The Asus Eee PC has already had the Windows 7 treatment and it ran pretty well on the new Microsoft operating system, the pre-beta version anyway. Next netbook up to take the Windows 7 test was the MSI Wind and sure enough, it ran the OS well and passed the test with flying stars. Of course, feeling a little left out and sure that it could compete with it’s Atom based netbook cousins, the HP 2133 Mini-Note came along shortly after and has also been tested running Windows 7. Unfortunately the results aren’t quite so impressive for the HP netbook.

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The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Ms Kitagawa, an anaylst from the research company Gartner, predicts that worldwide PC shipments will grow by 14% in Q4, but much of that is predicted to come from netbooks.

HP have already joined the netbook world and yesterday reduced the price of their Mini-Note 2133. Many hoped this would pave way for a newer netbook from HP. And it looks like this could be the case. WSJ also reports, that HP is planning to release a 10 inch netbook later this year to capitalize on the netbook growth. It won’t however feature a touch screen.

jkOnTheRun have received a promotional email from HP showing that their Mini-Note netbook has now been reduced in price.

The base model is now available for $399, a whopping $100 off the original price. The base model of the Mini-Note comes with a Via processor, 4GB SSD, SUSE Linux and 512MB RAM. The next model up from the base is fitted with a 120GB hard drive, 1GB RAM and Windows XP, and this ‘top’ model of netbook from HP now sells at the reduced price of $499.

If you are the owner of an HP Mini-Note 2133 then you might want to read this news on your netbook.

Despite it’s popularity and good reviews, it seems there could be a problem with the HP. There have been reports of the Mini Note simply going black and not booting back up. The advice being given is that the issue is being caused by a motherboard failure of some kind. Time will tell if the problem is going to effect more than a handful of Mini Note’s, hopefully not.

Via: Engadget