HP Pavilion tx2500z 12.1" High-Definition HP BrightView TOUCH-SCREEN, Notebook LAPTOP PC, Latest AMD Turion X2 Ultra Dual-Core Mobile Processor RM-70 2.0 GHz, 2GB RAM, 160GB HDD, SuperMulti 8X DVD+/-R/RW with Double Layer Support, Wireless b/g WLAN, Camera, Microsoft(R) Works 9.0, Vista Home Premium

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• Shipping Weight: 5 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• ASIN: B001EK0GP4
• Item model number: tx2500z
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,406 in Computer & Accessories (See Bestsellers in Computer & Accessories)

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• Date first available at Amazon.com: August 19, 2008

Product Description

Product Description

Processor: AMD Turion(TM) X2 Dual-Core Mobile Processor RM-70 (2.0GHz, L2 Cache), 3GB DDR2 SDRAM, HARD DRIVE 250 GB SATA 5400RPm, DISPLAY 12.1" WXGA BrightView w/Integrated Touch-screen. MULTIMEDIA DRIVE Super Multi 8X DVD+/-RW w/Double Layer. VIDEO GRAPHICS ATI Radeon(TM) HD 3200 Graphics 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 Integrated Consumer IR (remote control receiver),3 USB 2.0, S-video TV-out Headphones out Microphone in RJ-11 (modem) 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, Muvee AutoProducer Basic Edition 6.x (with 20-day-trial full version), Adobe Reader 8.x, Microsoft Works 9.0, Microsoft Windows Media Player 11, HP Games Powered by Wild Tangent, Cyberlink DVD Suite, Sling Player from Slingbox, the Sims Life Stories laptop edition, Slingbox Flash Tour (Desktop icon only), HP Quickplay, Corel Painter Essentials 3

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars I wanted to love this tablet but it really let me down..., May 6, 2009

By	P. Meyer - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

PROS:
- Its the least expensive tablet on the market
- Removable DVD Drive with Bay Cover
- Very nice keyboard
- Looks great

CONS:
- Short battery life (2.5 hours)
- Touchpad lacks horizontal scroll
- Super high-gloss screen is a pain in 80% of lighting conditions
- Comes pre-loaded with so much bloat-ware that it renders the computer unusable until you install your own OS
- Too heavy
- Its cheap for a reason--mine has been sent in for repair twice in 6 months

I really wanted to love this tablet. It was my first tablet and I had been looking forward to it for a while. Unfortunately I've been let down. After 3 months of ownership the RAM failed and I had to send it in for repair. After 6 months of ownership the tablet began making high-pitched digital noises, the SD card reader broke, and 1 of the quicklaunch buttons stopped illuminating. After getting it back from repair the second time, I posted it to eBay.

This laptop is really too heavy to be comfortably used as a tablet. It is impossible to use standing up, holding in the left hand and writing with the right. Your left wrist will quickly become exhausted.

As I said above, this comes loaded with so much proprietary software (bloat ware) that the computer is literally unusable. I reformatted the harddrive and installed Windows 7 beta and the laptop worked so fast that it was like an entirely new machine.

For the price, this tablet is unbeatable. Problem is that it is cheap for a reason. It is poorly made, it will break, it is a power hog with bad battery life. If you're looking for mobility, get a netbook. If you really must have a tablet, buy something slightly more expensive from a better company and save yourself a hot of headache in the long run.

PS. HP customer support has been very responsive and useful. I have no quarrels with them--just with their products.

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars TX200z Review, February 1, 2009

By	Cara Antonelli (San Francisco CA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I have wanted to buy a tablet pc for a long time now, and I did some serious research before making this purchase - and I'm glad I did. It's wacom penabled, which is a must for any artist, as well as being within a normal consumer/starving artist budget. All other tablet pcs were over $1000 which was just out of my budget.
There are a few things that I could live without however. The battery life is about 2 hours when running on high performance, which is nearly essential if you want to use it in tablet mode. The pen is delayed, but not enough to affect my artwork in a negative way. Sometimes when converting into slate mode the screen does not switch, and requires a restart. The processor runs very hot, but I usually use my laptop while wearing pants so its never uncomfortable. I can run firefox and Photoshop simultaneously with very little lag but if the processor gets hot it will slow down. All in all a great product for the price, with a few minor problems but the savings makes it worth it.

1.0 out of 5 stars do not buy, October 18, 2009

By	M. A. Banuelos "mabcat" (illinois, usa) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I bought this laptop in 2008. Esthetically, it's beautiful, glossy. The swivel screen is great, especially when travelling in tight airplane seats. However, after only a year I've had to reformat the hard drive once, I've lost icons to programs and have lost all wi-fi access. The computer does not recognize there is even a wireless card installed. Even the regular ethernet port is inaccessible at times. The worst part, is that HP has horrible customer service and they do not recognize the problems. It comes down to a terrible design flaw that makes its pieces incompatible with one another. The motherboard can be replaced, but eventually the computer will have the same problems. The pieces such as the wireless card and motherboard are perfectly fine. It's the way this computer and their pavilion laptop line have been designed and built that is defected. Even if you get an extended warranty, it will not make a difference because your computer will crash. No amount of repairs will fix it. I think HP has done something incredibly unethical for continuing to put these models out on the market knowing they have inherent problems. DO NOT BUY!!! It's one of the most affordable for a reason- it sucks!