HP TouchSmart tm2t-2100 12.1″ CTO Notebook (1.33 GHz Intel Core i5-470UM Processor, 4 GB RAM, 500 GB Hard Drive, Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit)
- Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-470UM (1.33GHz, 3MB L3Cache) +512MB ATI Mobility Radeon(TM) HD 5450 [HDMI, VGA]
- Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit
- 500GB 7200RPM Hard Drive with HP ProtectSmart Hard Drive Protection/4GB DDR3 System Memory
- 12.1″ diagonal High Definition HP BrightView LED Touchscreen (1280 x 800)/HP TrueVision Webcam and FingerPrint Reader (on the show)
HP TouchSmart tm2t Notebook PC/ Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-470UM (1.33GHz, 3MB L3Cache) +512MB ATI Mobility Radeon(TM) HD 5450 [HDMI, VGA] /12.1″ diagonal High Definition HP BrightView LED Touchscreen (1280×800)/4GB DDR3 Memory/6 Cell Lithium Ion Battery (standard) – Up to 6 hours of battery life/HP TrueVision Webcam and FingerPrint Reader (on the show)/ 802.11b/g/n WLAN
List Price: $ 1,109.99
Price: $ 1,499.99
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A Frustrating Mix of Brilliant & Abominable,
I’ve now had my TM2T for a small over a week, perhaps not enough time for the fairest of reviews, but as a seasoned power-user who uses his laptop everyday for 3 hours during his commute (and small more over the weekend), I reckon my point of view will be honestly relevant for interested readers.
Let me start off by saying that I was looking for a powerful, but portable laptop that would also support touch and stylus. My profile would best be described by the work I do: programming with Visual Studio (keyboard), composing with Office 2010 (keyboard), browsing the Web and reading documents (both touch), occasionally taking notes or charting out an thought with a stylus, occasionally editing pictures (stylus)). There were only a few tablets on the market that I was willing to consider. The Asus was my favorite except for the limited hard drive and the detached keyboard. The Acer sounds promising, but they need a model with Intel – I’m not buying another AMD in this lifetime.
So as a semi-satisfied owner of a TX1000 for 3.5 years (3 stars), I finally gave in to a TM2T. (Keep in mind that because of this lineage, comparisons between the two will be inevitable.)
After 3.5 years of technological innovation, it’s not unfair to assume that an equivalent laptop would get better in every respect, and get crammed with new features in addition to the ancient ones. Not so with the TM2T. With their new version, HP skimped in more ways than one can imagine. Here’s the list of missing hardware in TM2T (compared to TX1000):
1. DVD drive
2. Media Center remote control
3. ExpressCard
4. Fax modem
And all this impoverishment at an increased price (I paid around 850 and change for my Tx1000 in 2007, while I paid 950 and change for the TM2T with i5/ATI/500GB/4GB)! For those who believe that the inflation has not touched technology, reckon again.
It does soften the blow somewhat with the addition of the capacitive touch screen and the active digitizer. But it doesn’t clarify why – in this age of technological embellishment – one would remove features from the next model. Fax and remote, I can know (although I used them both frequently enough), but I can’t know removing the DVD drive or the ExpressCard expansion slot. The laptop’s the same size and weight as the Tx1000! So what happened with all that free space, HP?
OK, so while they skimped on the aforesaid items, I did get the Webcam and the fingerprint reader (neither of which present any use to me, but might prove helpful to others).
Onto the features, then. I’ll just go with the cliched “The Excellent, The Terrible, The Hideous” format. Here goes…
The Excellent.
