Comments on: Review: HP 2133 “Mini” Laptop http://www.gadgetspage.com/comps-peripheral/review-hp-2133-%e2%80%9cmini%e2%80%9d-laptop.html Gadget news and reviews for the real world Mon, 6 Sep 2010 18:46:56 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Matthew http://www.gadgetspage.com/comps-peripheral/review-hp-2133-%e2%80%9cmini%e2%80%9d-laptop.html#comment-59831 Matthew Fri, 30 Oct 2009 17:48:18 +0000 http://www.gadgetspage.com/?p=989#comment-59831 <p>Hi Susan--where mini's really lack is in the graphics coprocessor. They universally use very low-end chips that don't do 3D very well. If your son has any interest in video games, you should pay special attention to the video processor. Also, most games require the CD rom to be in the drive, and mini's don't have an optical drive. I guess I'd recommend a full laptop for those reasons.</p> Hi Susan–where mini’s really lack is in the graphics coprocessor. They universally use very low-end chips that don’t do 3D very well. If your son has any interest in video games, you should pay special attention to the video processor. Also, most games require the CD rom to be in the drive, and mini’s don’t have an optical drive. I guess I’d recommend a full laptop for those reasons.

]]> By: Susan http://www.gadgetspage.com/comps-peripheral/review-hp-2133-%e2%80%9cmini%e2%80%9d-laptop.html#comment-59829 Susan Fri, 30 Oct 2009 13:58:21 +0000 http://www.gadgetspage.com/?p=989#comment-59829 <p>I have a very basic question: Which is better for a 12-year-old boy -- a laptop, or a mini? My husband and I would like to buy one or the other for our son for Christmas. We're hoping to spend around $500 or less, if possible. Any advice you can offer will be much appreciated. Thanks!</p> I have a very basic question: Which is better for a 12-year-old boy — a laptop, or a mini? My husband and I would like to buy one or the other for our son for Christmas. We’re hoping to spend around $500 or less, if possible. Any advice you can offer will be much appreciated. Thanks!

]]> By: Rick http://www.gadgetspage.com/comps-peripheral/review-hp-2133-%e2%80%9cmini%e2%80%9d-laptop.html#comment-57504 Rick Sun, 08 Mar 2009 20:34:09 +0000 http://www.gadgetspage.com/?p=989#comment-57504 <p>Good Point on certified for vista home basic. I'll corner the IT folks next week and see what the deal is is seems to go along fine until it attempts to load the Network Deterministic Enhancer, the errors out with "add plugin failed". They will have seen that before, thanks for the help.. Rick</p> Good Point on certified for vista home basic. I’ll corner the IT folks next week and see what the deal is is seems to go along fine until it attempts to load the Network Deterministic Enhancer, the errors out with “add plugin failed”. They will have seen that before, thanks for the help.. Rick

]]> By: matthew http://www.gadgetspage.com/comps-peripheral/review-hp-2133-%e2%80%9cmini%e2%80%9d-laptop.html#comment-57495 matthew Sun, 08 Mar 2009 00:38:41 +0000 http://www.gadgetspage.com/?p=989#comment-57495 <p>Rick--I've never met an IPSEec VPN client that didn't suck. I doubt the problems you're having really have anything to do with the hardware. It sounds like you need to make a call to Cisco tech support or your IT folks at work. Is the Cisco VPN client certified to work with Vista Home Basic? I know it shouldn't matter, but it often does.</p> Rick–I’ve never met an IPSEec VPN client that didn’t suck. I doubt the problems you’re having really have anything to do with the hardware. It sounds like you need to make a call to Cisco tech support or your IT folks at work. Is the Cisco VPN client certified to work with Vista Home Basic? I know it shouldn’t matter, but it often does.

]]> By: Rick http://www.gadgetspage.com/comps-peripheral/review-hp-2133-%e2%80%9cmini%e2%80%9d-laptop.html#comment-57493 Rick Sat, 07 Mar 2009 23:24:08 +0000 http://www.gadgetspage.com/?p=989#comment-57493 <p>Matthew and Scott, you guys are having better luck than me. I get a failure trying to load Cisco vpn on my HP Mini. It's a day old and imperative that the vpn IPSEC at least works. I've tried ver 4.6 ver 5.0 and attempted with IE 7 to load the active x for sslvpn. All failed.</p> <p>Any ideas??</p> Matthew and Scott, you guys are having better luck than me. I get a failure trying to load Cisco vpn on my HP Mini. It’s a day old and imperative that the vpn IPSEC at least works. I’ve tried ver 4.6 ver 5.0 and attempted with IE 7 to load the active x for sslvpn. All failed.

Any ideas??

]]> By: Matthew http://www.gadgetspage.com/comps-peripheral/review-hp-2133-%e2%80%9cmini%e2%80%9d-laptop.html#comment-55839 Matthew Sat, 01 Nov 2008 04:32:18 +0000 http://www.gadgetspage.com/?p=989#comment-55839 <p>Hi Scott,</p> <p>I'm afraid I just didn't have any trouble with it at all using the method I described (Virtual CD from Alcohol 52% and the Vista Ultimate ISO file stored on a USB connected flash drive. I started the upgrade from within Vista Basic rather than booting the DVD--perhaps that's the difference? Drivers would all be retained using an upgrade methodology.</p> Hi Scott,

I’m afraid I just didn’t have any trouble with it at all using the method I described (Virtual CD from Alcohol 52% and the Vista Ultimate ISO file stored on a USB connected flash drive. I started the upgrade from within Vista Basic rather than booting the DVD–perhaps that’s the difference? Drivers would all be retained using an upgrade methodology.

]]> By: Scott Kinslow http://www.gadgetspage.com/comps-peripheral/review-hp-2133-%e2%80%9cmini%e2%80%9d-laptop.html#comment-55808 Scott Kinslow Thu, 30 Oct 2008 07:56:36 +0000 http://www.gadgetspage.com/?p=989#comment-55808 <p>Matthew, great post. I just picked up my Mini about a week ago, have put my corporate office '07, Cisco VPN and Softphone, Bluetooth to GPS, Hands-free headset and mouse. Fits great in the console of my truck. Just picked up today Vista Ultimate and tried twice over 6 hours to do the upgrade. Did MS updates and patches first,.. but the install eventually failed and went to roll-back both times. Did I miss something? Do I need to build my recovery disks, wipe with a fresh install, then go get my drivers and software? Your post said you did an upgrade. Oh,.. I'm installing from a USB dvd drive. I could use a fresh thought here. Thanks,.. Scott Kinslow</p> Matthew, great post. I just picked up my Mini about a week ago, have put my corporate office ‘07, Cisco VPN and Softphone, Bluetooth to GPS, Hands-free headset and mouse. Fits great in the console of my truck. Just picked up today Vista Ultimate and tried twice over 6 hours to do the upgrade. Did MS updates and patches first,.. but the install eventually failed and went to roll-back both times. Did I miss something? Do I need to build my recovery disks, wipe with a fresh install, then go get my drivers and software? Your post said you did an upgrade. Oh,.. I’m installing from a USB dvd drive. I could use a fresh thought here. Thanks,.. Scott Kinslow

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