My Free HP Mini Note 2133

August 13, 2008

The HP 2133 Mini-Note has a great design. Everyone in our office agreed that it has a solid chassis and attractive look. The brushed aluminum and plastic casing is durable and hides fingerprints well. It also keeps the Mini-Note lightweight, only weighing in around 2.86 lbs as configured. It has that sleek business appeal, but is targeted toward students as well. One look at the Mini-Note and I can see why. I mean who wouldn’t want an inexpensive subnotebook to tote back and forth to class, especially one that pretty much has a full-size keyboard.

I got this for free yesterday from Starhub in exchange for signing a two year Maxonline internet connection at $56/month. See reviews of the Mini note below
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HP didn’t go wrong with the design. The 8.9″ WXGA display is beautiful and easy to read. It puts off a glare though because of the protective coating. Nothing about the Mini-Note feels cheap. I didn’t notice any signs of flex and enjoyed its good variety of ports and features. The Mini-Note also comes with different hard drive options, so hopefully this might help in the performance section considering the Mini-Note sports a VIA C7-M ULV processor.

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As I mentioned above, the keyboard is almost full size. It is 92% of a full sized keyboard, which is quite impressive for such a small form factor. It is much more comfortable to type on compared to the Asus Eee PC. The touchpad can be awkward though, especially the placement of the right and left click buttons. As you can see from the pictures below it does have a neat power and Wi-Fi switch that lights up and changes from blue when on to orange when off.

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While some consumers might be upset at the absence of a DVD drive in the Mini-Note, that’s just one trade-off you have to make for such a compact design. In truth, there simply isn’t any room left inside the Mini-Note after everything is said and done. The photo below shows that the only empty spaces inside the chassis are where the hard drive and ExpressCard slot are located.

Happy Birthday Singapore

August 8, 2008

 

This is the 2008 NDP(National Day Parade) theme song as sung by Hady Mirza, the Asian Idol and last years Singapore Idol Winner.

Tomorrow is a big day in Singapore….its the 45th National Day Parade celebrations.

Ive Been Pre Occupied

August 2, 2008

I didnt realize I would be celebrating 2 years and a half of blogging in this space by August 18( a day after my natal day).

 So I decided its time I change some portions of my layout.

The headshot is my favorite photo taken at the Hotel Del beachfront in San Diego while the background (how I wish it was Boracay) was taken from my kids photo during low tide in Bintan,Indonesia.

I have not updated this blog as frequent as my multiply and blogger sites. I also have a work multiply site.

So if you dont find me here yu can visit any of the 3 sites that I am maintaining.

Lately I’ve been preoccupied with work, tummy treatments and surfing(the net). OK time to sleep!!!