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The Bearable Lightness of HP's 2133 Mini-Note PC
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PCnut 
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Posted 10 April 2008 - 08:44 AM
Your reviewing style is nothing less then annoying (as my son likes to call things like this)
Why don't you stick to just describing the features it has and drop the comparison ... since it's quite obvious from the start that this is intended to be in a special category - an ultralight, inexpensive laptop for a large (and growing segment) of the population.
These laptops have been available for quite some, but at a premium price(Fujitsu comes to mind)
The trick is to find a 'magic' combination of size, performance, features, reliability at an affordable price, in light of the declining economy in an overcrowding, competitive world.
It appears from the limited reviews, that HP may have found that combination.
The choices of Linux and vista OS's is laudable, in light that MS is pushing the short lived, bloated vista as only supported OS.
Linux versions (now ready) will sell over vista versions by a large margin and those hooked on windows can always load an un-bloated Wxp on them
Why don't you stick to just describing the features it has and drop the comparison ... since it's quite obvious from the start that this is intended to be in a special category - an ultralight, inexpensive laptop for a large (and growing segment) of the population.
These laptops have been available for quite some, but at a premium price(Fujitsu comes to mind)
The trick is to find a 'magic' combination of size, performance, features, reliability at an affordable price, in light of the declining economy in an overcrowding, competitive world.
It appears from the limited reviews, that HP may have found that combination.
The choices of Linux and vista OS's is laudable, in light that MS is pushing the short lived, bloated vista as only supported OS.
Linux versions (now ready) will sell over vista versions by a large margin and those hooked on windows can always load an un-bloated Wxp on them
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Posted 10 April 2008 - 09:08 AM
I agree: the niche market here is true portability: the small form-factor, the low overall weight, the flash drive with motion sensor. This unit is meant to be used on-the-go. The tradeoff is some performance (speed, power, storage) sacrificed for size, durability, and portability.
The market for which this unit is positioned doesn't want a full-sized, fairly fragile laptop.
The market for which this unit is positioned doesn't want a full-sized, fairly fragile laptop.
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Posted 14 April 2008 - 06:02 AM
PCnut: "Why don't you stick to just describing the features it has and drop the comparison."
Because this isn't a review, but a comparison? It's hard for folks who aren't used to this new category of low-performance but very lightweight machines to contextualize what they're getting.
"Linux versions (now ready) will sell over vista versions by a large margin and those hooked on windows can always load an un-bloated Wxp on them."
But Linux has a learning curve (just like any platform new to a user) for the vast majority of people who have used a computer before this. Installing Win XP is tricky on older machines. The Eee will continue to support XP, for instance, but there's no guarantee that a machine designed for Vista will work with XP.
Because this isn't a review, but a comparison? It's hard for folks who aren't used to this new category of low-performance but very lightweight machines to contextualize what they're getting.
"Linux versions (now ready) will sell over vista versions by a large margin and those hooked on windows can always load an un-bloated Wxp on them."
But Linux has a learning curve (just like any platform new to a user) for the vast majority of people who have used a computer before this. Installing Win XP is tricky on older machines. The Eee will continue to support XP, for instance, but there's no guarantee that a machine designed for Vista will work with XP.
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Posted 17 April 2008 - 01:08 PM
GlennF:
When a new item comes to market, supplying an overview of what it does is much easier to 'contextualize' then doing a dribble of an ridiculous 'comparison'
"..installing winxp is tricky on older machines ..."I think you got this backwards, since the HP is a new design. "there's no guarantee that a machine designed for Vista will work with XP" since hardware requirements are greater for vist, XP will run just fine, as long as the drivers are available from manufacturer (HP)
" But Linux has a learning curve ." correct,but for newbe's that's a moot point, as it is for most users, since we are constantly asked to learn new software (i.e. MS office iterations, not to mention Windows versions over the years ... with Linux you get benefits, such as a much more stable OS, with better and easier security (Vista is a nightmare to use with security features), not to mention the ease of installation in most recent PC's and laptops (based on many installs .. Linspire's transportability etc)
When a new item comes to market, supplying an overview of what it does is much easier to 'contextualize' then doing a dribble of an ridiculous 'comparison'
"..installing winxp is tricky on older machines ..."I think you got this backwards, since the HP is a new design. "there's no guarantee that a machine designed for Vista will work with XP" since hardware requirements are greater for vist, XP will run just fine, as long as the drivers are available from manufacturer (HP)
" But Linux has a learning curve ." correct,but for newbe's that's a moot point, as it is for most users, since we are constantly asked to learn new software (i.e. MS office iterations, not to mention Windows versions over the years ... with Linux you get benefits, such as a much more stable OS, with better and easier security (Vista is a nightmare to use with security features), not to mention the ease of installation in most recent PC's and laptops (based on many installs .. Linspire's transportability etc)
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