Bleep.ie got our hands on the HP 2133 Mini-Note lightweight very portable laptop at the HP event in Berlin last week and tested it out for a few minutes. We liked.
The HP 2133 Mini-Note is obviously a competitor/answer to the nerd-popular Asus Eee PC but oddly when you look at the Eee PC you instantly reflect how dinky and small it is, almost like a laptop designed for the little people that fix your shoes at night. It is smaller than the pics show. However when checking out the HP 2133 you don’t realise it’s a mini-pc. Maybe it’s the slightly larger 8.9inch screen.
Unlike said Eee PC it’s pretty configurable, Henry Ford would not be proud. You can get 160GB and 120GB 7,200rpm or 5400 rpms hard drives or a 4GB solid state drive. You can also choose your OS for it. Under the hood is a 1.6-GHz processor, VIA graphics chip, and 2GB of memory.
All in all a great laptop, slightly bigger than the Eee PC (probably a good thing) and at 3.2lbs slightly heavier though it’s still light. Of course it’s more expensive too but for anyone wanting more than a novelty laptop and wanting it for business, consider this. Then again, this is only a 4 minute review.