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HP 2133 Mini-Note: Lessons Learned
Blog The lower screen resolution is noticeable, compared to my original Mini-Note, but it is not a significant disadvantage, and in fact a lot of people might consider this one easier to read. The new HP 2133 Mini-Note with SuSE Linux Enterprise Desktop...
[March 2, 2009, 11:42]
JVC Mini-Note MP-XP731 review
Reviews JVC provides a range of expansion and I/O options on the Mini-Note MP-XP731. It is the small size of the Mini-Note MP-XP731 that first captures the attention. All notebooks take knocks when on the move, and the Mini-Note MP-XP731 might be expected...
[January 22, 2004, 13:10]
JVC Mini Note MP-XP7210 review
Reviews JVC claims that the Mini Note, which will be available in the UK in October, is the smallest Intel-based notebook available. The most comparable product to the Mini Note MP-XP7210 is Sony’s 733MHz Crusoe-based VAIO PCG-C1MGP, which also weighs a...
[July 31, 2002, 16:48]
Weekend Success - Ubuntu 8.10 on the HP 2133 Mini-Note
Blog Comment @Betsy - Thanks for reading and commenting, and I'm very pleased that my post got you going in the right direction to get your Mini-Note working again. I fully agree with you about using the Ubuntu Community Documentation, that is the same page...
[March 2, 2009, 13:01]
Linux on the HP 2133 Mini-Note, Part 2
Blog With the wireless working now, Vector Linux looks very, VERY good on this Mini-Note. After having written the first part of this series, and being quite happy with the way SimplyMEPIS Linux was working on the HP 2133, I moved on to the last couple...
[January 29, 2009, 14:02]
Notes On the HP 2133 Mini-Note
Blog I have gotten a query from another HP 2133 Mini-Note owner about my previous postings concerning it, how it is working now, and what can be done about a few key issues on it. I still have, and love, my HP 2133 Mini-Note (the one with the higher...
[July 30, 2009, 12:23]
HP 2133 Mini-Note: Lessons Learned
Blog Comment You're right, it is very frustrating, in particular because I expected the installation on the new Mini-Note to be so easy, and the different screen took me completely by surprise. As I said, the SuSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 that was preloaded...
[March 3, 2009, 8:16]
HP 2133 Mini-Note: Lessons Learned
Blog Comment Not sure if you will be able to help, but I have installed Ubuntu 8.10 using the alternative CD on my Mini Note 2133 (same version as the one you have above, Opensuse SLED 10). I have now rebooted and am trying to follow your advice to download...
[March 9, 2009, 15:05]
HP 2133 Mini-Note PC review
Reviews HP's 2133 Mini-Note PC addresses the same market as the ASUS Eee at a similar price, but has the look and feel of a more expensive system. ASUS Eee PC has a slightly smaller footprint and weighs less, and its plastic construction feels positively...
[April 9, 2008, 11:37]
Weekend Success - Ubuntu 8.10 on the HP 2133 Mini-Note
Blog I've been trying since the first day that I got my HP 2133 Mini-Note to get Ubuntu 8.10 (Intrepid Ibex) installed on it, without success. The Ubuntu WIki indicates that you should be able to install 8.10 on the Mini-Note by forcing it to use the...
[February 15, 2009, 16:00]
HP 2133 Mini-Note
Blog I received my new HP 2133 Mini-Note (netbook, if you want to call it that) Friday afternoon. Since then I have been learning, testing, loading, reloading and generally playing around. I like it. A lot.
[January 25, 2009, 7:41]
HP's Mini-Note is official
Blog HP's much-rumoured 2133 Mini-Note PC is now official in the UK. The 1.27kg Mini-Note has an 8.9in.display and a webcam, is powered by a VIA C7-M processor (not Intel's new Atom), and comes with either 1GB or 2GB of RAM, 802.11b/g or a/b/g Wi-Fi...
[April 8, 2008, 16:18]
HP 2133 Mini-Note / PCLinuxOS 2009.1 Instructions
Blog I have posted detailed instructions for installing and configuring PCLinuxOS 2009.1 on the HP 2133 Mini-Note, on the Linux Laptop Wiki. This distribution works extremely well on the Mini-Note.jw
[March 16, 2009, 15:13]
Weekend Success - Ubuntu 8.10 on the HP 2133 Mini-Note
Blog Comment Hi Jamie, did you get the Broadcom wireless working on Ubuntu 8.10? I gave up rather easily since I have a USB wireless device based on Railink which works a dream.
[February 15, 2009, 16:44]
HP 2133 Mini-Note
Blog Comment Lenovo S10e, Windows XP, Ubuntu and Windows 7 Beta Jamie, I just bought a Lenovo S10e netbook at a substantially reduced price. It's solidly built in the Lenovo tradtion with a nice keyboard. Similarly specified to your Hp 2133 except, of course...
[January 26, 2009, 15:51]
HP 2133 Mini-Note
Blog Comment Hi Moley, Thanks for reading and commenting, as always, and thanks for the excellent information. I agree with your statement about Lenovo notebooks being well built, several people in my office used to have them when they were IBM ThinkPads (we...
[January 26, 2009, 16:08]
HP 2133 Mini-Note
Blog Comment Moley - Very interesting, thanks. By the way, the Intel 945 was at the heart of the "Vista Capable / Vista Ready" debacle between Intel and Microsoft. It's interesting to hear that it is able to handle the Aero interface in Win7.
[January 27, 2009, 6:58]
HP 2133 Mini-Note
Blog Comment Hi Jamie, I been reading up about Broadcom Wireless and it all appears to be quite fraught, but not impossible, with too many choices according to which Broadcom chipset and which kernel. Regarding the display adapter, it is the Intel 945 which is...
[January 27, 2009, 7:55]
HP 2133 Mini-Note
Blog Comment Jamie - There is a (cynical) suggestion that, if Windows 7 will run on the controversial "Vista Capable / Vista Ready" computers, this will provide a resolution to the hole in which Microsoft and others find themselves in, since they can then...
[January 27, 2009, 18:16]
Weekend Success - Ubuntu 8.10 on the HP 2133 Mini-Note
Blog Comment Hi Moley, Yes, after I installed Ubuntu it came up with the "hardware drivers" dialog, and gave me a choice between the "Broadcom STA" drivers and the public "b43" drivers. I have tried both, and they both seem to work, at least in my first...
[February 15, 2009, 19:27]
