Went through a voluntary MIA for the past month and a half for reasons known to any writer, the tool and medium for which this writer oh so often used was liquidated and squeezed for all its worth – yes the Macbook Air, sold to the highest bidder. In exchange, a new, smaller and a slightly lighter entity emerged from this writer’s desk of awesomeness (to remedy what is inherently boring, exaggerate).
A petite HP 2133 Mini Note was what brushed off the tears on a sour break up. Less than half the price of the Air. Its screen size dwarfed in comparison to the real estate provided by the Air. Everything the online tech gurus highlighted and emphasized whether it be the notebook’s pros or cons seems to be quite accurate.
Although the common rant regarding the performance of the VIA chip's a significant complaint amongst reviewers, the processor handles a writer’s task quite well and running VISTA with Aero on, with its fancy animations, is quite intuitive and hassle free for such a small and minimalist tech. Coming from Windows XP then OS X (from 10.3 to 10.5) then to Windows VISTA – transition has been seamless and experience, satisfying.
Overall, the HP Mini’s a winner, well, except for the charger, it’s a brick. It weighs down on your shoulder after walking a good 10mins or so. Ala X360’s power brick, the size ratio is similar – yes, gigantic.
The Mini Note's a certified road warrior, just get used to its colossal charger that adds nearly a pound to the whole package.
4 comments:
HP's Eee PC Killer have had good reviews, wonder if I should get one?
As for the battery life, heard the 3cell packaged with it would only last for bout 2.5 hours...
That sucks.
Me want one!!!
HP Mini has so far been a success for HP, now if they could only shift to Intel Atom or a faster VIA processor, then this baby's mine.
Mini my ass! This shits too slow for me. Sold it the moment I tried editing my pics. Freakin slow.
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