Win an HP 2133 Mini Notebook
September 30, 2008 - By Ian Barnes
The HP 2133 Mini notebook is the perfect companion for those who want to travel light, or the very space concious. Its a perfect travel companion weighing in at only 1.3Kgs and being slightly larger than an A5 sheet of paper - and that’s not its only trump card.
Read the rest of this review and then enter the competition to win our review unit valued at around R8,000.00.
The Details
- Processor: 1.2GHz VIA C7-M ULV
- Memory: 2GB, 667MHz DDR2
- Hard drive: 120GB 7,200rpm
- Chipset: Via CN896NB
- Graphics: Via Chrome 9 HC IGP (integrated)
- Operating System: Windows Vista Business
- Dimensions (WDH): 16.5 x 26.4 x 2.7 Cm
- Screen size (diagonal): 8.9 inches
- System weight / Weight with AC adapter: 1.3 / 1.6 Kgs
First impressions
HP clearly know that a first impression is important and its clearly visible in the build quality and brushed metal finish of the notebook which starts you off impressed. It get even better when you open it up and discover its got an almost full sized keyboard (HP say its 92%) - so typing doesn’t require a whole new skills set.
The touch pad does however require some adapting as it is wide and shaped like an envelope. The left/right click buttons are on the left and right (respectively) which also make using it a little slower than when the buttons are in the normal position.
Putting it to good use
On the software front it doesn’t disappoint either - shipping with Windows Vista Business and once booted its not overloaded with useless software that would be un-installed anyway. The screen is sharp and runs at a resolution of 1280×768 which is leagues above all other competitors in the Ultra-Portable department.
Even though this notebook doesn’t have a built in CD/DVD drive it does come with 802.11a/b/g (WiFi) and a host of extra ports (LAN, 2 USB, SD Card reader, VGA Out and an express card) above and beyond the normal headphone and microphone ports. You shouldn’t need the headphone port though as the built in speakers are far superior to any other notebooks in this category and are clear and crisp enough to listen to video clips or your favourite music.
The battery was slightly disappointing only lasting around 2hours when running on 50% screen brightness and using the HP power saving setting. This said though on the higher end notebook you can get an extended battery which will double the time you get with the flush battery.
Pros and Cons
Pros:
- Lightweight and ultra-portable
- Brilliant screen, viewing angles and brightness
- Large HDD - 120Gig in a notebook this small!
- Outstanding build quality and finishing
Cons:
- Battery life - could have been a little longer
- Processing power. I feel this is a slight under spec from HP.
Conclusion
This is a fantastic notebook in the Ultra-Portable series and will set the bar for competitors to strive towards.
Pricing and availability
The HP 2133 Mini Notebook is available exclusively from the HP Experience Store in Sandton City and retails for around R8,000.00.
Win our review unit
The competition closes on the 10th of October 2008 and will be notified by email.
Question: What is the size of the Hard drive in the unit we reviewed.
Please note that due to shipping restrictions this competition is only open to people living in South Africa.
Editors Note: The competition is now closed. Due to the large volumes of entries received we will only notify the winner on Monday morning (the 13th of October) after all the entries have been verified. We will be sure to update everyone as to who the winner is when the winner has been chosen
Rate this review:
(9 votes, average: 4.56 out of 5)
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Awesome competition - I’ve just entered
AT ALMOST 60 I’MJUST BEGINING TO ‘SURF’ THE NET. MAKING HUGE OOPSES ALONG THE WAY BUT IT KEEPS THE MIND BUSY. I’M HAVING PROBLEMS DOWN LOADING THE ENTRY FORM BUT SENT IN THE ANSWER VIA AN E.MAIL HOPE ITS ACCEPTABLE. I NEED MY OWN COMPUTOR SO I CAN PLAY ALL DAY AND SO I HOPE I CAN GIVE THE HP 2133 MINI NOTEBOOK A HOME I PROMISE TO TAKE GREAT CARE OF IT.
dont be misguided by my email address. i actually do live in south africa and i do want to enter the competition to win the hp 2133 min notebook. my entry was sent via e.mail because i could’nt download the entry form.
Holy crap, 8K! That’s insane! This thing costs about 600 dollars overseas, we’re being ripped!
Oh man, id love to have one of those… Everyone hold thumbs that i win it, else i have to go and buy the mrs a new laptop she been nagging for for about 3 months now…
Great prize. good website.
