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4.0 stars
"Does price justify deficiencies?"
Pros: Excellent price for a tablet; very portable, host of extra features
Cons: Imperfect tablet function, short battery life
Summary: At a starting price of $1300, ($1700 for the one reviewed on CNET.com), this really is the best price you will get for a brand new tablet PC. For someone who is looking for a very portable, small, lightweight machine, this will work perfectly as a laptop. It's got all the entertainment functions you will need- high quality speakers, (relatively) high resolution, wide screen, digital audio output, built in dvd player and even a remote control. The two earphone outputs and screen rotation makes it airplane-friendly. (No awkward screen angle because the person in front of you pushed back their seat!)
Using the AMD instead of Intel processor seems to do the job- this system performed better than the intel-based Toshiba Protege R400, which is $1000 more. HP has also put in a fingerprint reader, so it is still on par with the toshiba notebook in this respect.
What will really determine the success of this computer is if the touchscreen is usable. A usual tablet panel senses where the pen is, even when its not pressed down. This makes writing more natural. But the HP machine only responds to pressure on the screen. On the plus side, that means you aren't forced to use a proprietary touchpanel pen that you may lose. But the tablet functions suffer. To be honest, I have not used the tablet function, so I can't say how good it is. All I can say is that, no matter where you are thinking about buying this notebook from, make sure you go to a store and try it out first. You may find out that the touch panel is too difficult to use.
But ignore the tablet function, this laptop still packs an impressive punch with all its extra features and decent price. It's basically a great entertainment pc with adequate tablet functionality.Updated
The TX1000 is now available for purchase, and one should note that the $1200 base price does not include fingerprint reader, webcam, or touchscreen. To customize it to a more complete tablet pc experience, it will end up costing you $1800+.
But on that note, the notebook offered on HP's website is still incomplete! After having spoke with an HP representative, they will be adding wireless n to the notebook in the "near future". They also said the same for intel processors, rather than AMD (if you swing that way)- coming in the "near future". So if it were me, I would wait before you buy this laptop. If not for the intel processor, than for the wireless n.
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I don't have this notebook (yet!)
I have read almost all the opinions about this notebook but I can't find a issue somebody told me about. Somebody told me that the mousepad and the keyboard heat up a lot. Is this true?
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I recently purchased this laptop CUSTOMIZED on HPs site.....and with all the extras (2GB, Fastest Processor - 2GHZ TL-60, 160GB 5400RPM Hard Drive, Wireless & Bluetooth, Tablet Screen, Big Battery, etc) and coupon codes and discounts = $1470$ with tax. So in essence my model is better than the version tested on CNET.....with likely better performance and similar batterly life (balanced out by the Big battery not the standard one)
I've been looking for months for an ultra-portable laptop as I travel alot and even my good old Thinkpad T series was getting heavy..... and had originally decided on either an Thinkpad X60 Tablet or Dell XPS 1210. But I stumbled upon this model (albeit the stripped down version) in Best Buy...and played with it for a good 45 minutes and came away amazed. Style, features, and pretty good Windows Experience rating (3.0 to 3.2 for basic version)
Once I learned you could customize it on HP.com (for about a ~ 100$ extra)....it was a no brainer.
I did comparable builds on DELL & IBM.....the XPS 1210 and Thinkpad X60 Tablet both similarly spec-ed (albeit DELL with 2.0GHZ/4MB Core 2 Duo T7200 + NVidia GeForce Go 7400) & Thinkpad x60 (with a 1.67GHZ/2MB Core Duo L2400 LV, Built-In Intel 945 Video & Ultrabase for DVD-RW).
This laptop ends up being ALOT of value for the buck....especially for someone looking for a personal laptop with entertainment capabilities + Tablet functionality.
I've read the tablet function improves over time, but I really don't use it that much for note-taking....I will say for web surfing and navigating the system normally it works great. I'll have to post an updated review in a month or 2.
Will it be sturdy as a Thinkpad??....probably not. Will it run the top of the line games like the XPS1210...probably not.
But this is a perfect median range of performance, price, function.....and looks.....as its design trumps the industrial XPS, and standard Thnkpad black box shape.
Note: these were with base warranties (as I usually take very good care of my laptops....and credit card doubles standard warranty anyway) -
the wait is over, HP has started offering pre-N wireless adapter on TX1000.
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while I was hoping someone would answer the intel processor question. I corresponded to HP via email and am yet to hear back. I guess that means that the prices will go up too. I configured a fully-loaded system for $1840(EPP). Also you have to drop one of the fingerprint reader, mic or webcam... cant have them all... hope they make all the featuers available soon
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I own the dv2000 HP laptop. I like it a lot, but the similar dual headphone jacks are far too quiet for an airplane. I tried it, and unless you have some noise cancelling headphones or a power booster, the jacks just aren't loud enough.
I wonder if this new tx1000 will be the same?
