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I'm on the fence over whether I should buy the Asus Eee pc 900 or the HP 2133 Mini-Note.  So I did a bunch of research and decided to share.

I plan on using my UMPC as both a ssh terminal when I'm at home and a Mobile python / openGL hacking device elsewhere.  I'm interested in hearing other Developers/ Linux hackers experience with each UMPC.

 If you have one of these PC's and run Ubuntu. I'm still looking for a Head to Head comparison regarding 3d acceleration. Even though the VIA Chrome9 has pixel shaders, I am unclear on the overall performance relative to the Intel 900.

I refuse to use SLED or Xandros (IMO they're both MS ass-kissing OS's)  The only operating system I plan on using with my UMPC is Ubuntu 8.04. no other Distribution has a better community for support.  I'm no stranger to patching the kernel but the less time I spend fucking around with drivers the better. 

First up the HP 2133 Mini-Note:

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  Laptop testing results for the 2133:                                        Link

Ubuntu Forums Thread with installation help:  This is Also a Link

the HP 2133 @ amazon:                                                         Here

Pros: 

Better Resolution & Overall Performance, vertex & pixel shaders on the gfx card, 

Large keyboard, BlueTooth Hardware, battery Life > 5 hrs, Looks Sexier

Cons:

Driver Hell, Wifi uses NDIS wrapper, Sound Card Driver problems, installation will be tedious

 Now for the Eee PC 900:

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Laptop Testing Page:                                                                  Here

Ubuntu Resources for the  Eee PC:                                              Here

the Asus Eee PC @ Amazon:                                               click Here

Pros: 

Multi Touch Touchpad, Smaller, 20GB SSD, durability, 

dependable intel 900 gfx card, Awesome Ubuntu community page

Cons:

Worse overall performance, Battery Life <3 hrs, crappy display resolution, gfx card lacks shaders, Multi-Touch not yet working in Ubuntu.

  I'd have to see Benchmarks that prove the HP 2133  Mini-Note has superior performance over the Eee PC 900.  The Eee PC has had a head start with a community so I'm sure one will develop around the HP as well given a few weeks/months. 

I guess I still can't decide, maybe someone can send me one and I'll do a review and build an installation script for Ubuntu ;) write me @ collin.schroeder@gmail.com or post your opinion to the reddit discussion.