HP Touchsmart TX2 12.1-Inch Notebook

by HP

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 9 pounds
• ASIN: B001QJUWA2
• Item model number: TX2-1020US
• Average Customer Review: 2.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,750 in Computers & Accessories (See Top 100 in Computers & Accessories)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: January 23, 2009

Product Description

Product Features 12.1" Diagonal WXGA High-Definition HP BrightView Widescreen Integrated Touch-screen, Convertible Display (1280 x 800). Panel rotates 180 degrees and folds flat. Rechargeable Digitizer for handwriting capture included ATI Radeon? HD 3200 Graphics with 64 Display Cache Memory AMD M780G with 64MB GDDR2 (sideport memory) with up to 1982MB total graphics memory LightScribe SuperMulti 8X DVD?R/RW with Double Layer Support 320GB (5400RPM) Hard Drive (SATA), 4096MB DDR2 System Memory (2 Dimm); Max supported =4096MB Wireless LAN 802.11a/b/g/n WLAN & Bluetooth Processor, Memory, and Motherboard Hardware Platform: PC Processor: 2.2 GHz AMD Turion 64 Number of Processors: 2 RAM: 4000 MB RAM Type: DDR2 SDRAM Hard Drive Size: 320 GB Manufacturer: Portable Type: Serial ATA Graphics and Display Graphics RAM: 64 MB Ports and Connectivity Modem: Fax / modem Cases and Expandability Size (LWH): 8.82 inches, 12.5 inches, 1.23 inches Weight: 6 pounds Product Description More than just a Tablet PC, the HP TouchSmart tx2-1020us laptop is the world's first multi-touch consumer laptop, enabling the use of two fingers to navigate HP's entertainment MediaSmart applications. You can also surf the Web and use applications intuitively by touching the screen with a finger. The tx2 is also a true Tablet PC, allowing you to fold the display flat for writing and drawing with the included pen. For multimedia mavens on the go, the tx2 tablet PC is light enough to take anywhere and is a great resource for showing presentations thanks to its 180-degree swiveling 12.1-inch touchscreen display. Weighing just 4.33 pounds, the tx2-1020us delivers the same screen resolution and performance as a 15.4-inch notebook. Dual headphone jacks enable you to share films and music without disturbing others, and the included HP Mini Remote Control can be stored in the ExpressCard slot. This stylish laptop features a high-gloss HP Imprint finish, which is more durable...

Customer Reviews

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Heat issues = early death, June 16, 2011

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B. J. Camus (NOLA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: HP Touchsmart TX2 12.1-Inch Notebook (Personal Computers)

I bought my TX2Z shortly before starting a college program. It lasted just under 2 years before the motherboard failed. About 6 months or so after purchase, the CPU cooling fan began to run much more frequently. After about a year, it ran constantly. I frequently used compressed air to blow out the vents (the cooling fins appeared clean) and even removed the DVD drive, in case it was helping to cause the heat build-up. Finally, the weekend before an exam and one week before finals, it failed and flashing lights on the keyboard signaled a motherboard failure. I had been using a cooling pan w/dual fans anytime I was on A/C power (80% of the time during the first year of ownership and almost 100% of the time after that), so I don't believe I caused the failure with poor ventilation.

When it worked properly, I really liked it. However, it seems that motherboard failures related to heat build-up are common in this line. Shame on you, HP!

6 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars does the job, October 6, 2009

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Justin Campbell "cr1mson3cho" (killeen, tx) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: HP Touchsmart TX2 12.1-Inch Notebook (Personal Computers)

I bought this laptop a few months ago, not from here. but somewhere else. the laptop itself is great. there's only two ways to unlock this. one is by password, the other finger prints. which you can scan up to 10 on one user. it's small, lightweight, and portable. the touch screen with out the stylus is somewhat touch sensative, meaning you have to either tap, or press. with the stylus hardly tap it or touch it. it has lightscribe which i haven't used yet, and a dvd remote for windows media center. overall i recommend it.

3.0 out of 5 stars Mother Board Failures, November 28, 2011

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Zachary Rankin - See all my reviews
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This review is from: HP Touchsmart TX2 12.1-Inch Notebook (Personal Computers)

The main problem with this line is the mother board failing. This is due to the GPU overheating and becoming detached from the motherboard. It is a fixable problem, but you have to take the entire laptop apart and use a heat gun to melt it back into place and then put the whole thing back together. There are lots of videos on youtube about how to fix it, so if you have one, just do research about how to take it apart and then about how to fix the chip. It's basically the exact same thing that happens to Xbox's when the get the Red Ring of Death.