HP Pavilion TX1000

thebranded · 29th March 2007, 2:04 PM

Ok, so i just saw this, seems very good for the specs and thet fact it is a tablet is a bonus. Reviews seems avergae to good.
Specs:

Operating system: Genuine Windows Vista™ Home Premium
Internal Hard Disk Drive: 120 GB
Hard Disk Drive Speed: 5400 rpm
Processor Speed: 2 GHz
Processor Type: AMD Turion™ 64 X2 Dual Core Mobile Technology TL-60
Audio: 3D Sound Blaster Pro compatible sound 16 bit integrated
Battery: 4-cell Lithium-Ion (Li-Ion) battery
Cache: Level 2 cache 1 MB
Modem: High speed 56K modem
Network: Integrated 10/100/1000 Gigabit Ethernet LAN
Optical drive: Lightscribe Super Multi DVD Writer (+/-R +/-RW) with Double Layer support
Graphics: Up to 128 MB shared video memory
Keyboard: Next Generation 12-inch Compact Keyboard
I/O interfaces: 1 VGA port; 3 USB 2.0 ports; 1 RJ 11; 1 RJ 45; S-video out; 1 Headphone jack with SPDIF, 1 Headphone jack (additional), Expansion Port for xb3000, 1 Consumer IR, 2 Omni-directional microphones, AC Adapter
Dimensions: 30.6 cm (W) x 22.4 cm (L) x 3.13 cm - 3.87 cm (H)
Weight: 2.4 kg
Maximum memory: Supports up to 2 GB DDR2 memory
Standard memory: 1024 MB
Pointing device: Touch Pad with On/Off button and 2-way scroll with 8 Quick Launch Buttons
PC card slots: One ExpressCard/54 slot (also supports ExpressCard/34)
Bluetooth: Integrated Bluetooth
Resolution: 1280 x 800
Viewable Image Size: 12.1" WXGA High-Definition HP BrightView Wide Touchscreen Display
Wireless LAN: 802.11 a/b/g WLAN

But can some one confirm if this really does have a firewire port? The above specs came from HP site, but reviews of it say it has a FW port? Also hows the Geforce go 6150 chip? Can it play most of the newer games one low to medium settings?

Anyone already have one?

StOo_Burger · 29th March 2007, 6:24 PM

I'll have one in the next few weeks. I'm not sure about the firewire port, but this is what I found for the video...

"NVIDIA GeForce Go 6100 / 6150 is the integrated graphic of NVIDIA nForce Go 430 MCP for AMD Turion notebooks. It doesn't have any integrated memory, but uses a part of the mainmemory (up to 128 MB) like the direct competitor Intel GMA 950. Therefore the gaming performance is quite moderate and can only be used for elder games."

I won't be playing games so it doesn't bother me

I'm sure you could run Warcraft III on it though...

Khalil · 29th March 2007, 7:52 PM

this site might help you about the graphics card.

any places in australia selling these yet? and how do you guys think this rates against a macbook?

thebranded · 30th March 2007, 10:20 AM

Cheers StOo_Burger, i hope to get it a bit sooner than that. order it today actually. Just finding it hard to find a store that has it on display to play with.

Khalil, yeah i had a look at the review at that site, but did not check the forum. seems like a lot of people dont like the turion x2 cpu, but on performace its just a bit under the c2d. battary time is also a bit iffy on review sites. some say 3 hours on standard battary with NO power saving on, other say 2 hours WITH power saving.

thebranded · 4th April 2007, 12:00 PM

well just got mine

must say it looks very nice, but it is a bit heavy. its charging atm, so will post more details and a mini review of it later.

though right now i can tell if you want to use it as a tablet for long periods it will feel very heavy very fast.

feral2k · 4th April 2007, 1:14 PM

Where did you get it from? I have been to a few places and no luck so far. Did you order it directly from HP?

thebranded · 4th April 2007, 4:12 PM

Ordered from HP directly. Did go to harvey norman to see it physically and stuff. they had one more left and that was the display model. and i really did not want to get that even with a discount since i'[m sure there would have been a lot of kids pressing the touch screen.

another think i should not, just visibily the battary is very small, looks like 4 AA batts!

have not powered it yet, at work still...

daufoo · 5th April 2007, 3:20 PM

battery life is not very good.
I can see the battery % dropping by 1% every minute. (I had Wifi turned on, and Bluetooth off)
Last less than 2hrs for my "normal use" (just web browsing + IM)

BuuBox · 5th April 2007, 3:58 PM

4 cell battery - pretty much 4 x AA cells in a plastic package. No wonder the battery life is crap.

