If you have been searching the market for an entertainment notebook with Tablet PC features, your search may be over. Thanks to HP's tx1000 convertible notebook that starts at $1,299. Though the tx1000 pavilion tx1000 battery is targeted toward the average consumer, business professionals are still welcome. This portable notebook packs a 1.3-megapixel webcam, 5-in-1 digital fpcbp200 battery media reader, a mini remote control for movies, music and photos and it comes with Windows Vista installed.
Design and Build
The tx1000 fpcbp195 has a sharp appearance. Its unique inlaid wave design extends from the glossy black lid onto the silver inside surrounding the keyboard. HP went for a modern, portable design. Weighing in at 4.2 lbs., the tx1000 vgp-bps8 can go wherever you go. If you want to save even more weight the optical bay is removable and can be replaced by the included weight saver.
The chassis has some flex in parts due to the fact the tx1000 vgp-bpl8 uses a plastic housing, though it can't be called flmsy, it's not the sturdiest vgp-bps8b notebook on the market either. The advantage vgp-bps8a of a plastic casing is in keeping weight and price down. When you tap on the left palmrest area the sound is hollow and you'll get some flex there. The keyboard itself has a solid design with minimal flex.
The screen swivels in a clockwise manner with ease to turn dell gd761 the notebook into a Tablet. The hinge has some flex, but works great. The Tablet or swivel mode is nice for watching movies or giving presentations. There is also a mini remote control that can be stashed in the ExpressCard slot, this comes in handy for those lazy days when you want to stay in bed and control a movie as the tx1000 sits on your nightstand!
Display
The 12.1” screen is the perfect size for a portable notebook used dell inspiron 1521 batteries to travel and for working on the go. There are even media QuickPlay buttons on the right side of the screen for your entertainment convenience. The screen is slightly grainy, but you will get this with any Tablet PC due to the extra layer needed for tablet funtionality. The glossy screen is good for presenting bold colors and watching movies, dell studio 15 battery but bad when doing a lot of reading in strongly lit areas as it is quite reflective. One small annoyance is the fact it is difficult to see what level brightness you've got the screen adjusted to because there is no on screen feedback when you toggle brightness -- same goes for volume.
A nice screen, but notice those reflections
The fact that the tx1000 has a touchscreen is nice. You can use your fingertip sony vgp-bps2c to close applications, move them around or, if your fingers are small enough, to poke around in menus. I actually liked using my finger more than the stylus, you might as well take this approach since the stylus is a passive pen design and offers no real advantage other than being smaller and more accurate when necessary.
Processor and System Performance
HP chose to go with the AMD Turion X2 TL-60 dual core processor and Nvidia Go sony vgp-bps2a batteries 6150 graphics for the brains of this system. It’s good that they didn’t choose a low voltage underpowered processor, commonly found in 12.1” screen laptops. Though in our opinion, a low-end Intel Core 2 Duo processor might have been preferred as it would offer slightly better performance. Nevertheless, thanks to 2GB of RAM vgp-bps2b batteries combined with the Turion X2, performance was more than acceptable for general tasks such as Office, web and multimedia use. It’s a little slower when it comes to such things as image processing within Adobe Photoshop or even Apple iTunes encoding – we found a 1.66GHz Core 2 Duo T5500 machine to be faster time wise with such tasks. But in general usage you won’t notice any lag with the tx1000.
The tx1000 ships with a base 1GB of RAM as this is required for Windows dell inspiron 1525 batteries Vista to run. You should seriously consider going with the 2GB of RAM for better performance though. Windows Aero, the 3D windows display rotation feature, worked flawlessly given the tx1000 specs we had and the 2GB of RAM probably helps there.
The Windows Vista Aero feature runs just fine on the tx1000
As far as gaming, the Nvidia 6150 t60 batteries card that shares system memory isn’t going to cut it for much. Obviously this notebook convertible is not intended for playing Half Life 2 or Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion, but rather for just say – doing work.
The keyboard has a solid feel and is of standard size. thinkpad r61 batteries The only key that is shortened is the right side Shift key. The function keys along the top are pretty small as well, so if you have bigger fingers and are trying to use the F3 key to access the Internet you may have some problems.
The touchpad has a unique design. It is flush with the keyboard and lenovo t61 batteries just has a perforated pattern showing where it is. Your finger rolls smoothly over it for easy navigation. There is no sticking or delays. The buttons work fairly well, except we found there is sometimes delay with the right-click button.
