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
5. HP tx200z Ports and Connections, Part 2
Flipping around again to get a rear view, the massive eight-cell battery dominates at the rear center. The rest of what’s there (from left to right) is: fan vents (left of battery), an RJ-11 modem jack, two more USB 2.0 ports and a notebook lock attachment at the far right.
A look at the bottom of the unit shows where all the user-accessible hatches are. At the left, you see the bottom deck undisturbed with all hatch covers in place; to the right, you see the following devices or stickers exposed (clockwise from upper left quadrant): both of the 200-pin DDR2-667 2-GB SO-DIMMs, access to the LAN module, the Windows Vista Ultimate and HP product stickers and the Wireless LAN module (right) and hard disk (left). HP has done a very nice job of making components that users might want to upgrade or replace reasonably accessible here.
The bottom of the tx2000z includes three access hatches that provide easy access to numerous system components for repair, replacement or upgrade.
The overall layout and accessibility of the tx2000z is intuitive, though we found the unit a little unwieldy when using two or more USB ports, especially when we hooked up an external monitor to see how the picture looked on a larger screen (a little grainy, as you’d expect from a midrange GPU, even though the 6150 handles up to 1920x1200 resolution). Nevertheless, the tx2000z has a sufficient and workable number of ports and connectors that are reasonably well-situated given the small amount of "edge space" available to them on this notebook PC.
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this post seems seriously outdated...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--