1. Touchscreen/Stylus: Wacom active digitizer with pressure sensitivity is awesome. If you are a casual artist, it’s a dream come right. If not, it’s still just plain cool (kids like it). The handwriting recognition is pretty incredible – W7 seems to have improved upon it back from Vista and XP Tablet PC. Writing with the active stylus is so much better than the passive stylus of the TX1000. If you’re a note-taker, you should thank God for this blessing – there’s probably no other machine in town that can do what this can (the ASUS tablet would, but excellent luck getting 500 gigs on SSD, or trying to type on the train with a detached BT keyboard). Keep in mind that if you’re not used to the “hovering effect” of the active stylus, you could land into some undesirable situations. Touch is extremely responsive most of the times, but does lag/stutter a small when just converting from keyboard. The soft keyboard is now meant for touch (unlike in Vista, where it only meant for a stylus), which is fantastic for typing in “tablet mode.” The laptop can easily be used as a tablet, though at 4 lb and change, you can’t be hoping to hold it in one hand for prolonged use (unless you’re a professional athlete, preferably a defensive end). Windows 7 and Office 2010 are more touch-friendly than Vista or Office 2007. I did have to increase my font size to 110% in order to enlarge everything just a teensy bit.
2. Processor: Irrespective of what zealots and fanboys (or detractors) say, Intel is far superior to AMD. Question someone who suffered thru 3.5 years of the 64-bit Turion in the TX1000. The i5 is a breath of fresh air. Spiffy and quick, and runs cool. What more could you want? Oh, and if you’re a guy in your 30s, looking to have kids at some point, there is no danger of exposure to extended periods of heat. Not something that could be guaranteed of my microwave (I mean, the TX1000).
3. Screen: It’s glossy as some of the others have complained, but it doesn’t bother me – I know what I was getting into at the outset. Show is crisp. Colors do appear washed out unless you’re staring at the screen at 90 degrees. Again, as a laptop user there’s no excuse not to be staring straight at it. If this is not…
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|Not worth the money,
I bought TM2T from HP about 5 months back with exact same specification as this product (i5-470UM) and using it since then, but thought of writing a review about this product now because I want to save fellow buyer’s money.
If you start using this product then here are some of the things you will notice:
Fist some excellent stuff about it
1. Excellent battery life.
2. Sound is loud and clear.
3. Small enough to place the laptop in ladies handbag, (we did it once when our flight carry-in bag is over weight).
Now here is the terrible part
1. It’s heavy: If you are thinking about holding this tablet in one hand and writing on it with other hand then forget it. Even though you managed to lift it with one hand you can’t hold it long because it’s thick.
2. Poor chassis design: Even if you want to use it as a standard laptop you can’t, because the wait of the base is not distributed evenly and it makes the screen fall back if the screen is tilted just beyond 90 degree.
3. The touchpad is really annoying; the left and right buttons are embodied in touchpad itself. When you try to click on something the mouse pointer will be somewhere else because the mouse button itself is part of touchpad. And the buttons are very hard to click. And there are no scrolls on the touchpad that you find at the right and bottom edges of the touchpad in other laptops.
4. The integrated camera didn’t integrate well with any of the application on the computer, it didn’t work with Yahoo messenger, didn’t work with Touch Smart software this computer comes with. It says other program is already using it, I don’t know which program is using it.
5. The wireless adaptor looses the internet connection very often and you need to run the network distress shoot often.
6. The tough screen response and feel is far far away from iPod/iPhone.
7. Screen is glossy, what that means are you can see your own image while watching movie on it.
I’m using IBM/Lenovo Thinkpads from last 6 years and I have a T61 at my home and using it from last 3 and half years. And it still runs fantastic. I thought I would replace it with HP TM2t. But after using TM2t I changed my plot, TM2t can’t replace the T61. I’m using my T61 as primary laptop now. I fold TM2t and kept it in the basement and looking for a buyer and replace it with standard laptop.
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|Fantastic computer, pray you don’t have to deal with customer service,
I know I did not buy this item from Amazon but I felt the need to write a review for anyone contemplating getting this item. First of all, this computer is absolutely fantastic. I like the aluminum casing and the ease with which it works.
If you have to call customer service though…be prepared. I bought my Touchsmart TM2T and my Pavillion DV7T-3100 notebook from [..] and they questioned if I even owned the HP products. I told the lady that I was logged into my account on hp.com looking at my order information and reading it off straight from their site. Her response was that that was not possible since the information wasn’t coming up in their system. I’ve had so many poor interactions with HP that I will never be purchasing a computer from them again just because of their lack of Customer Service skills.
Fantastic tablet if you don’t need customer service at all.
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