Hehe, wonder how many people have entered, hmmm
Thumbs up if I win one for my 2nd year college son, simply cant’ afford one!!
Dammit I need a laptop, here’s holding thumbs.
I would love this notebook. Great website by the way. Holding thumbs !!
I’m still trying to download the entry form and I just can’t seem to get it right. well anyway the answer is 12GB or 7200 rpm. So there now every body knows and can enter. I like being one in a million chances in winning makes it so much more exciting.
please let my mom win the hp2133 mini laptop so she will leave my laptop alone thanks dude!
P.S. I’m on my way to Kuwait in a week so she’s going to miss me (and my laptop) when I’m gone …….
amending e.mail address
hey who deleted my entry to win the hp 2133 mini laptop. that has a 120 gig hard drive = to 7200rpm. thats not fair.
dammit I also want to win the hp2133 mini laptop with 120gd equal to 7200 rpm
oops I mean 120GB which is equal to 7200 rpm
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guys good luck. i hope i win though. its a awsum lappy.
Great website I really dig your reviews. I hope and pray that I win the HP Mininote 2133 since i love surfing the net on the move. Thumbs up to HP for this awesome gadget.
Wow good size and HDD 120 GIG
Somewhat pricey, but so was my dv9000 and I have not regretted buying it ever. HP knows the meaning of the term “build quality” and it is obvious that this mini notebook is no different.
I’d really dig to win it - awesome post/competition guys.
The only pc I have needs to be stoked with coal before itl start up. I need this laptop
This is a brilliant laptop. I am a broker and I amcurrently using an hp pavillion dv6000. I like hp products ,they are very reliable.
Most of the times i have to travel and do presentation, I normaly use laptop from work which i have to return immediately. This work of art will come in handy with it’s size an added bonus. I cannot afford a laptop most importantly.
5 star rated, because with HP you will never go wrong, checkout the 120 Gig, come to me!
I cannot get the competition page to open. Will someone out there help me to get entered. I trust that there are many unselfish people out there.
Help me to get from the dark ages to the super fast lightning age of computers.
I promise if I win, I will learn how to 3G, word process and search for 10 words to express my thanks!!
By the way, it looks like a flippin good machine inside the covers and quite snazzy on the outside. It is the inside that matters I assume if I read all the reviews before my humble attempt. Does HDD mean high definition digital picture or sound
Wow! nice one, hope I get it
So can I through my pentium 3 in a dust bin
That’s HP at it best, it always exceds our expectations. great stuff you did here and please let it come to me, i deserve to have it.
This is realy great stuff, I never heard a Laptop so let it be mine, I realy realy need it I only work with computers, so it gone help me a lot
I am woking with HP and it never let me down even my clients know that HP is the best of them all. I deserve this review unit of 120GB
Winning is good but winning what you really need is a blessing. I am already a winner as of the time i became aware that there is such a wonderful gadget on the market.
Unfortunatly I cant enter the competion but keep up the good work and you have super cool competions that nobody ever wins
with so much work in schhol this for real can make some difrence in my life. just wish all who entred to use it wisely, as there are few opportunities to have something like this. i think ishould win this for spreading the name of it to my school.
Thats a beautiful piece of tech! You go guys there at HP! Thats your best invention amongst your many good gadets!
This is a great laptop, The 2GB ram will make vista faster. I must have this laptop. Oh, and it is very affordable
wow..now that’s impressive…gimme gimme gimme…. got my fingers, toes and everything else crossed
well at least someone else has had problems retreiving the entry form now I don’t feel so incompetent when it comes to working on computers and therefore I still feel I deserve to win the hp2133 mini laptop. MWAH to the person who chooses me as the winner
Its great that someone @HP has finally come up with a brilliant concept of travelling light with a portable gadget like the 2133. Its a great way to have access to your information without carrying a huge notebook that makes it difficult to carry around especially when attending meetings. Its actually fabulous that you can carry the note book with your Diary without being overloaded. This is what makes technology advancement so exciting.
wow! I’ve always wanted to own one of these babies,please be mine my little cutty mini,come to mama hp2133.I am waiting………………………….
This is the best laptop at this price. It can be used for any business or personal application.
I’m aspiring entrepreneur and one of the core principles of my strategy is to start operating from home ,hence using these instrument is inevitable.I shall manage to network and nurture myself to be the next millionaire in the JSE.
