Yesterday I posted about the HP 2133 and just awhile ago my partner at work brought his friends HP 2133 into the office. First impressions, its a lot bigger and heavier than I expected. The Asus Eee feels tiny and very light compared to the HP. Windows XP was installed on the HP which was running pretty smoothly. I wasn’t able to test out videos but XP booted up at a decent speed and all the applications seem to open instantaneously. The system I had was the 1.6ghz with 1.75GB of RAM, this version I think costs like $800 which isn’t cheap.
The screen is really great and the keyboard felt like a regular laptop keyboard, big keys and all spaced out nicely. But, the size and weight of this thing has really pushed me towards the Asus Eee 900.
Update: I forgot to mention, the trackpad with the trackpad buttons are the worst I have ever used.
10 replies on “First Impression: HP 2133 mini-notebook”
i don’t know how you can handle those tiny screens. My mate had this older 10 inch HP laptop and it was really difficult to see icons and text and stuff. my 11 inch vaio is about as small as i will go.
:: Hey mark seems like you have the same old problem with comments box its not fit with Windows 7 i think ! anyway i beleive that HP now is more powerfull than the Asus 900 it is fatser unless you go with the Linux based OS.
Any buddy know where i can buy Asus from, and if there is any official distributer here in Kuwait so i wont worry about the service ?
Frankom: Thats not true. The fastest HP which is the 1.6ghz via chip is over 20% slower than the Asus 900mhz Intel Celeron. The HP is less powerful compared to the Asus.
How did your friend get 1.75GB RAM? I just can’t figure it out.
^ Neither can I …
Its 2 GB of RAM, which is shared by the on board video which is why it shows up as 1.75.
The Asus Eee is selling for 100KD in Eureka
Q80 Boy: yeah the old one that costs KD80 on Amazon
Underpowered graphically for my taste. It’s a sacrifice I guess.