HP 2133 questions...

[penski]

Right...I'm looking at the laptops on offer from 3 with their mobile broadbeans and the 2133 strikes me as being the most appropriate for my needs (web browsing mainly, occasional very basic image work - resizing and resaving in PSP for the most part, and playing background music).

I'm going with 3 as I am able to get a very good deal...

Having read a multitude of reviews, the main criticisms seem to come in terms of battery life and CPU slowdown.

Firstly, I'm always beside a power point so I can cope with 'only' two hours before I have to find another

In terms of CPU, does anyone have any experience of running XP, a stripped XP install or a stripped Ubuntu on a 2133? A stripped XP is currently favourite.

What can I expect to pay for a 2Gb RAM and a 6-cell battery upgrade?

Thanks in advance

*n

 

[Bigsy]

I think a lot of reviewed mini notes had Vista Business (not sure if this is actually standard on it), which it does struggle with, a guy in work was running XP fine. It's not up to Celeron M or Atom but it was certainly exceptable from what I saw.

I really liked the 2133 for looks but it does run damn hot, also it has large rebates on it over in the states at the moment and the rumor is that HP is imminently going to be replacing it with a new and improved cooler running nano based version. For this reason I personally wouldn't go with it myself atm.

 

[penski]

Hmmm...Had a play with it today instore for about half an hour. Ran a vid on media player, loaded some big spreadsheets and browsed some (very) graphically-intensive websites...And it coped admirably. That was on a basic Vista install...Not sure which type though. With an optimised XP, it should be fiiiiine.

One irk - As an existing customer, 3 will offer me their 15Gb mobile broadbeans package for half price....But they can't bundle that with the laptop offer. Talking to the chick instore, they aren't allowed to budge on anything. They can't even offer extras to sway the deal...Word from on high. She said to call the store in the morning to see what the new month's offers bring.

P4U had a cute white VAiO when I walked past...Will check it out...

*n