If I haven’t said it before, I’ll say it again - the Netbook has carved out its own category in the PC World, or at least a sub-category of Notebooks. Desktop PC, Notebook or Netbook. It would be good to remember that the Netbook is not simply a replacement for a Notebook, but should be considered as an alternative.

The latest Netbook from HP, the HP Mini 2140, is getting rave reviews almost everywhere, like from PC Magazine, Laptop Magazine and Consumer Shopper.

The HP Mini 2140 is basically a follow up to the HP 2133 Mini-Note PC, with the CPU upgraded from a VIA C7-M (1.6 GHz) to the Intel Atom (a Faster 1.6 GHz). The aluminum construction of the 2133 Mini-Note PC are kept. In addition, the HP Mini 2140 has 1GB of RAM, and a 160GB hard drive.

The HP Mini 2140 is slated to go on sale later this month (any day now?), and if you’re in the market for a Netbook, it would be well worth keeping an eye out for it.