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1280 x 800 Display - 3 GB RAM - 250 GB HDD - DVD-Writer LightScribe - GeForce Go 6150 - Bluetooth - Webcam - Finger Print Reader - Windows Vista Home Premium - MPN: KC468UA

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By member: Former_HP_Customer - Nov 13, 2009

HP TX1420us A Dream Laptop turned Nightmare!

Strengths: I LOVED THIS LAPTOP! but read on

Weakness: As hundreds of other users will attest (esp. on HP's website), the TX1420 (and all Tx1000 series) falls apart, in an almost exact sequence of events, within 16 months time. Effectively out of warranty

$1200.00 + is A LOT to pay for only 1 year's use from a computer.
I bought a TX1420US in march of 2008 and I was extremely happy with this little fun versatile tablet PC and all was well until, 14 months later, all within a 2 week period, the WiFi NIC became undetectable (the NIC was still good) but sometimes come back (twice), then days later the screen would blank out or be replaced by a gradual wash of vertical lines of random color, then it failed to boot, next it booted, now no boot only LEDs lit.
I was crushed, as I am unemployed and can't afford anything (I'm on a desktop Pentium iii --joy...). It was only 2 mos out of warranty! Suspiciously engineered that way? Check on this yourself, there are hundreds of posts regarding these exact symptoms with denials from HP that it's not their fault (paraphrased). HP should recall this item, it is a lemon.

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By member: zjiang - May 2, 2008

A better entry-level tablet

Strengths: Touch screen works well. The price is competitive with 3GB Memory, 250GB harddrive, and 2.3GHz dual-core processor. Quite portable, especially w/ DVD drive installed. Hotkeys for media player.

Weakness: Resolution of LCD is not high enough. No complimentary software for touch screen/stylus application. Not successful in recognizing handwritten English. Protube of battery. No hotkeys for Youtube.

Actually, I used TX1000z before. These two are very similar in most details. And I believe TX1420us is much better in many aspects, except the price and heat.

Let me compare them:

1) Tx1420US comes with more memory space and more hardrive space. Particularly, the 3GB memory makes the performance of Vista Home Premium much better.

2) The integrated webcam make it easy for me to move from bedroom to living room while keeping video chatting

3) I encountered many times with TX1000z that the wireless LAN card stops working for no reason. This has not happened to TX1420us. I guess they switched to another chipset for wireless LAN module.

4) Well, it is somewhat hotter than tx1000z. I guess it is because of the higher frequency of processor.

5) I don't know whether it is because of the battery or still because of the higher processor frequency, I have the impression that it takes longer time to charge an empty battery while the computer is on. I don't have a chance to test the TX1000z's battery.

I am attaching some of the photos I took here. Sorry I can not upload more.