Wednesday, July 9, 2008

HP 2133 UMPC Horrors

My job recently purchased the highly praised HP 2133 UMPC (http://www.hp2133guide.com/). I thought it would be perfect for my needs. Sadly, this was not the case.

First of all the trackpad buttons are on the left and right of it instead of under it which makes navigation a nightmare. Then, you think VIA CPU, that should be low power enough to keep it from getting hot. Wrong! It was way beyond the ability to cook an egg on it. The entire bottom surface getss so hot could flip it over and fry up a burger on it. Luckily the battery is designed to raise up the back and keeps most of the surface from being directly on your lap. I guess this was their work-around for the heat issue. Then you think think, 1280×768 resolution, that leaves me with a ton a of desktop space to work with compared to other UMPCs. That just makes it worse. Even with a 120 DPI and 2.5x magnified reading glasses it was still painful to see anything. I could go on however I think my point has been made.

My 2 children each have and EEE. Even though it has such low specs I would take that over the 2133 any day.

Posted by Hakke at 02:37:43
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