I would love win this for my darling daughter,Dorianne.Single parent will be a gift which I cant afford at this moment
i relly hope to win this baby. its so awsum. please let me win
I think this one is a MUST have!!! Maybe GOD above will help it to me
this is ironis, yesterday i had a meeting in one of the coffee shops in cape town and i saw one lady working on similar mini notebook. I said to myself if i could only lay my hands on it not knowing that today I stand a chance of winning it. This piece of work is what the world need including me.
I would really want to win this baby for my daughter who needs it more than i do.She studying Bcom Acc Sc at UP and this will come handy for her studies.Please let me WIN this for her. Pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeease !
Wow this is a great peace of machine…would love to own one ..since my laptop got stolen I feel half empty.
Love the capacity of this Notebook. Its a traveling worker dream office!
Happy browsing to those who get It
I sure am gonna win it this time.
Sounds absolutely fabulous!!! Being a single mum, wanting to start her own business, this would be wonderful…. noteook under one arm and child under the other…. could even carry the nappy bag, it sounds so compact and reliable!!
H, I gotta get this one!
This gadget looks brilliant. You have got to make me feel like it!
The answer is: Hard Drive: 120GB 7,200rpm. The comp form just does not work.
You will send it to 631 Church Str-Bohemia 310-Arcadia-0083, Neh! For the sake of sanity please do. Shweet right!
Only got now on the website by chance but im impressed with it. It is on my favourite list now and will visit it reguraly in the future. Keep it up!!!!
This is a state of the art note book with maximum capacity of hard drive
This is a state of the art note book with a huge hard drive storage
Dear sir/madam
l am a guy age of 28 yers studying Correctional services management at Tshwane University of Technology, third year level. and im so opssest with technology espaciall HP2133 mini notebook becouse is portable and perfect travel campanion.
I wish i can have my own mini notebook one day, like other fellow students.
please let me win guys, i need it.
well todays the day some extremely lucky person gets to hear theyve won the hp 2133 mini laptop i’m still holding thumbs thats its going to be me….
As some kind “midnight shopper” decided to steal our laptop on Friday night while we were slepeing, I would be thrilled to get this beautiful replacement!
hello , well all the best to who ever wins the mini laptop , I really hope its me that wins it………
who won?
yes, who won the suspense is begining to wear me down now….
I guess only the winner knows he/she won so far…. Or maybe i won. I hope i did… come on nudjit… tell us who won now
OK … I know I won it already someone just needs to please send me my confirmation email now
i’m closing my eyes and clicking the heels of my red shoes and saying out loud please let it be me, please let it be me, please let it be me, please let it be me, if i imagine to be judy garland in a scene from “somewhere over the rainbow” do u think it’ll help?
who won. im dieing here. please let it be me who won
who won i wonder . . .
The 10th has come and gone… seems so did the winner… Come on team nudjit… we really wanna know who won now…
this may be a scam guys, they said the winner would be notified by email. so if you think about it, they can pick no winer or they can pick some one they know. i think we should phone the HP shop at sandton city.
Yes sure it could be a scam, which would mean they lose all their credibility… Fat chance, previous competition winners never complained before, Im sure they will announce the winner as soon as the winner responds to the email sent to announce him/her as the winner. I for one would have responded ages ago
@Mathew - I can guarantee you this is no scam, we are an Avusa Media entity and thus are fully credible. As is stated in the updated post we will be notifying the winner on Monday and will announce the winner publicly once we have had confirmed it with them.
Everyone: Thanks for all the entries - I can say that we have been completely blown away with the amount of entries and are busy verifying them as we speak! Once all the formalities with choosing a winner have been completed (which is random I may add) we will make a public announcement here on Nudjit. So be sure to check back for more great competitions and reviews coming soon!
awsum thanx
ok i want to win it…..
Urgentiy need a laptop for business.
hello who won the lapyop ?
To second what Ian has to say: as a reputable media house we have an excellent relationship with the associated industries we work with. For that reason we will have many, many giveaways on this site throughout the year, and I can assure you they are all 100% legitimate. I know its hard to believe we simply give this stuff away, but there you go - our jobs depend on us being absolutely above board, and the perks are really in the joy of seeing you folks freak out when you get a free 8 grand laptop. So, we do it all for you guys… Shucks.
Check back tomorrow for a new giveaway, its a good one too.
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well done Roseline Wilson on your win hope you have as many hours of fun and enjoyment as I have had using my sons laptop
congratulations Roseline Wilson
roseline you are soooooooooooooooo lucky……..
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hope you enjoy your note book i really wanted it .