just bought 2140 yesterday at lowyat for RM1699 ori xp home with 2gb ram upgrade huhu...

later..ok
i think i receiving d package 2day or 2morrow

does this 2140 have a 6-cell battery as optional?

yes, u can buy it as PWP optional item during ur order.

U can buy separately too but the price is not offer price anymore.

XP Pro SP3 with office 2003, Adobe Reader 7.0.7, QuickTime 7.6, Adobe Lightroom 1.4, Alternate RealPlayer 1.9, Symantec AntiVirus 10, FireFox 2.0.0.20, Photofilter installed.

boot time require 50sec to 1min.

boot time without Symantec Anti-Virus 40-45sec

conclusion.... dont install Symantec.

Then wat antivirus or anti-spamware u recommend?

dont install??

symantec softwares are just too annoying... 60 days trial --> better don't install

somemore it's quite heavy until causing around 5 seconds delay in your startup..... which i hate it... therefore i won't use Symantec Products

those karpersky and bit defender, i believe that they are quite heavy too, at least for a netbook

personally i would recommend avast home edition, at least it works fine even if i surf china websites for torrents, automatically pop out message to block the suspicious websites + download files. i would say it is quite good compare with AVG and Avira(rubbish)

IC, thanks for info

i totally give up the idea on those antispy or antivirus software on netbook.

just make sure those side files that u usually work with is save...

Agree.. take to much too ram space..

Does upgrade to 2GB ram help significant?

it wont. even with 1GB RAM installed symantec the total RAM used might be arou300-400MB. so for normal surfing and use is ok.

i bought kapersky internet security 3 uers...rm 90 ...ok wat...

separately, i asked a hp rep, is around rm360. i bought one from ebay for around rm180, with 12 months warranty. plus that with the original 3 cell, i'm good to go

wah, price diff by half???is it original one fr HP wo???

i c, but do u think this baby can run photoshop CS3?

yes it can. no problem.
ive installed already n done some photochopping...
but down side is the screen is abit small, kinda cramp the workspace...

then what is ur baby RAM capacity? 1GB or 2GB?

of course not. it's third party, but offers the same 12 months warranty hp offers. i actually found a website that sell the original batt for half the price, but the shipping was so expensive, it's almost the same if i buy locally.

anyways, anyone who wants to buy from ebay, buy the one with the long warranty. most only offers 30/60/90 days only.