HP2133 Mini Notebook, Mini Review
Well trying to get the latest Tactile CRM newsletter sorted has lead me to buying my first windows machine in who knows how long (about 9 years I think). It is preloaded with Vista business, and apart from the arduous process of getting it started the first time (about 40 minutes for pre-installed windows to work out what it wanted to do, and the HP software too) seems OK.
It’s not going to replace the MacBook as a ‘no-holds-bar’d-on-the-move-desktop-replacement-machine’, but is certainly useful on the train due to its small size (it happily fits on the seat back trays you get on the Virgin trains, unlike the MacBook).
The main probelms I have with it so far are the sensitivity of the mouse, which I will be able to fix, and the huge power cable you get with it. Why design a nice small laptop, only to include a standard HP power supply that practically doubles the size of the thing!
I’m trying to steer clear of Vsta as much as possible, but will try to install Leopard (OS X) on it over the weekend and see what happens with that (note to self, find the restore procedure for the laptop before starting). In the meantime, here is my current screen shot of OS X Leopard on the HP 2133:
Kenneth said the following at June 24th, 2008 at 9:58 am :
Congrats! I bought the same computer precisely for use on the train. It has almost completely replaced my Macbook Pro. I am very interested in your experiment with Leopard on it, though. Good luck!
Paul Cooper said the following at June 27th, 2008 at 5:20 pm :
I think HP have a SKU with Linux preloaded so it should Ubuntu/Fedora/OpenSUSE should run nicely on it and make for a neat little on the go machine.
Jake Stride said the following at June 30th, 2008 at 8:07 am :
@Paul: Yes I was going to get that, but unfortunately I actually needed the copy of Windows that came with it!
Maikel S said the following at September 2nd, 2008 at 7:04 pm :
So whats up? Did leopard run on the HP 2133??