About the HP 2133
HP officially released the HP 2133 Mini-note on April 4, 2008 to equal praise and criticism. The Mini-note was heralded for it’s professional looks, near full size keyboard, and reasonable pricing. However, many people felt the 2133 was underpowered with the VIA C7-M CPU and Chrome 9 chipset, using Windows Vista, and would have preferred to see it released with Intel’s Atom line processors. Complaints also came from the side-position mouse buttons which some thought were difficult to get used to and use. It is a direct competitor to ASUS’ eeePC.
The first thing you notice on the HP 2133 Mini-note is the air-craft grade aluminum shell. It looks and feels very sturdy which really sets it apart from the ASUS eeePC’s plastic case. Once opened, you’ll find a brilliant 8.9-inch 1280×768 WXGA screen, flanked by surprisingly good stereo speakers. The keyboard is 92% the size of a normal laptop keyboard so typing on it feels pretty much like normal. The keys on the keyboard are also coated with the DuraKey finish so the characters won’t wear off like on a regular laptop.
So far HP has only released five models of the Mini-note that aren’t customizable:
- HP 2133 Mini-note PC KX870AT (1.6Ghz CPU, 2GB RAM, 120GB 7200 Hard Drive, Vista Business)
- HP 2133 Mini-note PC KX871AA (1.2Ghz CPU, 1GB RAM, 160GB 5400 Hard Drive, Vista Home Basic)
- HP 2133 Mini-note PC KX869AT (1.2Ghz CPU, 1GB RAM, 120GB 5400 Hard Drive, SuSE LED 10)
- HP 2133 Mini-note PC KX868AT (1.2Ghz CPU, 1GB RAM, 120GB 5400 Hard Drive, Vista Home Basic)
- HP 2133 Mini-note PC KR922UT (1.0Ghz CPU, 512MB RAM, 4GB SSD Hard Drive, SuSE LED 10)
Customer service reps have said that they do plan on having customizable 2133’s in the near future though.
Also see Wikipedia’s entry on the HP 2133 Mini-note pc.
