HP TX1000 CONVERTIBLE NOTEBOOK REVIEW

Introduction
This is the perfect entertainment book for the guy on the run. Hp’s tx1000 starts at 1300$ and offers a lot of good features. This portable notebook come with a 1.3-megapixel webcam, 5-in-1 digital media reader, a mini remote control for your media center, and a lot more. You also get Windows Vista installed.

Design
This machine is black on the outside and silver on the inside but glossy overall. The design looks very fresh and modern and the weight is only 4.2 lbs. This is almost a ultra portable laptop, and it can follow you wherever you go. The case is made of plastic and it is not 100% stable but works well enough for a small laptop as this. However there is not much flex in this laptop and it is actually quite solid. The tx1000 also features a tablet or swivel mode which is very impressive. The keyboard is very nice and I cannot find anything wrong with it except that the functions buttona are very small. The touchpad on this machine does not only perform well but it also looks very cool and original. The machine also features tons of ports like 3 USB ports, two Infrared, one Modem - RJ-11, one RJ-45 LAN, one Express Card and one notebook expansion port 3 etc.

Performance
This is laptop features excellent performance for such a small machine. The thx1000 comes with a AMD Turion X2 TL-60 Dual core processor and Nvidia Go 6150 video card. The laptop performs excellent even with Vista installed and you won’t have any problems with lag. You also get 1GB RAM but if you are going with Vista you better order 2GB. We did a test in PCMark05 and got the score of 3065 points (very nice for such a portable laptop). However as you might have guessed this is not a gaming machine and you will not be able to run many games on this little guy, so if gaming is your passion you better stay away from this laptop. However this laptop works excellent for everyone else, even a businessman.

Conclusion
This might be a very acceptable student laptop with all its features are light weight. The laptop is overall solid and offers good performance for the price.

Pros
+ Cool design
+ Reasonable cost
+ Many connection facilities

Cons
- The screen could have been better
- Little bit flex in some of the parts
- Weak battery life

Value For Money

Our Rating