Hi y'all,
got a brand new Hp pavilion tx1000 notebook for sale





The HP Pavilion tx1000 specs as reviewed (tested price $1,849)

If you have been searching the market for an entertainment notebook with Tablet PC features, your search may be over. Though the tx1000 is targeted toward the average consumer, business professionals are still welcome. This portable notebook packs a 1.3-megapixel webcam, 5-in-1 digital media reader, a mini remote control for movies, music and photos and it comes with Windows Vista installed.

CPU AMD Turion 64 X2 Mobile Technology TL-60 / 2.0 GHz processor
OS Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium
RAM 2 GB DDR II SDRAM
Display 12.1" WXGA High Definition BrightView Widescreen with Touchscreen (1280 x 800)
Graphics NVIDIA GeForce Go 6150 graphics
Audio Altec Lansing speakers and integrated microphone
Hard Drive 160GB (5400 RPM)
Optical Drive LightScribe Super Multi 8x DVD/RW
I/O ports 3 x USB
1 x VGA - 15 pin
1 x TV-Out (S-video)
1 x Microphone-in
2 x Headphone (one offering S/PDIF output)
2 x Infrared - IrDA
1 x Modem - RJ-11
1 x RJ-45 LAN
1 x Express Card
1 x notebook expansion port 3
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Communications 10/100/1000 Ethernet
802.11a/b/g/n (draft 802.11n)
WLAN
Bluetooth

Dimensions/Weight 12"(width) x 8.8"(depth) x 1.5"(height)
4.2 lbs.

Battery/power 6 cell, 4-5 hours
4 cell, 3 hours

Keyboard/Touchpad/Pen

The keyboard has a solid feel and is of standard size. The only key that is shortened is the right side Shift key. The function keys along the top are pretty small as well, so if you have bigger fingers and are trying to use the F3 key to access the Internet you may have some problems.


HP tx1000 keyboard view

The touchpad has a unique design. It is flush with the keyboard and just has a perforated pattern showing where it is. Your finger rolls smoothly over it for easy navigation. There is no sticking or delays. The buttons work fairly well, except we found there is sometimes delay with the right-click button.


Touchpad

HP includes a stylus pen that feels solid, has a nice rubber grip, and even comes with a lanyard so you can attach it to the computer. There's not much to write home about the pen (so to speak), it serves its function well and is easy to pop in and out of the spring loaded silo on the bottom corner of the tx1000. The pen is not an active digitizer type of pen, it is nothing more than a shaped piece of plastic, like a larger PDA type of stylus.

Tablet PC Features

The HP tx1000 has a swivel screen and offers a touchscreen option. Note, at the starting price of $1,849 the screen is not touchscreen enabled, it is an upgrade option. The screen input capability is passive digitizer and not active, meaning it does not include the Wacom technology power Tablet PC users are used to having. Rather, it’s like a PDA in that pressure against the screen from a stylus is what registers a pen stroke.

The advantage to a touchscreen is that you can simply use you finger to drag windows around or open menus (just make sure to bring along that screen wipe cloth HP includes to get the greasy finger marks off the screen). The included stylus is not powered in any way, so there are no worries about a battery or charging, plus it’s cheap to replace if you lose it.

The disadvantage to a passive digitizer (touchscreen) is it’s less accurate, slightly harder to calibrate and you have to make sure to keep downward pressure on the stylus to register a stroke. In my usage, when writing in cursive you had to train yourself to keep up the pressure or you’d generate incomplete letters (missing the tail on a “g” for instance). It simply did not feel as natural to write with this type of screen compared to an active screen. You also can’t flip the stylus and erase like with active digitizer pens. Overall, it’s just a second rate tablet experience with this type of screen. I’d say it’s fine for now and again usage, such as jotting some science notes down in class that are hard to type out using a keyboard, but if you’ll be using the tx1000 primarily as a Tablet PC you’d do better to investigate other HP tablets that offer an active digitizer such as the business series HP Compaq tc4400.

Minor gripes aside, I have to say I think it’s just cool that the tx1000 combined with Windows Vista Ultimate OS gives you Tablet PC functionality as just part of the package now, you can either use it or not. HP is not hawking the tx1000 as foremost being a Tablet PC, it can be looked at as an extra feature – there if you should ever need it. I’m sure all of us can find something handy about a screen that rotates and that’s touch sensitive, just fill in the blank on the possibilities it could bring to your lifestyle. The price premium for having this functionality isn’t much these days. Remember when any Tablet PC enabled device was automatically $2,000+ and required a specially hacked Windows XP Tablet Edition OS? Those days are over.

Ports

The tx1000 has a nice range of ports. There are three USB ports, one VGA - 15 pin, one TV-Out (S-video), one microphone-in, two headphone-out, two Infrared, one Modem - RJ-11, one RJ-45 LAN, one Express Card and one notebook expansion port 3. There is enough packed in this portable Tablet to keep you busy for hours. The TV-Out is always nice for hooking up to the TV and the two headphone jacks give the ability to share music in a quiet environment -- perfect for watching a movie on the plane with your seat partner. The headphone jacks, microphone jack and an Infrared eyes are located on the front of the tx1000, which is very convenient. In fact, the only ports located on the back are two of the USB ports and the phone jack.




Battery

The 6-cell Lithium-Ion battery extended life battery performance was shockingly good, it lasted for about 4.5 hours in balanced (normal) power mode. In addition to this battery, the model we tested included a 4-cell battery that lasted for about 3 hours. Now if you go for this option of carrying two batteries around you are good to go pretty much all-day. This is great for mobile users and it only took an hour to fully recharge the 6-cell battery, so not much downtime. The battery also offers a power saver mode for light work or a high performance mode for that busy day. The optical bay is swappable with different optical drives, but it is not setup to house a secondary battery.

Speakers

For a notebook, the tx1000 has nice speakers. It is fitted with Altec Lansing speakers, which produce good sound quality for listening to music or watching movies. That was HP’s focus; I mean it is called an entertainment notebook. I am comparing these to the hardly noticeable speakers on the Asus R1F I use. If you compare the speakers to your standard notebook, they produce comparitively loud, clear sound. The built-in microphone picks up noise well and it’s easy to teach the software to recognize your voice if you want to use voice input.


Interested buyers should send e-mail to cflammen@gmail.com.

You can also hit me up on 08063101385.