HP Pavilion tx1000 Entertainment Notebook PC
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It’s not very often that hardware manufacturers send us hardware to review (largely because we don’t ask for it). Since AMD is a reigning sponsor for our programming, they connected us with someone over at HP to lend us a tx1000 - which we’ll have to send back in a few weeks. Still, this was our first true “Tablet PC” - even after using UMPCs at our wedding.
Well, instead of giving ‘er a typical geeky review - I let Ponzi play with it for a bit. She’s anything but a geek, but she loves to bring technology into the home (specifically, her kitchen). So, here’s the phone call between a product developer, public relations coordinator, Ponzi, and myself. I have a few complaints about the product, but some issues are largely held against every PC OEM. Oh, and here’s what we were laughing about towards the end of the discussion:



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November 30th, 1999
at 12:00am
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James
March 31st, 2007
at 2:56am
Is it just me, or is the audio screwed up? Sounds like alvin and the chipmunks on my end! lol
James
March 31st, 2007
at 2:56am
Is it just me, or is the audio screwed up? Sounds like alvin and the chipmunks on my end! lol
Aaron Dyer
March 31st, 2007
at 4:43am
Am i the only one who, when clicking on the flash player for this pod-cast get the show playing back at what sounds like x5 normal speed? Or are you guys supposed to sound like the chipmunks.. just wondering
Rich Thomas
March 31st, 2007
at 4:46am
Hello Chris,
I’m not sure what happened, but the podcast for this sounded like the Chipmunks talking! Or like fast forwarded on an old cassette tape player. :)
Kosso
March 31st, 2007
at 6:39am
Hey you chipmunks!!!
To use the Flash player for MP3 you need to make sure your bit rate is divisible by 11050khz to avoid ‘chipmunking’
cheers!
K
Kosso
March 31st, 2007
at 6:39am
Hey you chipmunks!!!
To use the Flash player for MP3 you need to make sure your bit rate is divisible by 11050khz to avoid ‘chipmunking’
cheers!
K
Jonathan
March 31st, 2007
at 8:09am
Apparently, the flash player plays several times faster than normal. Download is fine, though. ;-)
Jonathan
March 31st, 2007
at 8:09am
Apparently, the flash player plays several times faster than normal. Download is fine, though. ;-)
Greg Bodin
March 31st, 2007
at 8:19am
tried to play your podcast and it was going ninety miles per hour yikes!like mice sqeaking and giggling.cute!! but uncomprhendable. 3/31/2007
Greg Bodin
March 31st, 2007
at 8:19am
tried to play your podcast and it was going ninety miles per hour yikes!like mice sqeaking and giggling.cute!! but uncomprhendable. 3/31/2007
LordKaT
March 31st, 2007
at 11:21am
Ponzi & Chris in fast forward! How Squirrelly.
LordKaT
March 31st, 2007
at 11:21am
Ponzi & Chris in fast forward! How Squirrelly.
Podcasts on TVs and Tablet PCs - MP3s ~ Chris Pirillo
March 31st, 2007
at 10:32pm
[...] The second MP3 was taken from a phone call between HP and ourselves, specifically in relation to our experiences with the borrowed HP tx1000 Entertainment Notebook PC. You can hear us talking to the team, providing constructive feedback for their future. [...]
Podcasts on TVs and Tablet PCs - MP3s ~ Chris Pirillo
March 31st, 2007
at 10:32pm
[...] The second MP3 was taken from a phone call between HP and ourselves, specifically in relation to our experiences with the borrowed HP tx1000 Entertainment Notebook PC. You can hear us talking to the team, providing constructive feedback for their future. [...]
Digital Inspiration - Computers, Internet & Technology Guide by Amit Agarwal
April 30th, 2007
at 6:12am
too. The battery life could have been better especially since the HP Pavilion tx1000 tablet notebook is meant for computing *** entertainment on the go. Read some more first-hand reviews of HP tx1000 by TabletPC2, GearLive, GottaBeMobile, TabletPC and Chris.
Digital Inspiration - Computers, Internet & Technology Guide by Amit Agarwal
April 30th, 2007
at 6:12am
too. The battery life could have been better especially since the HP Pavilion tx1000 tablet notebook is meant for computing *** entertainment on the go. Read some more first-hand reviews of HP tx1000 by TabletPC2, GearLive, GottaBeMobile, TabletPC and Chris.
