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Low Cost Netbook Review - HP Mini 2140 - A Great Market Value For Sale
HP is really putting a lot of effort to be the no 1 low cost net book provider. Thanks to the currently booming net book market. At the recent CES in Las Vegas, HP unveiled their latest addition to the great net book arena.
Yes. HP announced that their latest HP Mini 2140 model will be made available very soon. Keeping true with their previous model, HP Mini 2133, the new 2140 is built on the same material as the 2133. That means the 2140 will also be built on a solid magnesium alloy chassis, as with the older 2133.
Cool. None of the flimsy plastic stuff. Personally, I like it better this way. With netbooks being small in size, they are more prone to physical abuse. This is especially true if you carry them around with you in your daily travels. As such, a more sturdy and strong build material is always a welcome improvement.
The only downside to the strong and sturdy build is its’ weight. It surely weights a lot more than the other net books built on them flimsy plastic material. The 2140 unit weighs about 3.0 pounds with full accessories. That makes it the heaviest netbook around. Oh well, you can’t win them all, I guess.
The HP Mini 2140 also sports probably the largest keyboard in the low cost net book range. At 92% of a standard keyboard, you would surely be able to adapt quickly to the keyboard. It even has a full sized right shift key located right below the enter key. Nothing awkward about the keyboard.
The keys are also protected with HP Durakeys. HP DuraKeys? Its a clear coating that protects the finish and printed characters on the keys. The keyboard will be look new even after years of heavy typing.
I do, however, have a beef with the mouse pad, though. Somehow, having the mouse buttons on either sides of the mouse pad really doesn’t jive with me. I would have liked it better if they had decided to put the mouse buttons at the bottom as with a normal mouse pad.
I’ve always been somewhat frustrated that these net books can only display to a max resolution if 1024×600. To those who like to have more pixels in their display, the HP Mini 2140 unit has got two display modes - 1024×576 and 1366×768. Odd resolutions? Yes. They are a bit odd. I think HP decided to make the display fit in a 16:9 aspect ratio. Why? To conform to HDTV standard perhaps?
Following are the hardware specifications for the HP Mini 2140:
CPU: Intel Atom Processor N270 (1.60 GHz, 512 KB L2 cache, 533 MHz FSB)
Chipset: Mobile Intel® 945GSE Express
Memory: 1 GB 800 MHz DDR2 SDRAM (Max 2GB)
Hard Drive: 160GB 5400/7200 rpm SATA; 80GB Solid State Drive
Display: 10.1-inch diagonal HP Illumi-Lite LED SD; 10.1-inch diagonal Illumi-Lite LED HD
Graphics: Mobile Intel GMA950
Integrated Camera: VGA Camera
Ports: 2 USB 2.0; 1 mic in; 1 headphone/line-out; 1 VGA out; 1 RJ-45
Slots: 1 Express Card/54; 1 secure digital
Audio: High Definition Audio, stereo speakers
Networking: Marvell Ethernet Integrated Controller (10/100/1000)
Wireless: Broadcom 802.11a/b/g/draft-n; Broadcom 802.11b/g; HP Integrated Module with Bluetooth 2.0 Wireless Technology
Battery: 3-cell (28 WHr) high capacity Lithium-Ion; 6-cell (55 WHr) high capacity Lithium-Ion.
What else? That’s basically the gist of it. I’d say the main benefit of getting this new HP Mini 2140 would be the better screen resolution. No matter how odd the display resolution is, 1366×768 is certainly a lot better than just 1024×600 which is like the de facto standard for netbook screen resolution.
Nothing much separate the current netbooks from one another. For the most part, they are all created almost equal since they are mostly built on the same Intel Atom chipsets. This new HP Mini 2140 tries to differentiate itself from the rest by the means of the display resolution. So, if you want something different, this HP 2140 unit is certainly worth looking at.
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