HP 2133(KX870AT) VIA C7-M ULV 1.60GHz 8.9" WXGA 2GB Memory 120GB HDD Mini-Note NetBook - Retail

VIA vs ATOM

Reviewed By: Venetian Casino Tech on 2/21/2009

Tech Level: high - Ownership: 1 month to 1 year

Pros: The portability is awesome, and even in the sun the screen is readable. I also have a 1.60GHz ATOM laptop. For media playback, the VIA chipset wins easily. The design so far feels very stable and the screen joints have yet to loosen. Power consumption wise, this sucks A LOT less juice than the ATOM, making this one last a good hour or longer, even while playing 720p video smoothly. I tried video chat and basic video editing on this and it worked surprisingly well.

Cons: Versus the 1.60GHz ATOM based netbook I have, this can't hold par to raw processing. Gaming it's on par with the other, just don't expect many newer games to work on either.

A larger hdd wouldn't hurt, especially for the price that you pay.

Other Thoughts: If you want something more green and you have the money, go for this. I'm amazed how little power this draws, even under full load. If you just want a netbook, get a cheaper ATOM based netbook. This is more on the corporate side, being able to be moved freely and often with no problems, with a longer battery life, and a better screen and audio.

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Loved it - then it was stolen

Reviewed By: Learning on 2/8/2009

Tech Level: average - Ownership: 1 month to 1 year

Pros: If you have a busy life this machine is fantastic, quality, high-end build. It was ok with Vista, it REALLY ROCKS if you put on XP (HP sends disks, no validation needed). I watched tv shows, surfed, wrote, no problem. I could write in the driver seat of the car while waiting, in the middle seat on the plane (with room left on the tray) or while walking around the house multi-tasking.

Cons: Someone broke into my house and stole it - darn portability. Before that it died once. HP sent me a box to ship it back for tech support. Mailed Saturday, received it back Tuesday, worked perfect.

Other Thoughts: If you want lowest price, this isn't the one. If you want style, durability and speed with adequate memory for non-geeks, this is the best by far. Fits in a purse, large fanny pack, with your work laptop in its case.

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Reviewed By: on 1/12/2009

Tech Level: high - Ownership: 1 month to 1 year

This user purchased this item from Newegg

Pros: anyone who says you can get another netbook for 300 dollars and have the same performance is correct......yeah the atom processor is better than the VIA but who cares those other computers don't have the amazingly crisp and color-rich screen this thing has and none of them enjoy gigabit lan, a 7200rpm hard drive and (heres a shocker) decent speakers! a lot of them dont even have 2GB of ram!

Cons: if this had an atom........my life would be complete, it does have a lot of great features to offset that though

Other Thoughts: i work with servers and networks so the small size and great connectivity this laptop has looked great to me and that is why i bought it. it is not my first pc and no one should use this as their main computer if they are into photo editing or video editing or gaming or stuff......this is strictly for travel or working in an enviorment that requires you to move around a lot

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