Migamix
August 16th, 2007
at 12:56am
if anyone was in the channel the day it happend, this is the tablet i had BLOW UP on me (ok, more of a fizzle snap smoke). none the less, i cant trust it, even if its been returned to me with a new motherboard, and…
…oops….someone left an extended cell battery in it, (so that makes me loaded with 3batteries for this unit….)
now, i will say that the service took only 2 weeks…and it seems to be working even better than the first motherboard toaster one. still, hard to trust something like that….regardless. the rant is on the blog on myspace link
the main gripe i have…not really with the tablet, or M$ (gasp, im not blaming M$, the world is over), but the fact that this laptop, and version of Vista is 64bit….drivers are a pain in bum to find, at the moment, so i really cant use this like i wanted until m-audio makes 64bit vista drivers for some of their gear…..if you want an owners view of the TX1000 ask me to post a bit more info….
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…….comments about pod cast……
um, screw the FINISH..thats not what im using is it, its in the BACK of the unit while in use….why is the HP guy so focused on how it looks, and not how it works…..its a TOUCHPAD…whoo hoooo!, i use a mini bluetooth mouse with it anyway.
SW on HP….HAHAHAHA….even after you uninstall the internet assistant…you have to know what your doing to find it buried in the scheduler, and how to get it not to pop every 30 min. up an ‘x’ unclosable 404 window (alt f4 closes it). there is WAY too much BS SW included with HP windows….my wife’s XPS Dell had NONE or very little Bloatware installed on the system.
notes…HAHAHAHAHA
there is NO, repaet, NOOOOO software to configure the buttons….(that i could find)
the fingerprint scanner does work, lets you have a long password, or your thumbprint…its neat..when it works…takes a little programming
battery life…BAD for its size….some tweaks should be done to give the CPU a break, giving the battery a break, or you can just get some spare batteries
the remote and its storage is neat …
the butt has been changed with my version…
power brick fix vote…
Migamix
August 16th, 2007
at 12:56am
if anyone was in the channel the day it happend, this is the tablet i had BLOW UP on me (ok, more of a fizzle snap smoke). none the less, i cant trust it, even if its been returned to me with a new motherboard, and…
…oops….someone left an extended cell battery in it, (so that makes me loaded with 3batteries for this unit….)
now, i will say that the service took only 2 weeks…and it seems to be working even better than the first motherboard toaster one. still, hard to trust something like that….regardless. the rant is on the blog on myspace link
the main gripe i have…not really with the tablet, or M$ (gasp, im not blaming M$, the world is over), but the fact that this laptop, and version of Vista is 64bit….drivers are a pain in bum to find, at the moment, so i really cant use this like i wanted until m-audio makes 64bit vista drivers for some of their gear…..if you want an owners view of the TX1000 ask me to post a bit more info….
————————————-
…….comments about pod cast……
um, screw the FINISH..thats not what im using is it, its in the BACK of the unit while in use….why is the HP guy so focused on how it looks, and not how it works…..its a TOUCHPAD…whoo hoooo!, i use a mini bluetooth mouse with it anyway.
SW on HP….HAHAHAHA….even after you uninstall the internet assistant…you have to know what your doing to find it buried in the scheduler, and how to get it not to pop every 30 min. up an ‘x’ unclosable 404 window (alt f4 closes it). there is WAY too much BS SW included with HP windows….my wife’s XPS Dell had NONE or very little Bloatware installed on the system.
notes…HAHAHAHAHA
there is NO, repaet, NOOOOO software to configure the buttons….(that i could find)
the fingerprint scanner does work, lets you have a long password, or your thumbprint…its neat..when it works…takes a little programming
battery life…BAD for its size….some tweaks should be done to give the CPU a break, giving the battery a break, or you can just get some spare batteries
the remote and its storage is neat …
the butt has been changed with my version…
power brick fix vote…
JereMaben
January 14th, 2008
at 3:57pm
I have this computer and personally, I love it. It’s very portable and runs great. I don’t have any complaints about it.
vibhor goyal
February 2nd, 2008
at 6:03pm
my hp tx1000z can fianlly run ubuntu.. that too almost evrythng runs excellently.. wow… try the following link ;
http://www.codepencil.com