I’m still trying to figure out which mini-notebook to buy. The Everex Cloudbook was eliminated a while back based on initial negative reviews. The FlipStart looked interesting. But, it looks like its firesale price was because it is discontinued. I actually bought an OLPC XO. But, while it probably meets the needs for which it was intended (education in developing nations), it is not suitable for my needs (or my daughter’s as it turns out). The thing that started this whole low-end ultraportable trend, the Asus Eee PC, is still my most likely purchase. I’m currently waiting for the new Eee PC 900 to hit the market before buying anything. In the meantime, HP announced the HP 2122 Mini-Note that looks like a contender. jkOnTheRun has an excellent review with lots of photos of this ultraportable at…
jkOnTheRun review- hands on with the HP Mini-Note UMPC
It looks like it will start shipping next week. Debating whether I should buy the HP or the Asus Eee now. Hmm… I wonder if the HP Mini-Note can boot from any USB connected CD/DVD drive if I ever need to re-install Linux or Vista on it?
I should also note that the official Asus Eee PC site is nearly useless for information about their own products. If you want more up-to-date Eee PC news and information, this is the blog/site I head to for Eee info.
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One response to “jkOnTheRun has a Detailed Hands-On Review of the HP 2133 Mini-Note Eee PC Competitior”
I used to own an Eee PC 4G – loved it! – but I sold it a while back to make room for a second generation low-cost UMPC. The HP Mini Note sounds quite intriguing, but perhaps it would be better off with XP instead of Vista – this makes more sense now than a few months ago, since Microsoft has formally decided to extend the life of XP just for ultramobile devices like the Eee PC and the Mini Note.
While the competition is busy sorting the field into winners and losers, I’ve decided to purchase a second hand Dell Latitude L400 to tide me over. I’m quite content with it, it’s portable enough and I managed to buy it for a very small fraction of what the 4G had cost me (VERY SMALL). 🙂
It’s running XP, but I was thinking of letting it run on a Linux OS – I’d rather not slow down the system with all the Windows-experience-required security applications. Mr. Ogasawara, would it be easy enough to install a linux distro, say the latest Ubuntu, on this with WiFi capabilities? I ask because I stumbled upon an article you wrote a few years back on this. 🙂