![]() This is somewhat related to the TZ comparison above, but I'm listing it separately because unlike the TZ, the 2133 is designed to be a companion device. With this, however, I don't know how I'll use it when I leave California (I'm staying here for a few weeks) and get back to my real life in Hawaii. While it's true that most of my gadgets become dust-covered relics within a few months, I never intend for that to be their fate when I bring them home. Because its form factor and usage scenarios are exactly the same as that of the Vaio TZ, I have no idea how the 2133 will fit into my life. They're just small notebooks with less features than similarly priced full-size notebooks. Yes, they're "ultra mobile PCs" in the general sense, but they're not UMPCs the way the Samsung Q1 Ultra, HTC Shift, and Fujitsu U2010 are. This is why I cringe when I see netbooks being called UMPCs. The HP 2133 isn't much smaller than the TZ, which has an 11.1-inch display and an optical drive, and they're nearly identical in weight. ![]() My primary computer and daily workhorse is the 2.7-pound Sony Vaio TZ. I can understand how someone who lugs around a 5-pound laptop with a 17-inch screen could marvel at how small and light a netbook is (the computer guy at Fry's said "this is a very small computer," while the cashier couldn't believe it was a notebook because "it's so tiny"), but I am not that someone. The 2133 isn't more portable than my Vaio TZ. I've called them " mind-numbing in their sameness," said that the device category " bored me to tears," repeated time and again how I had no personal interest in the 8.9- to 10-inch notebooks, and concluded that a " netbook wouldn't fit into my life." And yet here I am, typing this netbook post from my new netbook. This is the biggest reason and the one that classifies as "sinning" in my book. Now on to my thought process, the reasons and justification for going against the fiber of my anti-netbook being.īut first. If I wasn't such an impulse shopper or so driven by instant gratification (and if Fry's had every single configuration in stock), I would've gone with a faster processor and Vista Business. I chose this model because it was the only one at Fry's Electronics, where I first realized its allure and ended up buying the device from. It is not one of the 14 models currently listed on the HP site, though it comes close to the KS103UT. There are a multitude of 2133 configurations out there right now, so it's worth mentioning that the one I have is the FT268UA model ($599) with 2GB of RAM, 1024 x 600 screen resolution (most models have 1280 x 768), 120GB hard drive, 1.2GHz VIA C7-M, and Vista Home Basic. If you take a look at my past reviews, you'll see that aside from the feature-specific pieces I wrote about the Vaio TZ, I haven't ever reviewed anything with a screen size larger than 7 inches. Note: The reason I'm not doing a full review is that I really want to stick to my 7-inch device rule. Since I've already gone ahead and bought something from a class of gadgets that has always supposedly bored me, the least I can do is make good on one thing I've said and offer you the following mini review of the HP 2133. Acer Chromebook 514 Review: Striking the Perfect BalanceĪnd even though doing so breaks my 7-inch device rule (i.e., anything with a screen larger than 7 inches really can't be considered pocketable) once again, I promised in my confession that I'd write something about the sinful unit as penance if anyone correctly guessed what it was.
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