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Review: HP 2133 Mini-Note

Posted on 19 November 2011. Tags: , ,

Linux Journal’s Shawn Powers reviews the HP 2133 Mini-Note.
Video Rating: 4 / 5

Beryl running under Mandriva 2007 Powerpack x86-64 using latest NVIDIA driver version 9626. ASUS Laptop A6KmQ007H No XGL required anymore !
Video Rating: 4 / 5


48 Responses to “Review: HP 2133 Mini-Note”

  1. zeroforme says:
    November 19, 2011 at 7:48 pm

    driver problems (wifi + graphic card). blank screen laptop issue. Dont buy it: bad design

  2. retepvosnul says:
    November 19, 2011 at 7:59 pm

    Junk..

  3. Landrew0 says:
    November 19, 2011 at 8:34 pm

    Linux driver problems? What else is new?

  4. PenguinCommunity says:
    November 19, 2011 at 8:48 pm

    I miss these podcasts *,*

  5. L3TH4LSNIPERGOD says:
    November 19, 2011 at 9:47 pm

    Hi,
    I have this netbook but not with Linux but with windows vista business edition, it works absolutely perfect! you are absolutely correct, the high resolution is amazing for such a tiny screen! the keyboard is tough and the trackpad is tough. I have used the asus netbook and it is very cheap and very bad quality. Thank you for recommending the HP 2133, I have subscribed.
    Thanks!

  6. starcannon says:
    November 19, 2011 at 10:34 pm

    Great review, I bought myself a Dell Mini 9 with Ubuntu 8.04 preloaded, its nice; but, I bought my wife the MSI Wind, WOW, scrubbed off the XP install, put 8.10 on, its absolutely amazing.

  7. fatgoogle007 says:
    November 19, 2011 at 10:53 pm

    yer

  8. schmiditwo says:
    November 19, 2011 at 11:25 pm

    Be careful when you want to buy such a thing and would like to use linux on it! They made some “submodels” with hardware linux just DOESN’T work with.

    I will sell the 2133 to some windows user and buy me a asus eee 901 with real linux support.

  9. dmt195 says:
    November 20, 2011 at 12:07 am

    Nice one dude – just bought one and wanted reassurance! ;)

  10. GaelachWolf says:
    November 20, 2011 at 12:38 am

    Actually he said it comes with Suse, he just put Ubuntu on it. From what I understand, you can choose to have it shipped with either Windows or Suse.

  11. arnolddisco says:
    November 20, 2011 at 1:02 am

    slow down lol

  12. zeeded says:
    November 20, 2011 at 1:02 am

    @orgthingy

    I don’t think it actually comes with Linux, he just put it on.

  13. talcomhosents says:
    November 20, 2011 at 1:05 am

    is there wireless internet?

  14. orgthingy says:
    November 20, 2011 at 1:58 am

    wow… HP now has linux on laptops.. Dell as well and many many companies! great! (yea, BSD isnt ready for desktop yet)

  15. infango says:
    November 20, 2011 at 2:31 am

    MSI Wind ?

  16. tatewakikuno says:
    November 20, 2011 at 2:44 am

    but no, silicon mechanics ..
    (he wore antennas) lol

  17. trunkboy says:
    November 20, 2011 at 3:10 am

    I was pretty excited about the X-Arcade. :D

  18. romanoskar says:
    November 20, 2011 at 4:02 am

    There are some bigger batteries available for the eee. I don’t know if there are any official ones. I got one off ebay for 30$ + shipping – that lasts about 6 hours (10400mAh) at normal usage, it elevates the machine quite a bit, but 6 hours is a striking argument. I think there are normal sized 6600mAh ones too.
    I’ve never seen you that excited over a gadget :D .

    Unfortunately the ndiswrapper stuff doesn’t work so well with kismet *caugh*. Great to see more budget mini notebooks though.

  19. trunkboy says:
    November 20, 2011 at 4:58 am

    I didn’t, but only because I read in forums, etc, that the “standard” firmware and broadcom drivers did NOT work with this version of the hardware.

    I had no reason to believe the Ubuntu forum users were wrong, so I just went with NDISWrapper.

  20. DarkWolf80s says:
    November 20, 2011 at 5:23 am

    ah ok. Thank for the info trunkboy.

  21. PenguinCommunity says:
    November 20, 2011 at 5:39 am

    ok

    =)

    I am glad about that

    =D

    keep on the good work so… =P

  22. jeffsadowski says:
    November 20, 2011 at 6:08 am

    Just curious if you installed the firmware for the broadcom linux driver? most broadcom’s I remember having to install firmware in /lib/firmware

  23. trunkboy says:
    November 20, 2011 at 6:56 am

    This is one of the things I’ve really been pushing HP to change. Hopefully they’ll listen. :)

  24. trunkboy says:
    November 20, 2011 at 7:36 am

    Both Linux and Windows versions are available. You can’t order Linux on the top end models, however, which is one of the things I’m hoping my video(s) change.

