Customer Reviews

HP Pavilion TX2500Z 12.1-Inch Widescreen Laptop

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Bought one of these for $2000 with the best memory and options.

8 months down the road- the CD/DVD/ LightScribe drive no longer works, 1/3 of the USB drives no longer works. The tracking pad makes my fingers raw, and when I plug in the mouse, its erratic as well. If you are at a desk, plan on using the unreliable wireless anyway, because the port for a wired cord is in the right front, which means if you are using a mouse you knock the internet cord out all the time. I got the best memory available for this computer and it still runs Vista at a glacial pace. The touchscreen is cool, except no matter how many times you calibrate it, your writing appears 1/2"-1" away from where you intended it.

My 4-year old Mac runs better. Look at different computers, this one isn't worth the money.

I purchased a TX1000z in March 2008. Things worked relatively well until May 2009 when it suddenly started shutting down for no reason. I would have to let the laptop sit for a couple of hours before I could get it to turn on again. After several weeks of this, the laptop finally died due to a design problem with the motherboard. This is a common problem for this line of laptops. Search 'TX1000z motherboard' on the HP forums and you will quickly discover the extent of the issue. If you buy this item get an extended warranty because the motherboard will most likely fail a few months after the factory warranty expires.

Overall this is a nice laptop especially for the cost. There's a couple things to consider.

If you're looking to do a lot of drawing, keep in mind the pen is not pressure sensitive, so it's more limited than a drawing tablet.

The page up/down keys are up at the top rather than the more intuitive location next to the arrow keys.

The touchpad surface is not as comfortable to use as other laptops I've owned, but with the pen and touch screen, you don't have to use it as much.

While I love the design, the touchscreen, and the tablet capability, it's not worth the money. Numerous times I had to replace the adapter, it repeatedly got viruses eve with protection, and after less than a year the laptop simply gave out. I decided it was not worth the money to fix it again, and bought a cheaper, similar laptop that I haven't had an issue with.

Save your money! Don't buy this piece of junk. Serious design flaw with the mother board....just do a google search on the TX1000 line regarding mother board failure and you will see. Mine went bad after 2 years. Save your money and get an ASUS net book.

This is a great laptop once you get the hang of the touch screen functionality.