Laptops Arena

Back in 2008, the HP 2133 Mini notebook was something that everybody who wanted a small and portable and cheap laptop would have loved to own. It may seem that the HP 2133 Mini notebook is no different than any other netbook on the market and you may be right. But the model came as one of the first and it managed to sell a lot of copies worldwide.

The price of this mini notebook can be as low as $500 which is a splendid price for a HP laptop which is small and can handle most basic to mainstream computer tasks. This unit takes its power from a 1.6 GHz VIA C7-M ULV processor and up to 2 GB of RAM. as for the amount of internal storage space, you can choose between a 64 GB Solid State Drive, an 120 GB or 160 GB 5400 rotations per minute SATA hard drive or between a 120 GB or 160 GB 7200 rpm hard drive. The 8.9 inch display of this mini notebook comes with a native resolution of 1280 x 768 pixels. The dimensions of this unit are 10 x 6.5 x 1.05 and the total weight of the system is 2.63 lbs with the 3 cell battery included plus the 4 GB solid state drive.


As for the selection of ports and features, we never expect to get anything too surprising from a notebook which is as small as the HP 2133 Mini notebook. The unit of this small little gadget is host to 2 USB ports, one VGA out, an Ethernet port, an Express card slot, a secure digital slot and the regular headphones out and microphone in jacks. You can also go for the optional VGA webcam which may be a nice feature when you have a mini notebook that you want to take with you while traveling and it will help you stay in touch with the people back home via video conferences. You have different options to choose from when it comes to the operating system that can be found on this laptop. You can go with the Windows Vista Business, Windows Vista Home Basic 32, SuSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 and FreeDos operating systems. The unit also comes with a lot of preinstalled software and some examples are Symantec Norton Internet Security, Roxio Creator 9 and HP Backup and Recovery Manager. When it comes to the warranty periods that are available, you can choose between 1-year and 90-day warranty and these options depend on your country.


When it comes to the battery performance, the HP 2133 Mini notebook is placed in the category average. The battery of this unit can provide us with 2 hours and 15 minutes of battery life with the 3 cell battery and 4 hours and 10 minutes with the 6 cell battery. In order to achieve these scores, the display brightness had to be set to medium level, while surfing the internet via a wireless connection and using the Windows “balanced mode” power management profile.