Most laptops come with at least a 6 cell battery - you'd think this one would be better than average, being designed with portability as a big consideration.

thebranded · 10th April 2007, 11:27 AM

yep battery life sux, but rest is good (for the price)

Over all the lappy could have been thinner and smaller, screen has a rather large bizel round it.

Rotating screen seems firm and ther is no wobble, but i would not use the touch screen while its in laptop mode.

Touch screen started of being very unresponsive, but after a bit of use is much better.

have not played any games and stuff (its not a gaming machine after all) speed seems fine, no noticeable lag, if office files and movies.

the quick play function is useless. Quick play to HP means boot the computer launch vista, then start the dvd player app.

Lights on the quick function buttons around screen are always on (and blue) annoying if you wish to watch a movie.

remote works fine, but limited to dvd/Windows media centre functions only. uses the expresscard slot for storage.

weight is "ok" using the weight saver makes not much difference.

heat/noise. on battery mode the fan hardly runs and when it does its very quiet. on mains, its constantly on but resonable quite. The fan can get loud when theres a lot of processing stuff happening.

recommend a fresh vista install. HP puts lots of crap stuff and even after uninstalling a lot of it i still get nagging screens asking to do a HP update, which can not be unistalled.

StOo_Burger · 11th April 2007, 6:02 PM

Fresh install means making a recovery CD and running that? I didn't get a Vista disc with mine I don't think... I'll have to check. I know the sticker is on the bottom though...

T1tan · 11th April 2007, 6:14 PM

recovery cd in my experience is just a copy of the OS.

thebranded · 12th April 2007, 9:25 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by StOo_Burger

Fresh install means making a recovery CD and running that? I didn't get a Vista disc with mine I don't think... I'll have to check. I know the sticker is on the bottom though...

By fresh install i mean using a differnt Vista cd/dvd to the HP ones. If you use the recovery cd's you will get all the same HP software instaled, use a another copy of the vista but the key under the laptop (so its all legal)

i recomend not removeing the recovery partion if you do a new install. that bit seems very handy, some how i managed to crash vista on the first day i had it, and nothing worked, safe mode/system restore/etc had not made at the time the recovery cd's, so used the recovery partition and it worked fine.

btw if you want full 128mb graphics, you need to change a setting in the BIOS, by default it allocates 62mb only. you have 16,32,64 and 128 options.

StOo_Burger · 12th April 2007, 1:14 PM

Hmm... Alright, I'll have to try to find a copy of Vista from somewhere then.

One last thing, have you re-installed Vista already? Does it pick up the touchpad, touchscreen and all that jazz automatically?

thebranded · 12th April 2007, 1:19 PM

unfortuneately, i dont have a copy of vista

so no reinstalled, tried to removed all the HP stuff except the wireless/bt manager, but am sure there some stuff hidden.

From what i hear the only issues you will have is the finger reader, the software for it is not on the HP site, (just the drivers) i've not checked the vendors site to see though, and lappy is not with me atm so not sure who it is.

