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HP TouchSmart tx2

Specifications

HP TouchSmart tx2
HP TouchSmart tx2 (Touchsmart TX2 Series)
Graphics adapter
Display
12.10 inch 16:10, 1280 x 800 pixel, glossy: yes
Weight
2 kg ( = 70.55 oz / 4.41 pounds), Power Supply: 0 g ( = 0 oz / 0 pounds)
Price
1300 Euro

 

Price comparison

Average Score: 68.33% - average
Average of 6 scores (from 8 reviews)
price: 80%, performance: 65%, features: 80%, display: 66% mobility: 35%, workmanship: 80%, ergonomy: - %, emissions: 80%

Reviews for the HP TouchSmart tx2

HP TouchSmart tx2-1275dx
Source: CNet English Archive.org version
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 English Archive.org version
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 English Archive.org version
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: Tech Advisor English Archive.org version
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 English Archive.org version
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%

Foreign Reviews

76% HP Touchsmart tx2, convertible
Source: MuyComputer Spanish ES→EN Archive.org version
Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 08/25/2009
Rating: Total score: 76%
75% HP TouchSmart tx2 in prova
Source: PC World Italia Italian IT→EN Archive.org version
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 Turkish PL→EN Archive.org version
Single Review, online available, Long, Date: 09/01/2009
Rating: Total score: 59% performance: 55% display: 66% mobility: 20%

Comment

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. Beware: Under Windows XP the HD 3200 may have no 2D accelleration because of a driver problem.

Only some 3D games with very low demands are playable with these cards.

» Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Graphics Cards and the corresponding Benchmark List.


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.» Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Processsors.


 

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Stefan Hinum, 2009-01-20 (Update: 2012-05-26)