A new HP 2133 forum now exists on leog.net:

http://www.leog.net/fujp_forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=12357

anyone know of any good forums groups for this thing yet like we have seen with the EEE

I’M BUYING THIS ONE DEFENITELLY

I’M SELLING MY 13,3 INCH RIGHT NOW

ARGH! I didn’t know there was a difference in SSD Flash versus iPod Flash.

As Emily Litella would say, Never mind…

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emily_Litella

I predict I will own one of these too. Gimme a decent sized drive so I can dual boot XP with Ubuntu and I’m set!

The HP strategy: We lose a little on every unit sold but we make it up in volume. It’s definitely an interesting product, and I’m anxious to see the final specs. It seems destined to be from the disposable-consumer-product side of HP rather than the hiqh-quality-business-machine side.

I predict for all to see that Kevin will own one of these shortly after release.

http://www.notebookreview.com/default.asp?newsID=4258

Taking a look at this, and assuming that the flash memory of the ipod touch is similar to that found in cheap sd cards or usb sticks, you’ll see that genuine SSD’s are in a league of their own in terms or speed and price.

Also a 32 gb genuine SSD would cost almost as much as the ipod touch at about 450 to 800 depending on brand. So its safe to assume that aint in a ipod touch.

it probably will be, the unit is big enough to hold 1 & they are vastly cheaper to produce.

i know some even larger laptops like Sony/Fujitsu use 1.8″, but thats because they were looking to squeeze more battery life, their customers are use to paying a premium, have profits to be made in that sector.

It is a nice looking device and it has a great price. If it was a tablet I would be all over it.

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Is the flash memory in an iPod the same as the memory in an SSD or is it more like the memory in an SD card? I’d assume the latter and if this is the case then that memory isn’t fast enough to be used in place of a HDD.

I do agree, however, that it is taking far too long for SSDs to become more mainstream.

If a hard drive makes it considerably cheaper, I’m all for it.

To me, price is the killer feature of these machines. I’m not even looking at the specs, if the price tag isn’t under 500.

Are people forgetting that the iPod Touch now offers **32GB** of Flash? And according to analyst reports I’ve read, Apple has been able to do that because Flash prices have plummeted. In fact, they are able to make a *bigger* profit on them now.

So what’s the holdup here? Even a 32GB SSD would be great.

Personally, I’d rather have an HD right now, so it makes no difference to me. Just saying.

But: any word on when when when?!!?

It all comes down to price and specification – A machine with 1GB RAM and a 1024+x768 Screen with the HP name for $500 or less would stop the EeePC in its tracks.

You can always pull the HD and insert a SSD… I feel that for most people SSD are at least a year out.