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April 8, 2008
This might be a sub-notebook you are waiting for, so am I. But, could it be an Eee PC killer? I bet it is since it has HP logo on its lid–I’m not telling you that HP is better than Asus, you know what I mean–and it will sell through brick-and-mortar store everywhere, unlike Eee PC which is not that ubiquitous.
Okay first important thing first, spec and price comparing to Eee PC 700 series:-
| HP 2133 mini-Note | Eee PC 700 series | |
| CPU | VIA C7-M (up to 1.6GHz, 128 L2 Cache) | 900 MHz Intel Celeron M ULV 353 @ 630 MHz |
| RAM | 512MB-2GB PC5300 | 512MB/1GB PC5300 |
| Display | 8.9″ WXGA (1280×768) | 7″ WVGA (800×480) |
| Screen type | Super Glossy | Matte |
| Hard drive | 120/160GB 5400 or 7200rpm SATA or 64GB SSD or 4GB PATA Flash module | 2/4/8GB SSD |
| Expansion | ExpressCard/54, SD slot | SD Slot |
| Dimension (W”xD”xH”) | 10.04 x 6.5 x 1.05~? | 8.86 x 6.46 x 0.846~1.4 |
| Weight | 2.63-3.23 lbs | 2.0 lbs |
| Keyboard | 92% full keyboard | crampy full keyboard |
| Port | VGA, Ethernet, 2xUSB | VGA, Ethernet, 3xUSB |
| Wireless | 802.11a/b/g or b/g or bluetooth | 802.11b/g |
| Battery size/life | 3-cell (28Wh) 2:15hr 6-cell (55Wh) 4:11hr |
4-cell (44Wh) 2.8hr 4-cell (52Wh) 3-3.5hr |
| Price | $499 — 1GHz CPU 512MB RAM 4GB Flash SLED OS $749 — 1.6GHz 2GB RAM 120GB 5400rpm Vista Business |
$299 — 2G model $399 — 4G model $499 — 8G model |
As you see, HP 2133 looks much more professional, has a lot more variety configurations than Eee PC and there are a lot of advantages over Eee PC but a few things that are worse than Eee PC is just a vital factor–weight & price. I mean for $499 you almost get nothing in HP 2133 perspective but you could get 8GB model and still 2.0lbs sub-notebook with Eee PC. For the top one, that’s $749–I think it’s not only a bit too steep; that price you could get ThinkPad T61 if you don’t mind portability or add about $150 more to get Thinkpad X61 which is about the same weight or lower as well and surely better in any terms.
Also, there are a lot of folks crying of HP choosing VIA C7-M over newcomer Intel Atom or VIA Isaiah. IMHO, HP 2133 boot time with Vista Business, which is about 1:20min — according to a clip @notebookreview.com, is not that bad. It might not as great as Eee PC did, but considering Vista boot time is slow as default. I think this trading off with 4-hour-battery life is more than satisfied since I have a full shutdown few times a month anyway. Sleep & hibernate will come to take that role instead, just wait and see how good VIA chipset is about power consumption at a deep sleep state.
In brief, I don’t know yet if this is a real good deal. I got to see in person first; I hope it will hit brick ‘n mortar store around soon, then we will know. Timing might be a vital factor here since if Eee PC is around in the store first, it will be a tough job for HP indeed.
For more info & photo & videos, check out at NotebookReview.com
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