HP Touchsmart TX2 Series

HP TouchSmart tx2

Notebook Specifications

HP TouchSmart tx2-1275dx
Source: CNet
The HP TouchSmart tx2-1275dx represents a minor update to the company's consumer tablet. Compared with the TouchSmart tx2z we reviewed earlier this year, which carried a baseline price $999 that quickly rose as you upped the specs, the retail-only TouchSmart tx2-1275 is a fixed configuration model priced at a reasonable $849. A fair price, an attractive design, and multitouch support may allow tablet shoppers to overlook the HP TouchSmart tx2-1275dx's middling performance and poor battery life.
Single Review, online available, Long, Date: 08/07/2009
Rating: performance: 50% features: 90% mobility: 50%

80% HP TouchSmart TX2
Source: PC Authority
HP's Touchsmart TX2 comes kitted out with a capacitive panel that can track several fingertips doing different things at once. Although the screen is sophisticated enough to handle lots of gestures, the software can interpret just a few - tapping, double tapping, zooming text or rotating pictures and opening the MediaSmart 2.0 application. Fortunately, it's a good enough laptop in its own right that it doesn't have to rely on multi-touch to get it recommended
Single Review, online available, Short, Date: 05/20/2009
Rating: Total score: 80%

60% HP Touchsmart TX2 tablet PC
Source: vnunet.com
Unlike standard notebooks, tablet PCs such as this HP Touchsmart TX2 feature a screen that can swivel and fold back on itself. The screen is touch-sensitive, which means you can then write directly on the display with a stylus or use a finger to tap on icons and buttons, rather than having to use a keyboard and mouse. Its multi-touch gestures are interesting, but they're not enough to make the Touchsmart TX2 stand out.
60
Single Review, online available, Short, Date: 02/25/2009
Rating: Total score: 60%

60% HP Touchsmart TX2 review
Source: PC Advisor
As far as Tablet PCs go, the HP TouchSmart tx2 gets enough right to warrant a look. This media-friendly tablet tries to take the TouchSmart desktop experience on the road, but at this point the size of the device and the software's limitations mean its touch capabilities are more a gimmick than a useful addition.
3 von 5
Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 01/28/2009
Rating: Total score: 60%

HP TouchSmart tx2 Review
Source: Notebookreview.com
After everything is said and done it's tough to be overwhelmingly positive or negative about the HP TouchSmart tx2. On one hand, HP succeeded in bringing us an affordable multi-touch notebook loaded with cool entertainment features and a slick interface to keep consumers happy. On the other hand, the new multi-touch interface doesn't always respond exactly as it should and you may end up touching the screen multiple times before the screen finally does what it should have done the first time you touched it.
Preis gut, Verarbeitung gut, Leistung sehr gut, Emissionen gut
User Review, online available, Long, Date: 12/22/2008
Rating: price: 80% performance: 90% workmanship: 80% emissions: 80%

76% HP Touchsmart tx2, convertible
Source: MuyComputer ES→EN
Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 08/25/2009
Rating: Total score: 76%

75% HP TouchSmart tx2 in prova
Source: PC World Italia IT→EN
Single Review, online available, Short, Date: 03/02/2009
Rating: Total score: 75% price: 80% features: 70% workmanship: 80%

59% HP TouchSmart tx2
Source: Laptopy.info.pl PL→EN
Single Review, online available, Long, Date: 09/01/2009
Rating: Total score: 59% performance: 55% display: 66% mobility: 20%

HP Touchsmart TX2-1015ea

Notebook Specifications

70% HP Touchsmart TX2-1015ea tablet PC
Source: Pocket Lint
Anybody in the market for a ultra mobile laptop could do a lot worse than the Touchsmart TX2. It’s a comfortable and stylish machine, and it’s crammed with features. We’re not so sure it’s successful as a Tablet PC, however, where it’s slightly too bulky for comfortable one-handed use, and the screen that responds to finger inputs in addition to a stylus proved too quick to register movements for our liking.
70, Ausstattung 80
Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 02/26/2009
Rating: Total score: 70% features: 80%

HP Touchsmart TX2-1020ea

Notebook Specifications

60% HP Touchsmart tx2-1020ea tablet PC
Source: vnunet.com
HP isn’t calling its new Touchsmart tx2 a tablet, but with a screen that swivels and folds back on itself it certainly looks like one. We can forgive HP for not wanting to use the T-word though, since tablet PCs have never really taken off. Unlike previous touchscreen laptops, the Touchsmart tx2 can be navigated with two fingers on the 12.1in display ­ a technique made popular by the iPhone. Good range of features, but we were hoping for more from HP’s multi-touch capable screen
60, Preis 60, Leistung 60, Ausstattung 80
Single Review, online available, Short, Date: 04/06/2009
Rating: Total score: 60% price: 60% performance: 60% features: 80%

