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	Benson	2008-06-12 , 17:29
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Originally Posted by sirhunter2010

This occasion has given me leave to re-evaluate my needs versus my wants in terms of mobile computing. The Nokia Internet Tablet is a bloody brilliant technology that is maturing quite nicely but I went in a different direction for a replacement; a HP 2133 netbook. I blew off Vista and installed Ubuntu and away I go; what ***** at HP thought you could run Vista on a C7M platform - that's what I want to know. 50 seconds to boot Ubuntu and 3 minutes to boot Vista - OMG!!!.

Well, you already got the mini-note, so this is too late to be useful; but I was seriously looking at a 2133 too (for about $750 from HP), and found an HP tx2110us at Staples (in-store; staples.com vs. in-store has little correlation) for $950, $900 after rebate. I just couldn't say no to that machine! (11" 1280x800, 2.1GHz Turion, conversion swivel-hinge, touchscreen and digitizer, this baby is gonna be sweet!)

OTOH, if I didn't have an N800 for the traveling-light end of things, switching up to a heavier (4.5 lb), more powerful machine might not have been so acceptable. I would not have bought a non-tablet this size, even at $750; I'd have taken the performance hit and gone with the mini-note, but having an N800 already, I couldn't say no.

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