Any reviews for HP Pavilion tx1000?

Does anyone has reviews for HP Pavilion tx1000 - Tablet PC
I want to know is turion processor better or centrino, I have heard turion eats up more battery.
and it has 512 * 2 KB cache .. how much effect will it have on performance?
Thanks in advance!

 

um centrino what? centrino pentium m, core duo or core 2 duo?

and turion what? turion or turion X2?

but simply put intel's cpus perform better and have better battery saving abilities

 

I was talknig about core 2 duo, is this better than Turion 64*2?

Configuration of tx1000 series
Processor, operating system and memory
Processor type
tx1016AU: AMD Turion™ 64 X2 Dual-Core Mobile Technology TL-60
• 2.0 GHz, Level 2 cache 1 MB, Up to 1600 MHz system bus running at AC/DC mode 35 Watt
tx1003AU: AMD Turion™ 64 X2 Mobile Technology TL-52
• 1.6 GHz, Level 2 cache 1 MB, Up to 1600 MHz system bus running at AC/DC mode 35 Watt
Operating system installed
Genuine Windows Vista™ Home Premium
Standard memory
tx1003AU: 1024 MB
tx1016AU: 2 GB
Memory type
tx1016AU: DDR2 667 MHz
Memory layout
tx1016AU: (2 x 1 GB)
tx1003AU: (2 x 512 MB)
Maximum memory
Supports up to 2 GB DDR2 memory
Internal drives
Internal hard disk drive
tx1003AU: 120 GB
tx1016AU: 160 GB
Hard disk controller
SATA Hard Disk Drive
Hard disk drive speed
5400 rpm
Optical drive type
Lightscribe Super Multi DVD Writer (+/-R +/-RW) with Double Layer support
System features
Memory card device
tx1003AU: 5-in-1 integrated Digital Media Reader for Secure Digital cards, MultiMedia cards, Memory Stick, Memory Stick Pro, or xD Picture cards
tx1016AU: 5-in-1 integrated Digital Media Reader for xD, Secure Digital cards, MultiMedia cards, Memory Stick, Memory Stick Pro
Modem
High speed 56K modem
Network interface
Integrated 10/100/1000 Gigabit Ethernet LAN
Wireless technologies
802.11 a/b/g WLAN
Wireless capability
Integrated Bluetooth
External I/O ports
1 VGA port; 3 USB 2.0 ports; 1 RJ 11; 1 RJ 45; S-video TV out; 1 Microphone-in; Stereo headphone with SPDIF, Additional headphone jack, Expansion Port for xb3000, 2 Consumer IR
Expansion slots
One ExpressCard/34 slot
Display size
tx1003AU: 12.1" WXGA High-Definition HP BrightView Wide Touchscreen Display
tx1016AU: 12.1” WXGA High-Definition HP BrightView Widescreen Display with Integrated Touch-screen (Pen input optimized)
Display resolution
1280 x 800
Video adapter
NVIDIA® GeForce™ Go 6150
Video RAM
Up to 128 MB shared video memory
Control panel
HP QuickPlay media player software and its dedicated menu controls, music and DVD buttons
Internal audio
3D Sound Blaster Pro compatible sound 16 bit integrated
Speakers and microphone
Altec Lansing® speakers
Keyboard
Next Generation 12-inch Compact Keyboard
Pointing device
Touch Pad with On/Off button and 2-way scroll with 8 Quick Launch Buttons
Power supply type
65 W AC Power Adapter
Webcam
HP Pavilion WebCam with Integrated Microphone
Dimensions / weight / warranty
Weight
2kg - may vary, depending on configuration and components
Dimensions (W x D x H)
30.6 cm (W) x 22.4 cm (L) x 3.13 cm - 3.87 cm (H)
Package dimensions (W x D x H)
415 x 164 x 350 mm

 

I would have probably bought it if it came with C2D instead of AMD. Too bad for me they did not have it with C2D so I got the below instead.

 

Review...
http://www.notebookreview.com/default.asp?newsID=3474&review=tx1000

 

C2D is a much better CPU on many terms, it is faster and intel's centrino has always been better at prolonging battery life.

 

It really depends on what you plan on using this for. Turion X2 is fine for most average uses and you will not likely notice any difference unless you are doing some heavy encoding on some such. See the review that Miner posted for a good idea of what this laptop is like.

 

There are lots of pics of this one here:

http://www.gearlive.com/thegallery/category/C31/

I just bought one and I am waiting for it's arrival. I probably would have gone with a better tablet or better video card but as this was for work and I was limited to 1500.00 I figured I would give this a shot. I will post some pics and likes/dislikes when it gets in.

 

Oh yeah... As far as the 2 processors, well, I have been an avid AMD fan for years but mostly because of the gaming performance, the large choice of motherboards and the overall value of the processor. Now that Intel has learned from AMD and put all of it's money and time into a great dual core processor I would agree that the latest C2D outperforms the X2. But the original Core Duo does not.

The Core 2 Duo with 2mb of cache (t5000) outperforms it merely because of the oversized cache not much else. The newest C2D (T7000) blow the X2 away. Once again you have a large (4mb!!!) L2 cache that Intel has finally learned (from AMD maybe ) how to hand data from the L2 cache to the processor. And rather than making a fast processor that has an inclusive cache they have realized that the amount of information that can readily be passed to the processor outperforms the speed that the processor is running at.

The t7000 series has better steppings for powering down the processor as well which makes for a battery friendly notebook. The biggest thing Intel has going for them as far as notbooks are concerned is that they typically make the chipset and the processor that goes into the notebook. For this reason the Intel notebooks usually perform slightly better than the AMD's (except for intels integrated graphics which have gotten better but tend to be bottom of the barrel). If you are looking for a desktop replacement notebook it might be another story.

Overall though, I think at this point Intel has it made. I did buy the HP tx1000 with the AMD X2 2gig processor though. Will I really notice the difference of webpages loading faster? Typing my emails quicker and (if I was to game on this thing....doubt it) the 5 or 6 frame rates per second that I might gain on the higher end processor? I don't know if I will ever notice that much difference. Not on a notebook.

I think the biggest difference you can make with your notebook is setting it up for what you use it for. Reloading the OS without all the garbageware, using programs to undervolt the processor to save on battery life, making sure that the programs that run in the system tray are the ones you use. That makes the biggest difference.

I can't tell you how many people's computers I have fixed that had 3-4,000$ machines that ran like crap because of the spyware and junk they had installed on their machines.

I think Lappyhappy's nailed it. It all depends on what you use it for.

 

Same here. The C2D is so much better than the AMD chip

 

According to the reviews the C2D blows the AMD Tx2 in every performance except for some gaming softwares.

 

C2D owns Turion and so will Centrino Pro