10-19-2010, 02:56 PM
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Thoughts Media Review Team
Join Date: Dec 2009
Posts: 12
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I just got one of these, and I'm not too happy with it yet; maybe I'll get to like it more.
Mine has a Core i5 1.2Ghz, so 4 logical processors; I've added a partition and am installing W7 Enterprise, so we'll see how that works.
I agree with Jason's comment about the stupid design on the outside. I would not buy one having see that. However, I was mostly looking for better battery life, and I really like a convertable tablet for taking notes with the pen in a meeting (with the device not sticking up looking like I'm not paying attention).
At a little over $900 for 6GB of memory and a 500GB drive, this seemed to have a lot of value.
Unfortunately, it came broken -- the touch pad would not work. The support call (tried an online case first) was a miserable experience at 1 hour and 40 minutes to conclude "the touch pad doesn't work". HP could not email me a shipping label so I had to drive tio to the FexEx office, where they could look up the RMA number. It came back in about a week (al they had to do is open it and plug the touch pad in). However that experience alone will make it difficult for me to try HP again any time soon.
I also have the same problem as Jason with the power switch not being easy to use, so it seems to be congential. You are going to need a finger nail to operate it. I'd much prefer a button above the keyboard.
I'm having a difficult time with the very glossy screen. I'll "see" in the coming weeks if I can get used to that in various ligihting situations.
I'm also having trouble getting used the the mouse "buttons" on the touch pad.
If the battery really goes a few hours I'm not going to mind the size and weight (I won't need to carry a power brick with me to the meetings).
The eraser on the pen is a great feature; not all of them have that; I've missed that will my Dell tablet.
Speaking of pens, this one fits very poorly in the slot and rattles around. Otherwise the build quality (other than the touch pad!) seems ok.
I've had many different tablets; I've been using a Dell and a Lenovo daily for a coulple years; both have had their issues. I'm hoping this HP is an improvement, but it might not be.
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