HP Mini Review

The new HP 2133 Mini-Note PC arrives in May, and judging by the specs it could render many cheap $500-$1000 laptops obsolete.

The pint-sized machine is a mere 1.19Kg and will be priced at $899, putting it in the same class as other tiny laptops like the EeePC and Pioneer’s DreamBook IL1.The drawcard is the hard drive capacity – the local spec sheet doesn’t mention capacity, but the US website lists a whopping 160GB, vs 4GB flash for the current EeePC, and 40GB for the DreamBook. That even beats some larger laptops, like the Compaq C731 onsale for $548 after cashback in Harvey Norman’s online catalogue, which has an 80GB drive. The Mini-Note doesn’t have built-in DVD, but then neither neither does the EeePC or the DreamBook Light IL1.

The Mini-Note solves some other issues we had with small portables, including the screen size on resolution. The HP has an 8.9inch screen, which beats the current EeePC, and is on par with the 2nd gen EeePC (not currently on sale in Australia).

Screen resolution is 1280×768 pixels, which is on par with the 2nd gen EeePC and upcoming gdium (1024×600), and higher than the DreamBook Light IL1 (800×480).

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