HP Pavilion tx2500z, I wanted to love this..

Overall Rating2.332.332.332.332.33

I wanted to love this tablet but it really let me down…

PROS:
- Its the least expensive tablet on the market
- Removable DVD Drive with Bay Cover
- Very nice keyboard
- Looks great

CONS:
- Short battery life (2.5 hours)
- Touchpad lacks horizontal scroll
- Super high-gloss screen is a pain in 80% of lighting conditions
- Comes pre-loaded with so much bloat-ware that it renders the computer unusable until you install your own OS
- Too heavy
- Its cheap for a reason–mine has been sent in for repair twice in 6 months

I really wanted to love this tablet. It was my first tablet and I had been looking forward to it for a while. Unfortunately I’ve been let down. After 3 months of ownership the RAM failed and I had to send it in for repair. After 6 months of ownership the tablet began making high-pitched digital noises, the SD card reader broke, and 1 of the quicklaunch buttons stopped illuminating. After getting it back from repair the second time, I posted it to eBay.

This laptop is really too heavy to be comfortably used as a tablet. It is impossible to use standing up, holding in the left hand and writing with the right. Your left wrist will quickly become exhausted.

As I said above, this comes loaded with so much proprietary software (bloat ware) that the computer is literally unusable. I reformatted the harddrive and installed Windows 7 beta and the laptop worked so fast that it was like an entirely new machine.

For the price, this tablet is unbeatable. Problem is that it is cheap for a reason. It is poorly made, it will break, it is a power hog with bad battery life. If you’re looking for mobility, get a netbook. If you really must have a tablet, buy something slightly more expensive from a better company and save yourself a hot of headache in the long run.

PS. HP customer support has been very responsive and useful. I have no quarrels with them–just with their products.

Update (5/20/2012): This item is currently on sale here for the lowest price I’ve seen. I also found some auctions for this item here.

The featured review for this product, HP Pavilion tx2500z 12.1″ High, Vista Home Premium Personal Computers, was written by P. Meyer.

The average rating for this item is 2.3 out of 5 stars, according to 3 reviews.

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Reviews (3)

P. Meyer

February 3rd, 2010 at 12:42 am    


Overall Rating22222

I wanted to love this tablet but it really let me down…
Rated 2 stars.


M. A. Banuelos

February 4th, 2010 at 12:33 am    


Overall Rating11111

do not buy
I bought this laptop in 2008. Esthetically, it’s beautiful, glossy. The swivel screen is great, especially when travelling in tight airplane seats. However, after only a year I’ve had to reformat the hard drive once, I’ve lost icons to programs and have lost all wi-fi access. The computer does not recognize there is even a wireless card installed. Even the regular ethernet port is inaccessible at times. The worst part, is that HP has horrible customer service and they do not recognize the problems. It comes down to a terrible design flaw that makes its pieces incompatible with one another. The motherboard can be replaced, but eventually the computer will have the same problems. The pieces such as the wireless card and motherboard are perfectly fine. It’s the way this computer and their pavilion laptop line have been designed and built that is defected. Even if you get an extended warranty, it will not make a difference because your computer will crash. No amount of repairs will fix it. I think HP has done something incredibly unethical for continuing to put these models out on the market knowing they have inherent problems. DO NOT BUY!!! It’s one of the most affordable for a reason- it sucks!


Cara Antonelli

March 12th, 2010 at 6:23 am    


Overall Rating44444

TX200z Review
I have wanted to buy a tablet pc for a long time now, and I did some serious research before making this purchase - and I’m glad I did. It’s wacom penabled, which is a must for any artist, as well as being within a normal consumer/starving artist budget. All other tablet pcs were over $1000 which was just out of my budget.
There are a few things that I could live without however. The battery life is about 2 hours when running on high performance, which is nearly essential if you want to use it in tablet mode. The pen is delayed, but not enough to affect my artwork in a negative way. Sometimes when converting into slate mode the screen does not switch, and requires a restart. The processor runs very hot, but I usually use my laptop while wearing pants so its never uncomfortable. I can run firefox and Photoshop simultaneously with very little lag but if the processor gets hot it will slow down. All in all a great product for the price, with a few minor problems but the savings makes it worth it.


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