Tiny trackpad and awkwardly placed left and right buttons makes navigating difficult. TIRED Feeble Via processor doesn't do the job - at least with Vista. Ideal for instructional use or general purpose business applications, the HP 2133 Mini-Note PC might be small in size (2.63 lb /1.19 kg. Beautiful, scratch resistant 8.9-inch screen. Grown up hard drive means you'll have 120- and 160-GBs at your disposal. Sleek and solid build makes other minis seems like flimsy toys. WIRED One of the most comfortable keyboards we've used on any mini-notebook. Main issues are: - wrong display size - no sound out of the speakers / headphones are ok I installed openSUSE-Tumbleweed-NET-i586-Snapshot20210110-Media. We squeezed a little more than two hours out of 2133, and while that's not much different from other mini notebooks, it is by no means acceptable.īottom line? With a little more engineering jujitsu and a processor upgrade, subsequent versions of the 2133 (if priced right) could be the mini notebook to beat in this increasingly competitive category. I got my hands on an old HP mini 2133 notebook/laptop and wanted to share my experience in getting openSuSe Tumbleweed running. Similarly, battery life was also an issue for us. Granted, that may have a lot to do with running Vista, but it was still annoying. While the 7 inch 800 x 480 pixel display on the Eee PC is a bit too small to hold full web pages or some applications, the Mini-Note has the opposite problem. The idea seems like a budget-conscious no-brainer now, but 18 months ago the HP 2133 Mini-Note was a wolf pack of one. While it looks good on paper, we found that web pages still tended to render at a snails pace, and most multitasking were mind numbingly slow. 80 HP Mini 5101 review Origen: Tech Advisor ENES version HP pioneered the notion of transforming a netbook into a corporate raider. While other manufacturers have already started cramming Intel's power-efficient yet highly capable Atom processor into their dwarf notebooks, the 2133 comes with a decidedly feeble 1.2-GHz Via processor. The one big drawback - especially when compared to other ultraportable notebooks - is the processor. Amazingly, the 2133 tends to shine in most of these areas as well - with a few exceptions. One can argue that screen size, processor power, storage capacity and keyboard size can also make or break a mini notebook experience. The importance of those features will vary depending on the user, but in general the big three are: price, battery life and weight. While these standout features make the 2133 competitive with the MSI Wind and Asus Eee PC 900, this category is all about hitting the right balance of features.
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