The laptop world was taken by a storm by the Asus Eee PC. It started the miniature notebook sensation, giving a cheaper alternative for those wanting to have a portable laptop, but can only afford so much. Some industry standards for laptops may be forgotten with these miniature laptops but they are easily forgiven.

HP decided to join the mini-note wars in the 1st quarter of 2008. This introduced the HP 2133 Mini-Note PC. This laptop is at a very portable 9 inches and it has this sexy alloy chasis and it has a better feel to it, compared to the plastic casing of the Asus Eee PC.

Some are turned off by the HP 2133 Mini-Note PC’s processor because it only has a VIA C7 at 1.6 Gigahertz because they are saying that it would have been immensely better to have an Intel Atom processor. Although I am a fan of this laptop, it would have been better to have a better processor, at the expense of having to pay more.

The HP 2133 Mini-Note PC wins the mini-notebook wars in terms of its keyboard. Most small notebooks are only comfortable use by humans aged 10 or below because of its very small keys. But HP remedies this by having no unused space at the edges of the laptop. The keyboard tray of the HP 2133 Mini-Note PC spills until the edge of the computer, giving you more keyboard space. Say goodbye to having to retype almost all your words because of too small keyboards.

For a business traveler, jet setting from one country to another to close deals and transition project details, aside from my cellular phone, my best gadget of choice that I cannot live without is my Travel Mate 5320.

I have other laptops at home but for my business trips around the globe, I prefer to lug this very compact mini-notebook not only because of its sleek and small design but also because of its powerful Intel Celeron 2.13 Gigahertz processor. Most mini-notebooks fail to have a great processor but not the Travel Mate 5320.

Another reason why I fell in love with this laptop is because of its double security, with a hard drive password that reassures me that in the even that I do lose this laptop, intrusion is definitely prevented. I have already lost a laptop in Asia before that caused quite a huge alarm in my firm. But with this laptop’s HDD PIN manager, I sleep better at night.

A good thing about this mini-notebook is that it has a built in MS Windows Operating System, be it Vista or XP Professional. I got mine having an XP P OS and I had no problems using it, unlike most miniature notebooks that have Linux as their default OS’s.

SO if you are looking for a miniature notebook that has enough power, is compact, has protection and a laptop built in camera for those teleconferences, then you may want to consider Travel Mate 5320. It may not have a Bluetooth port but you can add this feature by buying a Bluetooth accessory on it.