Comments on: Photo shoot: HP Mini 1000 and HP Mini 2140

By: wedding dresses

wedding dresses — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 06:47:00 +0000

I think the keyboard is a matter of taste. The HP 2140 has almost
exactly the same keyboard as the HP Mini 1000 and HP 2133 Mini-Note.

By: HP Mini 2140 und HP Mini 1000 im direkten Vergleich » Subnotebooks

HP Mini 2140 und HP Mini 1000 im direkten Vergleich » Subnotebooks — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 14:25:28 +0000

[...] Brad von Liliputing gibt es auch endlich einen direkten Vergleich des HP Mini 2140 und dem etwas älteren HP Mini [...]

By: HP Mini 2140 photo comparison against HP Mini 1000 | Eee PC - Blog

HP Mini 2140 photo comparison against HP Mini 1000 | Eee PC - Blog — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 23:21:04 +0000

[...] HP Mini 2133 and we’ve also had a look at the insides of the 2140 and now, thanks to Brad at Liliputing, we have some shots of the 2140 with HP’s other 10 inch netbook, the HP Mini [...]

By: Bill

Bill — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 06:13:03 +0000

I talked with an HP rep yesterday morning. He estimated that the high res screen will become available in 2 to 3 weeks.

By: Oliver

Oliver — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 04:51:38 +0000

Same here… Brad, any chance you can find out from HP?

By: brothaZ

brothaZ — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 20:35:22 +0000

I have had the Mini 1000, and now I have the Eee PC 1000 HE and I can't really notice the difference when I'm typing, but I'd say that the HP has bigger keys.

By: C

Fri, 13 Mar 2009 13:06:04 +0000

Any word on when the high res version is coming out? I'm still holding out for it…

By: Matthew.S

Matthew.S — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 00:56:02 +0000

Yes, power saving stuff works fine. I turned off bluetooth in the bios, and then used powertop and gconf-editor to tune the system and maximize battery life.

I am currently seeing 3.5-4 hr on the 3 cell with wireless on, and the system estimates that I will get 4.5 hr w/o wireless, although I have not verified this.

You are partially correct though, out of the box, ubuntu power management isn't as good as windows, but you can tweak it.

By: DougC3

DougC3 — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 23:34:02 +0000

It may just be a mental thing. I guess each person would have to do speed typing tests on each type of keyboard to really know.

I've noticed from HP Mini 1000s in stores that the keyboard will sag if pressed and that the keys will bend and wobble if you press on the edges of them. Is this also true of the 2140?

By: DougC3

DougC3 — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 23:02:16 +0000

Oh yes, one more question/gripe: Can you speed-type with as few errors as usual on this keyboard, whose keys have been enlarged to within a couple of milimeters of the adjacent keys?

This makes the keys look and measure bigger, but I think I would make less errors if they had made the tops of the keys a little smaller (by beveling them as with old style keyboards, or just putting more space between them as with chiclet style). This would effectively make the surrounding keys farther away and less likely to be bumped.

P.S. I hope Brad will check into these questions (keyboard and Ubuntu power use when he reviews this (but HP might not want him to install Ubuntu on their unit or that anybody else will give their opinions as well.

By: DougC3

DougC3 — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 22:38:23 +0000

Maybe 2-finger vertical scrolling will help with the short screen problem–I've never liked the wide=short screen fad (but for me, if I get a 2140, I'm waiting for the high resolution version).

Maybe they will fix the XP problems with an update.

Ubuntu question: can you tell if power-saving features work with Ubuntu? I was shocked to learn that some PCs can run the battery down about twice as fast with Ubuntu

By: Brad Linder

Brad Linder — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 22:19:17 +0000

I think the keyboard is a matter of taste. The HP 2140 has almost
exactly the same keyboard as the HP Mini 1000 and HP 2133 Mini-Note.
The keys are nice and wide and easy to find and some people love that.
I personally prefer the Eee PC 1000H and 1000HE keyboards with a bit
more space between the keys. But I know not everyone will agree with
me.

By: Matthew.S

Matthew.S — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 22:00:45 +0000

I have a couple of comments on build quality and screen resolution. My unit came with a couple of cosmetic flaws, first there is a bit of glue visible coming out between the plastic screen cover and the unit lid. Secondly, some of my keys are not lined up correctly, especially fn keys in the top row. They still work, but they are noticeably out of alignment. I ordered very early, so perhaps they were still learning how to make them at the factory?

Thirdly, HP made no effort to customize XP use on this computer. I got stuck in a reboot loop when I first powered it on, afterwards I noticed that the start menu does not fit on the screen ( you have to scroll ) and on every boot windows displays and error message that the screen resolution is too low, and tries to change it.

On the plus side, Ubuntu installs perfectly on this machine, everything works, no hacking required, and I have had no complaints about the machine since installing Linux.

A final note about the 576 horizontal resolution. It isn't enough. I removed all of the toolbars and use a apple-type launcher to free up space, but word processing and some websites are still a pain.

By: okeribok

okeribok — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 21:13:35 +0000

Me too. I'm having all kinds of paranoid thoughts about the 1024 *xxx rezs that all netbooks seem to have, except the lost son that is the gigabyte m912x, which I do not want…
Also definately don't want glossy screens. Whoever imagined that people want those, should pay for their crimes against humanity!

btw, that 2140 looks a whole lot fatter than its plastic cousin. How doess the sound from the speakers compare to that on the 1000?

By: pauli

pauli — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 20:06:40 +0000

not seeing any more pictures after the break.

i'm getting quite impatient to see how the high res screens turn out.