Excellent

8.2

out of 10

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overheating is a design problem

Oct 9, 2008

Rating: 2 out of 10 (Terrible)
Pros: 1) product concept: an enterainment machine for a traveling business person 2) portability: the size is perfect for use on the plane, 3) structural durabily is good
Cons: 1) the grafics card is not realy suitable for use with Vista Aero 2) the graphics card is not suited for gaming beyond solitare. 3) poor cooling will ultimately fry the processor or mother board.
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Product Name HP Pavilion tx1000 Entertainment PC
Processors AMD Turion™ 64 Mobile Technology
TL-56 (1.8-GHz, 1-MB L2 cache) √ √
Graphics NVIDIA UMA √ √
Panels 12.1-inch, WXGA (16:10 aspect ratio) BrightView with touch screen
Memory DDRII PC2-5300 (667 MHz)
2048-MB total system memory (2048-MB × 2)
Hard drives ● Supports all 9.5-mm, 2.5-inch hard drives
● Parallel ATA 160-GB, 5400-rpm

I purchased the tx1120us version a year ago. The price at the time was cheap $1500. I was looking for a small travel machine that would go with me as I traveled with work. I wore out the keyboard on my Toshiba M30 and I would spend a great deal of time on a plane and needed a machine to prepare presentations. The tx1000 was selected to fill the slot. It proved to be a disappointment on several fronts
1) the machine is too hot to place on your lap. HP placed a ... Read more

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Perfect Size for a Tablet

Jul 10, 2008

Rating: 9 out of 10 (Spectacular)
Pros: Beautiful Design, Affordable Tablet,
Cons: 4 Cell Battery, forget about it, use 6 cell and buy more.
Opinion:
I love the design, looks clean, very modern. The lamination on the whole unit keeps it shiny and sweat proof.

Much slower than Intel Based Systems of the same clock speed. In Malaysia they only had AMD Based Models.
It has enough power to perform my basic tasks, Video Skype on a Bluetooth Headset while watching movies and surfing
It is very affordable.
The touch screen is handy when using it on a

I upgraded to 4GB ram as soon as possible, purchased an express card 3G and 1394. Works fine in capturing video from a DV CamCorder.

I ordered an additional 6 Cell Battery in Ebay and it works fine.

I'm very happy with the purchase.

I previously owned a 14inch tablet, I found that to be too big and too heavy. This one is perfect.

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Drop dead gorgeous

Dec 15, 2007

Rating: 9 out of 10 (Spectacular)
Pros: Killer looks,Touch screen,Decent Ram.
Cons: Low battery life, No TV tuner card.
Opinion:
It looks very stylish and sleek,has very decent specs.Its one piece that u can surely spend hours with it.The product is excellent.

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