
Spend too long using the 2133 Mini-note and you stand the risk of misjudging your pace as you step off the train. On the down side, the odd sense of scale can play tricks with your mind.
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On the pro side, this is the type of laptop you can confidently get out on the train and feel all business-like with, even if all you're doing is playing Spider Solitaire and reading the bit-tech forums. There are pros and cons to this weird look though. When a Desktop PC and a netbook love each other very much they do an extra-special cuddle, exchange watercooling fluids and.voila! A HP 2133 Mini-note is born and, if it's lucky, will grow up to be a testing rig at the bit-tech offices. We always wondered where new laptops came from, and now we know.
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What makes the 2133 Mini-note so adorable though isn't just the size, but the entire look – it looks like it's trying as hard as it can to be a full size laptop, even despite its size. The 2133 Mini-note isn't just small – in fact, when shouldered next to the Eee PC it isn't noticeably reduced and measures in at 260 x 160 x 30mm (WxDxH). Mini-noteIt doesn't matter how professional you claim to be (that goes for you too, Richard), or how well-versed in technology you care (Tim) – the initial reaction to the HP 2133 Mini-note is always the same. As a title it admittedly isn't quite as catchy as the Eee, but HP doesn't think that'll hold it back. HP is the latest manufacturer to try and have a go at usurping the Eee PC and is seeking to claim the sub-notebook throne with its latest offering a Linux-equipped little number that goes by the name of 2133 Mini-note. That’s it, you’re done! Simple as it sounds though, nobody has quite got it perfect just yet and though the Eee PC is the best we've got, it's still got a handful of problems. It should be easy to make a netbook just take a low-end laptop, make it smaller and take out all the faff you don't need on-the-go CD drives, SLI arrays, Windows – that sort of stuff. The problem has been though that it is really hard to design a good sub-notebook – even the Eee PC didn't get it quite right and had a fair share of failings (the infinite 'Pending' network bug, anyone?) These little laptops are worth such big bucks right now thanks mainly to the success of Asus' Eee PC range of sub-notebooks, which really hit the market hard and showed everyone that there was a new audience out there.

I say ironically because, just in case you aren't up to scratch on your gee-whiz tech jargon, the netbook is a new category of notebook that sits below traditionally-sized notebooks when it comes to size, weight and price. Netbooks are, ironically, becoming quite big business. HP 2133 Mini-note Linux Edition PC Manufacturer: HP
