Typical price: £799
What is it: Multimedia laptop with twisting 12-inch tablet touchscreen
What we think: The tablet functionality makes it marginally more expensive than standard laptops, and it isn't particularly quick, but at least it's affordable
What you need to know
Reviewed on: 6 June 2007
Tags: HP, HP Pavilion TX1020ea, landscape, USB ports, hard drive
We like:
Touch-sensitive screen; twin headphone sockets
We don't like:
Mediocre performance
You might also need:
Extra storage
CNET UK judgement:
The TX1020ea is an unusual beast, but we like its clever twisting screen and its price tag. Our only gripes are that it's rather slow and too heavy to be classed as an ultraportable
Full review:
HP is trying something new -- on one hand the TX1020ea is a Tablet PC, and on the other it's a Media Center laptop. Does this juxtaposition of business-like touchscreen and home-use Media Center work, or is it the digital equivalent of the chocolate hot-air balloon? Continue Reading...
HP Pavilion TX1020ea History
29 Jun 2007 in Reviews
Summer's here, and the holidays beckon. But just because you're leaving for sunnier climes doesn't mean you have to do without your trusty laptop and life's little luxuries, such as Facebook. We've rounded up four of the best portable PCs for taking on the plane
15 May 2007 in Crave
HP Pavilion TX1020ea: Bi-polar media Tablet
What do you get when you combine a boring Tablet PC with an exciting Media Center laptop? One of these, innit
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