Source: Tom's Guide | Keywords: HP,, Tablet,, tx2000z | Themes: Laptops and Notebooks, Business Notebooks
- 1. HP Gets Serious About Tablet Computing
- 2. The HP tx2000z In Real Life
- 3. Entertainment with the HP tx2000z
- 4. HP tx2000z Ports and Connectors, Part 1
- 5. HP tx200z Ports and Connections, Part 2
4. HP tx2000z Ports and Connectors, Part 1
Let’s take a forced march around the perimeter of the tx2000z, after which we’ll flip it over and examine the underside.
Starting with the left edge (as seen from the front) from left to right you find: the power jack, an ExpressCard slot below and a Ricoh 5-in-1 media card reader above (SD, MMC, MS, MS Pro, xD), with the DVD player/burner taking up the majority of the right edge (HP offers a free upgrade to a LightScribe capable burner).
Turning the unit around, we see the right edge includes the following ports and connectors (again, from left to right) on the bottom deck: USB 2.0, RJ-45 for 10/100/1000 Ethernet, a docking/expansion port, a VGA port, an S-Video connector and fan exhaust slots at the far right. On the top deck, the buttons provide playback controls for media (they would be on the left edge if the unit wasn’t flipped into tablet mode for this picture). From right to left these are: the previous/rewind button, play/pause button, next/fast forward button and the stop button.
Moving to the front edge (left to right) on the bottom deck we see: the power switch with a power indicator light to its immediate right, infrared receiver for remote control, S/PDIF audio out jack, audio out headphone jack, audio in microphone jack, wireless networking on/off switch and wireless networking indicator (blue means some wireless LAN or Bluetooth device is turned on and amber means all wireless devices are turned off).
The front of the tx2000z proffers its connections on the lower deck, mostly beneath the top latch, with power controls and indicators at the left and wireless controls and indicators at the right.
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this post seems seriously outdated... hp has updated the tx2000 series to the tx2500 with the AMD puma platform... the GPU is now an integrated hd3200 no longer the 6150.
I agree. This model isn't even listed on the HP site anymore. I did notice that Office Depot is having drastic reductions in all the older HP notebooks in preparation for the puma models. But they are selling the tx2500z.
Would like to see a review on the differences between the standard Turion and the optional Turion Ultra processors-all available on the tx2500 line (RM vs. ZM-I think). It would be interesting to see now the differences between the Nvidia vs. AMD chipsets though.
Although the Griffin chip has some attributes from Phenom, I don't think the improvements will be readily apparent to us mere mortals. If you're interested, this article: talks about the integrated performance with the 3200 IGP and also has links to reviews of the 2 HP notebooks with the Puma platform (that includes the tx2500z).
oops - inserting the link didn't work. try it here: http://www.notebookreview.com/default.asp?newsID=4478
Wonderful - a review of something that's obsolete!
Perhaps you guys should have reviewed the new HP dv5z series notebook instead. The 15" is already out, with a 14" and 17" model to follow shortly.
Can you get your act together?
^I agree but was trying to be nice. The guys over at notebookreview.com did a short review of the dv5c but it doesn't have the 3450 so no crossfire - just the 3200 IGP. Here's the link: http://www.notebookreview.com/default.asp?newsID=4482. I'm waiting to see the first Fujitsu with a PCIe 2.0 interface and the XGP box.
I'm working on lining up the newer units for review. I cheerfully but abashedly concede this review should have posted in March or April, but I got hung up with some horrible family stuff (you don't want to know). All that said, this unit remains a good buy for those buying on the trailing edge, or for those who--as the other poster pointed out--are looking for bargains.
I have spoken with HP PR about lining up reviews of the models with the newer graphics chipsets and more advanced CPUs, and will do my best to get them out in the next 30-45 days.
My apologies to one and all for the delay in delivery.
--Ed--