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Convertible Pavilion: HP TX1000 Tablet |
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Tablets are
those nifty handheld devices, sort of like enlarged PDAs,
complete with a stylus to doodle on the screen with, which never
really caught on. Laptops-well, laptops are the hippest and most
dynamic craze in computing. But what happens when you put the two
together? A Frankenstein that will short-circuit, go berserk, and
pillage the countryside? No, the HP Pavilion TX1000 tablet
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This
"notelet" could be the next iPod-type craze on the electronic
gadget market, given the right publicity. Students and everyday
users will turn into giddy, must-have-it consumers over these
notelets. In large part, the hysteria could explode thanks to the
HP TX1000's tablet-like
features, such as its touchscreen capabilities that can really be
touch-and not just stylus-activated. Or there's the Pavilion
display's ability to swivel around. The price won't hurt
either-it is set to hit retail shelves at $1,299. Your pre-Frosh getting ready for the university campus or your 20-something looking for a laptop for the coffee shop could also be won over by the brand-spanking new Windows Vista operating system (which, by the way, is what makes the tablet capabilities possible). This HP's notebook's 12.1-inch screen, besides its ability to rotate clockwise and folding into tablet mode, also has a high glossy finish fit for a DVD. And if you happen to want to run a DVD while you're halfway across the room, no worries: the HP Pavilion TX1000 comes with a remote control, which hides out in the ExpressCard slot when you're not using it. Now, on to the next obvious question: Why we're hinting that this notelet might be better off for everyday consumers (and implying that it might not cut it for serious laptop users and business professionals). For starters, the 1GB of RAM standard and AMD Turion X2 TL-60 dual core processor aren't anything to use with heavy-duty graphics files or massive database apps. And the TX1000's Nvidia Go 5150 graphics chip won't send cutting edge gamers to another world. It'll probably send them to another computer. This tablet notebook only weighs about 4.2 pounds, sure, but frequent travelers might be put off by the plastic, some would say cheapish, build. And for all of the ports, media reader and webcam that the notelet has, there's no FireWire. Is that being picky? Perhaps. At least this new Pavilion TX1000 is not just another enlarged PDA. Read - Indepth Review of the HP tx1000 By Matthew Brodsky - Laptopical Friday, February 09, 2007 |
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