I have wanted a UMPC forever now but the price point has been high compared to just getting an inexpensive laptop. I've been waiting for a small portable device with a full OS, not just an icon interface and it is finally out... Been watching the hp mini-note 2133 for a while now and love the small form factor and (almost) full keyboard. My bro may get the EEE 900 so maybe we'll have a head-to-head comparo soon. :>
Spent a couple hours reading the reviews so I won't repeat it all here. I'll link a couple of the big ones below. Only thing missing is a CD/DVD drive but I can't remember the last time I put a disk in my current laptop so that wasn't a big deal breaker. Plus I'm running on a 30GB HD right now and the 2133 is coming with a 120GB!! I can finally have one main HD and just set some scripts up to run rsync to the external USB drive for backup. Immediate add-ons will be external USB CD/DVD drive and 6-cell battery.
Follow the link to see full config. High points are:
- SLED 10 OS
- 120GB HD, 1GB RAM
- 1280X768 on 8.9in screen
- 92% full size keyboard
- integrated web cam and speakers
- Did I mention Linux OS!?!?!? ;>
- Found first real comparisons in gizmodo feed
- First review I read was at cnet.com
- Good bunch of info on notebookreview.com
- Another review I stumbled on at laptopmag.com
- And of course, I coulda got free shipping from hp.com but keepin up my geek cred buying it at thinkgeek
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