Here’s one heck of a good deal on an HP2140. PCMall has a huge discount on the gorgeous HP2140 and includes a slipcase and an extra GB of RAM INSTALLED to boot.
I am enjoying mine (with just 1GB RAM) and, for anyone looking to get a small, light but durable netbook, can’t recommend it highly enough. Sure you have to put up with XP Home Edition, but for $299 who can complain?
Note- This post promted me to update my HP2140 to 2GB of RAM. I should have done it sooner. No surprise but… it is MUCH more responsive with the extra RAM!
Having a father who was heavily involved in early laser and fiber-optical research, Dan grew up surrounded by technology and gadgets. Dan’s father brought home one of the very first video games when he was young and Dan remembers seeing a “pre-release” touchtone phone. (When he asked his father what the “#” and “*” buttons were his dad said, “Some day, far in the future, we’ll have some use for them.”)
Technology seemed to be in Dan’s blood but at some point he took a different path and ended up in the clergy. His passion for technology and gadgets never left him. +Dan Cohen
http://www.gamingwithchildren.com Michael Anderson
This is an excellent deal – most places have it near $400 without the extras!
I loved the HP2133 built quality and solid feel, but the Via system was ultra-pokey …
Dan Cohen
As netbooks go the 2140 is super impressive. Build quality, look etc are all excellent. The only thing that would make it better for me isthe ability to hackintosh it. Unfortunately I have yet to read a story of a truly complete and stable os x install on it.
That noted, this price is shockingly low for a netbook that is truly a work machine.
