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Fast, reliable, and reasonably cheap
2008-07-28I'm a graphic/3d artist, so I run some pretty heafty software on my little Hp tablet. Everything (Photoshop, Dreamweaver, Illustrator, Maya, Zbrush, and Blender)runs almost as fast as it does on my desktop.
The only program that seems to suffer, is Maya. Keep in mind, that it is a freakin' enormus program, that sometimes even has trouble running on my 4 gig, dual Intel processors (6400 @ 2.13 GHz), desktop.
The TX 1000Z uses AMD, instead of Intel processors. Don't let that scare you. It reduces the cost of the system, immensly, and doesn't seem to have any effect on performance.
The touch screen is plenty responsive, but as with any other tablet pc, double clicking (even after adjusting the settings) is a bit touchy.
My only real complaint is with the sound quality. It's not bad, but for a product that is advertised as a media center, it's not as good as it should be.
Quickie observations:
1. battery life is about four hours,which is what I expected
2. the buttons, on the side (fast forward, rewind, etc.) are kind of cool, but ultimately are pointless
3. the ability to turn off the touchpad, when using the stylus is nice, as it prevents your mouse from going haywire, while working
It's a good buy, especially at the price I got it ($800). As far as tablets and laptops, in general go, you could do a lot worse.
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