29th March 2007, 2:04 PM	#1
thebranded Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Sydney Posts: 1,129	HP Pavilion TX1000 Ok, so i just saw this, seems very good for the specs and thet fact it is a tablet is a bonus. Reviews seems avergae to good. Specs: Operating system: Genuine Windows Vista™ Home Premium Internal Hard Disk Drive: 120 GB Hard Disk Drive Speed: 5400 rpm Processor Speed: 2 GHz Processor Type: AMD Turion™ 64 X2 Dual Core Mobile Technology TL-60 Audio: 3D Sound Blaster Pro compatible sound 16 bit integrated Battery: 4-cell Lithium-Ion (Li-Ion) battery Cache: Level 2 cache 1 MB Modem: High speed 56K modem Network: Integrated 10/100/1000 Gigabit Ethernet LAN Optical drive: Lightscribe Super Multi DVD Writer (+/-R +/-RW) with Double Layer support Graphics: Up to 128 MB shared video memory Keyboard: Next Generation 12-inch Compact Keyboard I/O interfaces: 1 VGA port; 3 USB 2.0 ports; 1 RJ 11; 1 RJ 45; S-video out; 1 Headphone jack with SPDIF, 1 Headphone jack (additional), Expansion Port for xb3000, 1 Consumer IR, 2 Omni-directional microphones, AC Adapter Dimensions: 30.6 cm (W) x 22.4 cm (L) x 3.13 cm - 3.87 cm (H) Weight: 2.4 kg Maximum memory: Supports up to 2 GB DDR2 memory Standard memory: 1024 MB Pointing device: Touch Pad with On/Off button and 2-way scroll with 8 Quick Launch Buttons PC card slots: One ExpressCard/54 slot (also supports ExpressCard/34) Bluetooth: Integrated Bluetooth Resolution: 1280 x 800 Viewable Image Size: 12.1" WXGA High-Definition HP BrightView Wide Touchscreen Display Wireless LAN: 802.11 a/b/g WLAN But can some one confirm if this really does have a firewire port? The above specs came from HP site, but reviews of it say it has a FW port? Also hows the Geforce go 6150 chip? Can it play most of the newer games one low to medium settings? Anyone already have one? Last edited by thebranded; 29th March 2007 at 2:12 PM.

29th March 2007, 6:24 PM	#2
StOo_Burger Ex-Admin Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Brisbane, QLD Posts: 1,926	I'll have one in the next few weeks. I'm not sure about the firewire port, but this is what I found for the video... "NVIDIA GeForce Go 6100 / 6150 is the integrated graphic of NVIDIA nForce Go 430 MCP for AMD Turion notebooks. It doesn't have any integrated memory, but uses a part of the mainmemory (up to 128 MB) like the direct competitor Intel GMA 950. Therefore the gaming performance is quite moderate and can only be used for elder games." I won't be playing games so it doesn't bother me I'm sure you could run Warcraft III on it though... __________________ ¤ MADE BY GINNY ¤ \| ¤ Quark IT ¤ \| ¤ RAGE Blog ¤ \| ¤ BagsFirst ¤ \| ¤ ellybean \| designs ¤ ¤ Supporting small business ¤

29th March 2007, 7:52 PM	#3
Khalil Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Sydney Posts: 731	this site might help you about the graphics card. any places in australia selling these yet? and how do you guys think this rates against a macbook? __________________ Laptop: Macbook Camera: Canon 350D, Canon 10-22, Tamron 17-50 f2.8, 50mm F1.8

5th April 2007, 3:58 PM	#9
BuuBox Member Join Date: May 2003 Location: Melbourne Posts: 3,021	4 cell battery - pretty much 4 x AA cells in a plastic package. No wonder the battery life is crap. Most laptops come with at least a 6 cell battery - you'd think this one would be better than average, being designed with portability as a big consideration. __________________ Dekstop: Intel Q6600, 6GB DDR2, NVIDIA GTX 275 896MB, 150GB Raptor, Samsung 1TB + 750GB, LG GGC-H20L, BenQ 24" G2400W Blast from the Past: Intel Pentium 4 3GHz, 3GB DDR2, ATI Radeon X600, 250GB, Samsung 17" LCD Trades: Too many to list. Hundreds. Atomic trusted trader: http://forums.atomicmpc.com.au/index...15&#entry12015

11th April 2007, 6:02 PM	#11
StOo_Burger Ex-Admin Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Brisbane, QLD Posts: 1,926	Fresh install means making a recovery CD and running that? I didn't get a Vista disc with mine I don't think... I'll have to check. I know the sticker is on the bottom though... __________________ ¤ MADE BY GINNY ¤ \| ¤ Quark IT ¤ \| ¤ RAGE Blog ¤ \| ¤ BagsFirst ¤ \| ¤ ellybean \| designs ¤ ¤ Supporting small business ¤