HP includes a stylus pen that feels solid, has a nice rubber grip, and even dell latitude d630 batteries comes with a lanyard so you can attach it to the computer. There's not much to write home about the pen (so to speak), it serves its function well and is easy to pop in and out of the spring loaded silo on the bottom corner of the tx1000. The pen is not an active digitizer type of pen, it is nothing more than a shaped piece of plastic, like a larger PDA type of stylus.
Tablet PC Features
The HP tx1000 has a swivel screen and offers a touchscreen option.dell xps m1330 batteries Note, at the starting price of $1,299 the screen is not touchscreen enabled, it is an upgrade option. The screen input capability is passive digitizer and not active, meaning it does not include the Wacom technology power Tablet PC users are used to having. Rather, it’s like a PDA in that pressure against the screen from a stylus is what registers a pen stroke.
The advantage to a touchscreen is that you can simply use you finger xps m1530 battery to drag windows around or open menus (just make sure to bring along that screen wipe cloth HP includes to get the greasy finger marks off the screen). The included stylus is not powered in any way, so there are no worries about a battery or charging, plus it’s cheap to replace if you lose it.
Battery
The 6-cell Lithium-Ion battery extended life battery performance vostro 1400 battery was shockingly good, it lasted for about 4.5 hours in balanced (normal) power mode. In addition to this battery, the model we tested included a 4-cell battery that lasted for about 3 hours. Now if you go for this option of carrying two batteries around you are good to go pretty much all-day. This is great for mobile users and it only took an hour to fully recharge the 6-cell hp dv2000 battery battery, so not much downtime. The battery also offers a power saver mode for light work or a high performance mode for that busy day. The optical bay is swappable with different optical drives, but it is not setup to house a secondary battery.
Heat and Noise
Our review unit had a 2.0GHz Turion X2 TL-60 and it did run on the warm side after hp dv6000 battery some time. When running benchmarks on the system it got warmer than we would like and the fan was pumping out some very warm air from the back right vent. The keyboard area didn’t get especially warm, but in tablet mode when you’re holding the underneath of the tx1000 you’ll feel that warmth, especially on the back right side. Since we had the fastest processor available with this device, you would expect less heat generation from a slower processor option.
The fan did get a bit loud when it kicked into high rev during HP EV088AA benchmarking. During normal usage the fan was just barely audible though. Not whisper quiet, but not loud enough to be a distraction even in a fairly quiet room -- unless the room is a really warm one and forces the fan to work hard to cool the system.
Speakers
For a notebook, the tx1000 has nice speakers. compaq v3000 battery It is fitted with Altec Lansing speakers, which produce good sound quality for listening to music or watching movies. That was HP’s focus; I mean it is called an entertainment notebook. I am comparing these to the hardly noticeable speakers on the Asus R1F I use. If you compare the speakers to your standard notebook, they produce comparitively loud, clear sound, but they don’t compaq v6000 battery compare to the higher-end multimedia notebooks equipped with subwoofers. The built-in microphone picks up noise well and it’s easy to teach the software to recognize your voice if you want to use voice input.
Software
The tx1000 comes with Windows Vista Home Premium edition already installed. It pa3465u-1brs was one of the first notebooks announced to offer Vista pre-installed. Windows Vista gives the tx1000 more powerful search and organizational tools and more security when online. It also comes with Microsoft Works and a 60-day trial offer of Microsoft Office 2003 Student and Teacher edition. You get the ubiquitous Norton Live Update with its 60-day trail period. You also get such things as Vonage, Photosmart Essential and a cornucopia of desktop shortcuts to various websites and ISP services. Most of this stuff can be uninstalled if you don't want it.
Wireless
The tx1000 has built-in 802.11 a/b/g/n wireless that functions well. Although a1185 802.11n is in draft mode still, it is showing up more and more and you'll definitely want to have it as it offers greater range and faster throughput when combined with an 802.11n wireless router. The tx1000 a1175 also has built-in Bluetooth and consumer level Infrared for controlling media functions via the included remote. HP will be offering built-in EV-DO cellular wireless in the future with the system, but it will not be available as a configuration with the initial launch.
Conclusion
HP should be commended for bringing something different to the table in terms of a multimedia notebook convertible. You certainly won't find any cool options like this from Dell. While the Tablet PC functionality of the tx1000 isn't outstanding, it can be useful and it's a nice bonus for a notebook that's strong even if you were to take away the touchscreen feature. Just being able to rotate the screen for presenting and viewing movies has its benefits. The looks of this machine are great and it's easy to carry around. The processor isn't the best out there and a magnesium built warrior this notebook is not, but overall the tx1000 dell inspiron e1405 battery is a winner that's really going to appeal to students and other mainstream users.
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