70% HP TouchSmart tx2-1020ea review
Source: Techradar
Stylish, comfortable and well-equipped, but not the fastest machine. Where most Tablet PCs are primarily aimed at corporate and field workers, HP's TouchSmart tx2-1020ea is a touchscreen laptop that targets the regular consumer. The 12.1-inch screen swivels and folds flat for tablet use. There's a stylus tucked into the corner of the chassis, so you'll be able to control the cursor and enter text directly on to the display itself, and the panel also responds to finger inputs. Comfortable, well-equipped and offering good build quality, the tx2 is an impressive laptop. We're not certain it makes a great Tablet PC, however, proving too unwieldy for comfortable one-handed use.
70, Leistung 50, Ausstattung 80, Verarbeitung 80
Single Review, online available, Short, Date: 03/11/2009
Rating: Total score: 70% performance: 50% features: 80% workmanship: 80%

HP - TouchSmart tx2-1020ea review
Source: IT Reviews
Microsoft might have put a lot of money behind the concept over the years, but tablet PCs have always struggled to capture the imagination of the public. There's plenty to like about the TouchSmart tx2: it's attractive, well-designed, makes full use of Windows' built-in tablet features and is reasonably priced. However, if you've never been interested in tablet PCs, it's unlikely this one is going to give you a sudden enthusiasm for them, and we wish HP had made more of its multi-touch screen.
Preis 70
Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 03/03/2009
Rating: price: 70%

HP Touchsmart TX2-1099eg

Notebook Specifications

72% Notebook HP TouchSmart tx2-1099eg
Source: PC Go DE→EN
Single Review, online available, Very Short, Date: 06/01/2009
Rating: Total score: 72% price: 90%

72% HP Touchsmart tx2-1099eg
Source: PC Go - 6/09 DE→EN
Single Review, , Very Short, Date: 05/01/2009
Rating: Total score: 72% price: 90% workmanship: 80% emissions: 40%

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HP: The Hewlett-Packard Company, founded 1935, commonly referred to as HP, is a technology corporation headquartered in California, United States. HP specializes in developing and manufacturing computing, storage, and networking hardware, software and services. Major product lines include personal computing devices, enterprise servers, related storage devices, as well as a diverse range of printers and other imaging products. Other product lines, including electronic test equipment and systems, medical electronic equipment, solid state components and instrumentation for chemical analysis. HP posted US $91.7 billion in annual revenue in 2006, making it the world's largest technology vendor in terms of sales. In 2007 the revenue was $104 billion, making HP the first IT company in history to report revenues exceeding $100 billion. Market share regarding sales of personal computers in 2007 (market research IDC): HP 18.9 %, Dell 16.4 %, Acer 9.9 %, Lenovo 7.5 %, Apple 5.7 %

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ATI Radeon HD 3200: Onboard (shared Memory) graphics chip (on RS780M chipset) based on the HD 2400 graphics core. It also features the UVD video engine to decode HD videos. Furthermore, it supports Hybrid CrossfireX (for accelleration) and PowerXpress(to save current) with a dedicated graphics adapter (of the HD 3000 line). Beware: Under Windows XP the HD 3200 may have no 2D accelleration because of a driver problem.

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AMD Turion X2 Ultra: The AMD Turion X2 Ultra is part of the Puma platform and a mixture of the old K9 core (form the Turion 64 X2) and some parts of the K10 architecture (memorycontroller, hypertransport, crossbar switch from the Phenom). Because of the increased L2 cache ("Ultra" CPUs) and the improved memory controller, the performance increased a bit. Still a similar clocked Core 2 Duo is noticably faster.

ZM-86: Mixture out of two K8 based cores and K10 uncores (e.g. memory controller). Offers improved power saving functions compared to older Turion CPUs but still not as good and fast as a Core 2 Duo. The ZM-86 is the fastest CPU of the ZM series and a middle class CPU in 2008.

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AMD Turion X2: The Turion X2 (without 64) is based on the Turion X2 Ultra, but has only 1024 MB L2 Cache and is therefore slower (performance compareable to the old Turion 64 X2). Because of new parts from the K10 architecture, the CPU should be more energy efficient.

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12.1: This is a common display format for subnotebooks. Most netbooks have a tinier display. The advantage is, that the subnotebook can be small dimensioned and can be carried easily. Further the small display needs few energy, which improves the battery runtime and in consequence the mobility. The disadvantage is that the reading of texts is a bit exhausting for the eyes, especially with high resolutions.

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2 kg:

These sub-notebooks weight less than the average of all notebooks, but represent a heavier class of weight among the sub-notebooks. 12 inch displays are normal for this class of weight.

3.9 kg:

This laptop is heavy below average, compared with the average of notebooks. Therefore especially desktop replacements fit in this class of weight.

68.55%: This rating is bad. Most notebooks are better rated. This is not a recommendation for purchase.

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