30th March 2007, 10:20 AM	#4
thebranded Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Sydney Posts: 1,129	Cheers StOo_Burger, i hope to get it a bit sooner than that. order it today actually. Just finding it hard to find a store that has it on display to play with. Khalil, yeah i had a look at the review at that site, but did not check the forum. seems like a lot of people dont like the turion x2 cpu, but on performace its just a bit under the c2d. battary time is also a bit iffy on review sites. some say 3 hours on standard battary with NO power saving on, other say 2 hours WITH power saving.

4th April 2007, 12:00 PM	#5
thebranded Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Sydney Posts: 1,129	well just got mine must say it looks very nice, but it is a bit heavy. its charging atm, so will post more details and a mini review of it later. though right now i can tell if you want to use it as a tablet for long periods it will feel very heavy very fast.

4th April 2007, 1:14 PM	#6
feral2k Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Hobart, Tassie Posts: 45	Where did you get it from? I have been to a few places and no luck so far. Did you order it directly from HP?

4th April 2007, 4:12 PM	#7
thebranded Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Sydney Posts: 1,129	Ordered from HP directly. Did go to harvey norman to see it physically and stuff. they had one more left and that was the display model. and i really did not want to get that even with a discount since i'[m sure there would have been a lot of kids pressing the touch screen. another think i should not, just visibily the battary is very small, looks like 4 AA batts! have not powered it yet, at work still...

5th April 2007, 3:20 PM	#8
daufoo Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 1	battery life is not very good. I can see the battery % dropping by 1% every minute. (I had Wifi turned on, and Bluetooth off) Last less than 2hrs for my "normal use" (just web browsing + IM)

10th April 2007, 11:27 AM	#10
thebranded Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Sydney Posts: 1,129	yep battery life sux, but rest is good (for the price) Over all the lappy could have been thinner and smaller, screen has a rather large bizel round it. Rotating screen seems firm and ther is no wobble, but i would not use the touch screen while its in laptop mode. Touch screen started of being very unresponsive, but after a bit of use is much better. have not played any games and stuff (its not a gaming machine after all) speed seems fine, no noticeable lag, if office files and movies. the quick play function is useless. Quick play to HP means boot the computer launch vista, then start the dvd player app. Lights on the quick function buttons around screen are always on (and blue) annoying if you wish to watch a movie. remote works fine, but limited to dvd/Windows media centre functions only. uses the expresscard slot for storage. weight is "ok" using the weight saver makes not much difference. heat/noise. on battery mode the fan hardly runs and when it does its very quiet. on mains, its constantly on but resonable quite. The fan can get loud when theres a lot of processing stuff happening. recommend a fresh vista install. HP puts lots of crap stuff and even after uninstalling a lot of it i still get nagging screens asking to do a HP update, which can not be unistalled.

11th April 2007, 6:14 PM	#12
T1tan Member Join Date: May 2002 Location: Sydney. Posts: 3,852	recovery cd in my experience is just a copy of the OS. __________________ --Nik

12th April 2007, 1:14 PM	#14
StOo_Burger Ex-Admin Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Brisbane, QLD Posts: 1,926	Hmm... Alright, I'll have to try to find a copy of Vista from somewhere then. One last thing, have you re-installed Vista already? Does it pick up the touchpad, touchscreen and all that jazz automatically? __________________ ¤ MADE BY GINNY ¤ \| ¤ Quark IT ¤ \| ¤ RAGE Blog ¤ \| ¤ BagsFirst ¤ \| ¤ ellybean \| designs ¤ ¤ Supporting small business ¤

12th April 2007, 1:19 PM	#15
thebranded Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Sydney Posts: 1,129	unfortuneately, i dont have a copy of vista so no reinstalled, tried to removed all the HP stuff except the wireless/bt manager, but am sure there some stuff hidden. From what i hear the only issues you will have is the finger reader, the software for it is not on the HP site, (just the drivers) i've not checked the vendors site to see though, and lappy is not with me atm so not sure who it is.