Mini-Note PC C7-M 1.6GHz 120GB

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HP 2133 Mini-Note PC - Smart Buy VIA C7-M Processor (1.6GHz), 8.9" diagonal WXGA (1280x768), 120GB 7200 rpm, 2048MB 667MHz DDR2 (1D), Broadcom 802.11 a/b/g, Bluetooth, 10/100/100 nic, VIA Chrome 9 UMA, Camera, 6 Cell Li-ion battery, Genuine Windows Vista Business with Office Ready Trial

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Reviewed on 2008-05-14 Very initial experience This review shares the first experience with this unit. It arrived today purchased directly from Amazon.com Be advised that I purchased the faster 1.6 ghz processer with 2 GB of RAM. I did not have a good startup. I intalled the battery and charged it for several hours. Upon initial boot the unit presented the message "This system was not shut down properly." NOT a good sign! I chose normal boot and the unit proceeded along the first initiation path ... BUT in Portuguese! The default location that came up was Brazil. Despite my selecting English and the United States the system completed installation in Portuguese and no amount of coaxing through control panel could convince it otherwise. So, I called the HP US support line. I was routed to four different departments and then the call was dropped without me getting help. I called back and on the second department received help that first attempted to restore using F11 in the bios boot routine. That too came up in Portuguese. So, I have been promised an English version OS in 1-2 business days. Then I will have to find a usb DVD drive to rebuild the system. I can't review the working performance at this point until I have the ability to operate in English! So, my initial experience has been problematic. I gave it three stars because I remain optimistic that things will get better soon!

Reviewed on 2008-05-13 It's a waste of money! I bought this laptop because of its portability and attractiveness. The configuration seemed to be good enough for my business, but it didn't. The first thing I want to mention here is the CPU. Be careful! You can be cheated, as I was, by the 1.6mHz CPU chip: it's not Intel or other brandnames, it's VIA and damn it! It's the worst CPU I have experienced in my life: warm up so fast and very very slow. I don't know why HP didn't put in there an Intel Atom chip, which is much more reasonable for a portable device like this. Secondly, the pre-installed Vista business really makes you crazy by its speed. It takes you at least 2 minites to boot up the machine and it forces the fan to work always at the highest capacity. Some people say it needs to be downgraded to WinXP, but why HP didn't do that for the customers? Because not everyone can do that with ease! In short, I think this mini-notebook would be great if HP gets rid of the VIA chip and put in the Intel Atom, and replace Vista with XP. Anyway, I returned my notebook only one day after I'd received it! Bad purchase.

Reviewed on 2008-05-10 Nice computer but changes required for best operation This computer has both pros and cons. The design is attractive with a comfortable key board for typing and the design gives the computer an excellent slant for typing. It is much more comforable than computers that sit flat. The portabilty is excellent. The screen is clear, easy to read (after fonts are changed to a bigger size for people who need a litle help seeing up close)The hard drive is a good size. No complaints there. The mouse pad took some gettig use to. I found it hard to adjust it so it could be controlled without frustration. The right and left keys being split on both sides of the mouse is inconvient but liveable. I found it to be a bit slow, which supprised me with the memory it has, and desided to remove Windows Vista Business(which I don't like anyway)I put XP Professional on the computer. It made all the difference in the world. It sped up the computer greatly. The processor may just not be equipped to run Windows Vista well. At any rate the trade off was alright as Vista in my opinion is nothing but problems anyway. Videos run fine on it. The sound is good. I did not have the issue with videos that another person has complained about in his or her review. The machine gets a bit warm so be aware that operating it in your lap means being mindful of not blocking the vents on the bottom. It also has a vent on the left side but I would not recommend ignoring those bottom vents with the way the computer becomes warm. It has Office 2007 on the computer but it is only a trial version which runs out. I simply put my 2003 version on the computer and uninstalled the 2007 version. I don't find this to be a con as hardly any computers come with Office to begin with. For the manner in which I will be using it for my business travel I find it to be an overall nice computer. It is a travel computer only as I have a 17 inch HP for home use. I am happy with this computer after the change I made in operating systems and will look forward to using it on the road.

Reviewed on 2008-05-09 All Looks No Brains I had done extensive research/comparisons between this HP 2133, the Asus EEE and higher end ultra mobile portables such as the Dell Laititude 430, or stripped down Thinkpad X61. I was fully aware of the trade offs that would be associated in using a lower cost HP 2133 or Asus EEE. I wanted something that could give me basic functions such as web browsing and the ability to work on office docs in places such as class or when I travel. I took into consideration battery life, screen size and most important price. I arrived at the HP 2133 thinking it would be a decent compromise of what I wanted. It's an ultra portable but would still offer features such as a bigger screen/keyboard and 120 gig HD over the Asus EEE but wont cost $1200 or more like a Thinkpad X61 type notebook. Sadly within the first few minutes of using the HP 2133 I could tell I had made a mistake. In the professional reviews when they say this computer is slow that might just be an understatement. This computer also heats up very fast, battery life is not impressive and you will need to purchase a license for Office 2007 if you wish to use the program past 60 days. When you add all these factors up plus the extra price of office your getting a poor performing laptop pushing $1000 or more. Finding a cooling pad to fit the footprint of this laptop is also impossible. I am going to return mine as the performance of this computer is like pulling teeth. Pros- Solid and sturdy feel Screen is great Keyboard compared to Asus EEE Cons- SLOW Costly Runs very warm 3 pounds vs. @ pounds for the Asus EEE Bottom Line- If your looking to make a purchase between the HP 2133 and the Asus EEE I would choose the Asus $300 surf model. You can easily double the memory capacity with an SD card and there is pre-installed software that can easily import/export files into Office. The extra keyboard size and screen size is not worth the extra money I thought it would be. If your looking for a computer such as a Thinkpad X61 or Dell Latitude 430 and try to get away with using this like I did it's probably a mistake. I knew it would be slower and I would be sacrificing keyboard/screen size but it's not a sound investment. I am going to return this an look into replacing it with 12.1 inch notebook.

Reviewed on 2008-05-09 Is this a joke? 1. The keyboard has no distance between pinky keys like A or P and control keys. I takes a lot of effort to retrain if you are a touch typest. 2. It runs very hot...you are told not to use this in bed or on your lap. 3. It is vastly underpowered. It cannot play mpg videos from a usb stick or from an external DVD. 4. What takes 2-4% of the CPU on a modern Intel Core 2 Duo at 2.4 Ghz, will take 70-100% on this machine. 5. The fully charged, heavy, 6-cell battery reads 2 hours and 40 minutes...not four hours as claimed. This is an expensive web browser that cannot play YouTube without hickups. Do not even think about Powerpoint Animations for Video!!! I am returning mine! Addendum May 9 If you turn off everything, including indexing and Aero, the unit will play video using 70-100% of CPU. Turn off the sidebar as well for this purpose. I had read that installing XP fixes performance issues. However, getting the downgrade is not simple and not automatically provided by HP (if I am wrong here please add a comment to the review). I have no intention of paying over $100 for XP a new license to install.

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