Customer Reviews

HP Pavilion TX1420US 12.1" Laptop (AMD Turion 64 X2 Dual-Core Processor TL-66, 3 GB RAM, 250 GB Hard Drive, Vista Premium) Black Wave

5 star:		(7)
4 star:		(8)
3 star:		(7)
2 star:		(5)
1 star:		(22)

 

 

Dont let the title fool you. I like this laptop. I have several HP laptops. The problem with this little guy is the heat and weight. This does not have much effect when using it as a normal laptop but as a tablet its just too hot to hold. The unit runs 10-20 degrees hotter when in the tablet mode. The next problem is the weight. The average person is not going to be able to hold it in one arm for any length of time.

I have both AMD and Intel laptops. Let me put it this way. My HP 2.2Ghz Core Dual Pro runs faster and much cooler than the HP with the 2.4Ghz. I almost run this laptop in battery saver mode (800Mhz) to keep the temps down. If you run the laptop under full load at 2.4Ghz it will get too hot to hold in your hand.

All these things said. I have to say that I love the keyboard. I am a writer and find that I will use this laptop over my larger dv9500. I also like the way the mouse pad is part of the case. Its just a real pleasure to write on.

This notebook is amazing. Lightweighted, small, with a good price. It haves 3Gb of RAM and can expand to 4Gb, of course, for that you will need change the OS and there is the main problem of this machine: Windows Vista Home Premium. It's heavy, uses all system's resources, its slows down the system, and it's 32bit architecture don't let you put more than 3gb of ram and the 64bit arch of the processor became useless.

Being Home Premium you can't downgrade to XP (you have to buy a Business license and then downgrade) and even if you could, the drivers would be a problem. The finger reader, the touch screen and the lightScribe features are quite hard to install. Even HP being the most linux-friendly manufacturer, you will have some problems trying to install all features.

Even tho, I loved the notebook, it comes with a multi-media remote control that fits perfectly in the pc express card slot and a lot of other small features.

I purchased a HP Pavilion TX1000. Within 12.5 months the laptop completely failed. The symptoms are as follows: (1) the wireless adapter fails and is undetectable; (2) the video fails; and (3) the computer does not boot anymore.

I purchased a new wireless adapter to install. It did not work. I plugged an external monitor to the video card, but it did not show an image.

HP knows that their is a design defect with this laptop, specifically the nVidia chipset that they use. The laptop overheats and destroys the motherboard.

DO NOT BUY HP! They have refused to acknowledge its design defect and have refused to help any of the costumers who have wasted upwards of $1200.00 USD from purchasers! In fact, I have written to the CEO's office twice and to no avail, they have refused to help me. They claim that their research group has not identified the TX1000 as a problem and refuse to recall the product or investigate out problems! They are liars, cheats and crooks!

FIRST: Vista. Yes, it is a crappy OS we know that. This is a very smart buy because if you uy a 4GB unit vista will only see 3 of it...that was a major influence in my getting this unit. Next: it runs vista smoothly which is remarkable. NEXT: If you have a 64 bit processor running in a 32 bit environment it just treats it as 2 32 bit processors - thus not a waste. Now: This is not the first laptop I have had but it definitely the best! the initial set-up doesn't take long at all. There is NOT MUCH BLOAT WARE!!! which is a big plus over sony and toshiba. I work on the road virtually 100% of the time and I'm a full time online student. This laptop is small enough to use in the truck while at work or traveling and it has the power to compete with the desktop replacements. I can already tell it will be with me for the long haul. The fingerprint reader is great and the touch pad is ok..I have a bluetooth mouse which work flawlessly with it. The rotatable screen is also a very nice touch. The only problem and and why it gets 4 instead of five stars is the battery life. The battery lasts about 2.5-3 hours i power saving mode. Though this can be resolved buy purchasing the 8-cell battery directly from HP. Props to HP for finally making a machine light on the bloat and big on power. It also comes with headphones and a remote control which store in the express card slot. The bottom line: Price for power is right because you get so much more. BUY IT

Amazon service as always: excellent and beyond.
About the tx1410us,
Pros: light, small and fast. A cool looking laptop with tablet pc features that you won't find at this price.
Cons: a lot of unnecessary HP software (that can be removed). It gets pretty hot after running for a while (especially on the top right corner).
Conclusion: right choice if you are looking for a nice little notebook and don't want to expend $1,500 and up.

Wireless stop working. Chatting online with HP, he said it will cost about $300 if warranty is expired. HP has not recalled for this model but others of HP pavillion some has been recalled. Wish more people have the same problem on this model and we can issue this to HP.

I bought this laptop and it only lasted 2 days!!! yes 2 days. I called HP tech support and after 2 hours of waiting on the phone they said that the motherboard was dead and I needed to ship back the item, I did and guess what the new laptop died 1 month later, same problem same model and same tech support answer "dead motherboard" I received a third item from HP and íf you are following me then yes it died again. what happened to HP? I remember the days that they sold solid good quality high tech devices, I guess that trying to catch up with technology has obligated them to sell stuff that they cannot test and let the customers pay the price. I recommend that you look elsewhere for an item like this, I am going now to switch to Apple. they make more reliable products.

Great shipping and handling from Amazon,but dissapointed with the heat built-up and exhaust,make it hot to handle.The exit in the right rear corner is easily blocked and the screen quality is pretty bad for such a upper scale micro computer.I guess I'm use to the crystal screen of my Acer ,plus the stylus don't work well with the notepad.

There are many things that I like about this computer, however there is one feature that I was really looking forward to that is not available. I am very disappointed that with Windows Vista and the updated version of Outlook Express called Windows Email that I can not open Windows Email and use the "pen" AKA "stylis" to write a note and email my hand written notes and "doodles" exactly as I see them. This feature was available with XP and an older version of Outlook Express.

The handwriting recognition software that converts your handwriting to text does work, so for example I can open a new email, use the pen to write my email and it is converted to text -- but I don't always want to convert, there are times that I would like to be able to add a free hand circle or an arrow or an eye catching note in my own hand writing - so that business associates and friends can see my diagrams and notes exactly as I wrote them -- and that is not something that can be done with this system.

I've called H.P., Microsoft and searched high and low for a work around, a software download - a solution - to no avail.

There are other brands of computers where you can open, jot down a note and send it as is... I've received emails from friends and business associates using tablet notebooks who are able to send notes like that.

I wish that I had paid a little more attention before purchasing this brand of tablet laptop - if I had I would have purchased another brand.

The HP PC's are TRASH in my opinion. I bought the DV6226US in March 2007, and my System Board fried just 7-1/2 months later. They replaced it, and 8 months later if fried again - and HP wouldn't cover it. With the excessive heat no wonder! A system board crashing is rare but 2 boards in 16 months is nothing but defective product - pure and simple. DONT BUY THIS PRODUCT