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#1
LiveSquid - Posted 9:45 am PST 02/4/09 (1978 Posts)
If it has a keyboard its not a tablet. Its just a notebook with a swiveling touchscreen. Sometimes referred to as a 'convertible'. But is by no means really a tablet.
#2
Slate - Posted 9:52 am PST 02/4/09 (67 Posts)
Slow crappy processor and tiny hard drive. Might as well get a HP tablet when they go on sale. A little heavier but much better performance. this one is a dog.
#3
montezuma - Posted 9:56 am PST 02/4/09 (378 Posts)
it's sad that they cripple a good device with a crappy cpu
#4
annoing - Posted 10:14 am PST 02/4/09 (324 Posts)
and then try to charge a small fortune for it after it's been returned...
#5
TTM77 - Posted 11:00 am PST 02/4/09 (984 Posts)
I got the HP tablet.. the power supply box run very hot. Too hot for my liking.
#6
Chebychev - Posted 12:08 pm PST 02/4/09 (124 Posts)
Who, if anyone out there, has one of these?
#7
mjgroves - Posted 2:49 pm PST 02/4/09 (120 Posts)
#6, I *DID* have one until some scum stole it. Wasn't too bad actually, but I had the 1.33ghz Core2Duo and 64gb SSD... costed about 1k. VERY nice for a tablet, light, but the processor did seem like the bottleneck.
#8
bob_shiltz - Posted 2:51 pm PST 02/4/09 (340 Posts)
#1, the terminology is vague. Most of the time, "tablet" refers to a convertible or hybrid tablet; "slate" refers to a purist's tablet.
#9
AmazingTim - Posted 4:18 pm PST 02/4/09 (93 Posts)
#6, I have it and I'm typing on it right now. I refuse to leave it alone because of what happened to #7. I settled for the middle of the road 1.20ghz Core2Duo with 80gb hdd. Picked up the 3-year complete care plan so I can replace it in 2 years when this machine is completely outdated.
It's a very nice tablet and is the only one on the market with real/capacitance 'multi-touch' like an iphone. But like the others said, the processor is definitely the weakest point on this system. I do believe it's a low-voltage processor though- can somebody confirm this or correct me if I'm wrong?
#10
raydm - Posted 9:34 pm PST 02/4/09 (23 Posts)
WAIT for tablet netbooks from asus and others will cost less and generate less heat as well.
#11
kels83 - Posted 10:19 pm PST 02/4/09 (391 Posts)
#9, the HP tx2 has multitouch... using it right now. The screen is manufactured by NTrig, the same source as dell.
#12
AmazingTim - Posted 6:56 am PST 02/5/09 (93 Posts)
#11, the HP tx2 has overheating issues. If HP implements the multi-touch capabilities to their 27xx business tablet series then we have a winner!
(HP must have just released their N-Trig tablets recently; I think Dell had the only N-Trig machine last year).
#13
logickle - Posted 1:18 pm PST 02/5/09 (20 Posts)
Free shipping, anybody know?
#10 Anyone who thinks a ULV Core 2 Duo is a bottleneck will be really disappointed with a single-core Atom, though.
#10 Anyone who thinks a ULV Core 2 Duo is a bottleneck will be really disappointed with a single-core Atom, though.
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