a/b/g radio managed speeds of 13.2 Mbps. Wireless performance was respectable, coming in at 14.3 Mbps at a distance of 15 feet from our access point. It did take 1 minute and 18 seconds for the system to complete the Windows boot sequence, though.

The system is powered by a 1.6-GHz VIA C7-M processor, VIA Chrome 9 graphics chip, and 2GB of DDR2 memory, which produced a 3DMark03 score of 380 that's 135 points below average for a UMPC, but the Mini-Note had no trouble handling Vista and ran multiple applications without a hiccup.

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