HP TX2Z TouchSmart 12.1-Inch Laptop

by HP

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 6.3 x 1.5 x 8.8 inches ; 3.9 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 15 pounds
• ASIN: B000WVYI8C
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• Item model number: tx2z
• Average Customer Review: 2.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #127,865 in Electronics (See Top 100 in Electronics)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: October 6, 2007

Product Description

PROCESSOR
AMD Turion X2 Dual-Core RM-74 (2.2GHz/512KB x 2 L2 Cache)

MEMORY
4GB DDR2 SDRAM  

HARD DRIVE
320GB 5400 RPM SATA Hard Drive

DISPLAY
12.1" WXGA BrightView w/Integrated Touch-screen

MULTIMEDIA DRIVE
Super Multi 8X DVDRW w/Double Layer

VIDEO GRAPHICS
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3200 w/ Webcam

DIGITAL MEDIA
5-in-1 media card reader

COMMUNICATION
802.11b/g WLAN

KEYBOARD
Full-Size

POINTING DEVICE
TouchPad with dedicated vertical & horizontal scroll pad

DIMENSIONS
8.82" (L) x 12.05" (W) x 1.23" (min H)/1.52" (max H)

WEIGHT
4.59 lbs.

PC CARD SLOTS
ExpressCard/34 slot

EXTERNAL PORTS
Expansion port 3 connector
Three USB 2.0
Headphones out
Microphone in
RJ-45 (LAN)
VGA port

SOUND
Integrated Altec Lansing stereo speakers

POWER
Standard Lithium-Ion battery

OPERATING SYSTEM
Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium

SOFTWARE
HP PhotoSmart Essentials
Adobe Acrobat Reader
Microsoft Works
Microsoft Windows Media Player
HP Games Powered by Wild Tangent

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A great tablet PC after free Windows 7 upgrade, November 3, 2009

By 

A. Spivak - See all my reviews
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This review is from: HP TX2Z TouchSmart 12.1-Inch Laptop (Personal Computers)

I purchased this laptop in October from HP's website. It came with a lot of bloatware, which really slowed it down. After removing many of the third party applications pre-installed on the laptop it was much more responsive. When I bought the laptop, it qualified for a free upgrade to windows 7 and after installing Windows 7 it was like a whole new computer. It boots up faster and seems more responsive than with windows vista.

In contrast to LawnMower Man's experience, my power supply is silent, the touchscreen responds well to my finger and stylus, and the laptop seems very sturdily built. The viewing angle of the screen could be better, but if the screen is facing you, you shouldn't have any problems.

I didn't think I would find much of a difference between my old notebook and a tablet notebook, but it has completely changed how I browse the internet, read .pdfs, and take notes. The handwriting recognition software is pretty good out of the box, but you can train it to better recognise your handwriting so you can convert your hand written notes to text with few errors.

I rarely ever use the touchpad mouse on the laptop. When using the tablet like a regular notebook, its much more convenient to move windows and highlight text directly on the screen than it ever was to manipulate a touchpad mouse.

I've really enjoyed using this tablet so far. The touchscreen is responsive and accurate, and it was much cheaper than other tablet PCs on the market (e.g. lenovo).

0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Bad customer support and warranty, July 30, 2010

By 

Matt - See all my reviews

This review is from: HP TX2Z TouchSmart 12.1-Inch Laptop (Personal Computers)

I have had a HP tx2z touchsmart laptop for about a year now, I also bought the 2-year accidental protection plan (about a third of the laptop in cost). When I first bought it I had one issue with the touch screen that took about 3 weeks to get fixed and two hour long calls to HP. About a month ago I started having bad heat issues and my video card started going bad. I have spent 6 calls, 1+ hour each, on the phone with HP. One month later and I still don't even have a box to send my HP laptop in for repair. BEWARE OF HP.

0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Disappointing Performance, July 27, 2010

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D - See all my reviews

This review is from: HP TX2Z TouchSmart 12.1-Inch Laptop (Personal Computers)

Fresh out of the box, the HP Touchsmart tx2z is terribly slow due to bloatware. But even after removing everything (I recommend CCleaner.) and upgrading to Windows 7, boot time takes about 3 minutes (slow! especially for 2.30 GHz and 4GB RAM). Performance is okay, but is disappointing compared to other laptops with the same or similar specs. (It also feels cheap compared to other laptops at this price point.) This laptop does tend to run hot, and the fan will get loud. The screen is rather grainy, but not terrible. The addition of a webcam seems to have been an afterthought: images are pixellated; there is high discoloration; and video+sound don't sync up on HP's own software. The speakers are very loud, but sound is not very clear/undistorted even at the lowest volume. Concerning battery life, I can get through about 5 hours of note-taking on "Power Saver" and 3 hours on "HP Recommended."

This may only be relevant to my experience, but after only a month of use, the keyboard failed. HP asked me to backup my data, send the laptop back so that they could wipe it and replace the keyboard, and get it back to me... which would have taken about a month. I ended up buying a compatible keyboard on Ebay and replacing it myself.

I have owned this laptop for about a year now, and while it gets the job done... it was disappointing initially and is now frustrating at times. I'm simply waiting until the hard drive craps out or until enough time passes when I can by a more responsive non-HP brand laptop without feeling guilty.