  25. xyz98741 says:
    November 20, 2011 at 8:16 am

    Visit my channel to see why LiEnucks sucks. Check out the video :)

  26. kmich22 says:
    November 20, 2011 at 9:09 am

    i cant install skype on linux mandriva gnome! can someone give me an idea?

  27. Nikoo033 says:
    November 20, 2011 at 9:30 am

    @kmich22 Yes, you can install GNOME, then uninstall KDE. Don’t uninstall KDE first otherwise you will only have the terminal as an interface.

  28. kmich22 says:
    November 20, 2011 at 9:41 am

    guys i have mandriva kde and i have some problems! can i turn to mandriva gnome without format?

  29. lemler33 says:
    November 20, 2011 at 9:49 am

    laptop that has an nvieda card o_O battery must suck…

  30. jeenormus says:
    November 20, 2011 at 10:20 am

    oh this looks like a decent o.s lets face it windows is dated i might get this just to show off

  31. MrMilkshakey says:
    November 20, 2011 at 11:09 am

    ive got that background =D

  32. viniciusmc123100 says:
    November 20, 2011 at 11:28 am

    music cool

  33. dragonballzgt1989 says:
    November 20, 2011 at 11:33 am

    LOL I agree Win+Lin>Mac

  34. AnorexicLeader says:
    November 20, 2011 at 12:18 pm

    Yep I’m a tri-boot OS X, Vista, Ubuntu…but meh thinks I’m gonna try out some Mandriva 09 as well. Just installed it under VMWare fusion, and so far I think I might like it more than Ubuntu Jaunty 9.04.

  35. goldelar says:
    November 20, 2011 at 12:56 pm

    wow¡¡¡ 0_0

  36. SecondlifeHacker2008 says:
    November 20, 2011 at 1:17 pm

    Me too i got tripple boot lol. I love PC MAC LINUX also.

  37. SecondlifeHacker2008 says:
    November 20, 2011 at 2:03 pm

    i just finished installing my Ubuntu 8.4.1 updating everything even got myself compiz ;)

    NOw i saw mandriva 2009 i got to have it killing my Ubuntu right now :)

  38. emkiepem says:
    November 20, 2011 at 2:08 pm

    funny video

  39. Nikoo033 says:
    November 20, 2011 at 2:36 pm

    I think that it is included by default now, like on all mains distributions. Enjoy :-)

  40. Zalariz says:
    November 20, 2011 at 2:38 pm

    Very nice video!! im downloading the 2008 version!! BTW dose it comes like that with it’s fusion or you have to download the compiz-fusion??

  41. Storaiko says:
    November 20, 2011 at 3:35 pm

    This is a mac user, Nikoo. Mac users aren’t the sharpest tools in the shed, or else they wouldn’t be paying twice as much for what they could get on a normal PC.
    Also, mac users, before you attack me, I own a Mac, and I use my normal PC much more often.
    Lol, Win+Lin>Mac

  42. Nikoo033 says:
    November 20, 2011 at 3:48 pm

    You mean Windows/Mac/Linux…

  43. microsoftjc says:
    November 20, 2011 at 4:44 pm

    I use all of them really they are all amazing and they all do have there own special quality So I use them all and sometimes at once. I LOVE PC MAC LINUX !!!

  44. SiathLinux says:
    November 20, 2011 at 5:30 pm

    Mandriva will work with you newer flat panel monitor :D

  45. 420asebring says:
    November 20, 2011 at 6:13 pm

    Yes, I am an American myself and I agree with you 100%. With most ignorant Americans anything that is not mainstream is a “cult” or a “terrorist”. Not all of us are like that and have better things to do than hate on invisible “cults” or “terrorists”.That poster was representing like you said the “narrow-minded” ones. Some people need to get their head out their asses. This is why the US is going to hell.

  46. Nikoo033 says:
    November 20, 2011 at 6:53 pm

    True. That’s what I tend to shout all day long: choose the thing that fits your needs, and be happy to have the possibility to try something else if you’re ever interested in doing so.

  47. djHokko says:
    November 20, 2011 at 7:11 pm

    This is not smart to argue about which system is better or worse. Windows, Linux, Mac OS… have all they’re own advantages! I personaly use Windows Vista and Mandriva on same machine with a VMware WorkStation so that I could change the system with one click of a mouse…

  48. mad89max says:
    November 20, 2011 at 7:54 pm

    R0FL!!! i have the same lappy A6Km,now i have Windows XP x64 SP2, today iam gonna install some x64 linux! cheers! =)

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