Tuesday, September 6, 2011

The HP tx2000z In Real Life

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The tx2000z’s battery life is a mixed bag. We report on MobileMark 2007 battery life results later in this article, but while carrying the notebook around and using it for normal workaday tasks, we usually got around 2–2.5 hours from the four-cell battery (which is no longer available from HP such as Hp n6400 Battery, Hp n6402 Battery, Hp NC6105 Battery, Hp nw8440 Battery, Hp nw9440 Battery, Hp nx5100 Battery, Hp NX6105 Battery, Hp NX6110 Battery, Hp nx6110 Battery, Hp nx6125 Battery, Hp nx8200 Battery, Hp nx8220 Battery), and 3.5-4.0 hours from its bigger eight-cell replacement. When using the notebook exclusively in tablet mode, we noticed a slight improvement in battery life over using it exclusively as a conventional notebook with the keyboard, touch pad and other components active.


The machine works best when you calibrate it for finger touch and pen. If you use your right index finger to calibrate the touch screen, you’d better keep using it to operate the machine thereafter — it’s sensitive to even slight variations in touch. The same thing is true for the pen.


Applications that don’t recognize pen input remain accessible for tablet use with HP’s pop-out virtual keyboard (it lurks at the edge of the display, where a slight touch pops it up for you to use) for input when the tx2000z operates in tablet mode. Though the display is bright and offers plenty of detail, it works best when viewed at less than 30° of angle. Touch-screen or pen input works best, in fact, when you view the screen straight on.


Because the tx2000z is a little smaller than many notebooks, the keyboard is smaller, too. But HP has done a great job with key spacing and placement (though the delete, insert, end and home keys are squeezed into a small area on the top row of keys, along with the rest of the function keys, making these pretty darn small indeed), and the keyboard offers a solid feel, easy touch and key travel. The arrow keys at the lower right also take a little getting used to, but they work nicely.


When working in "normal notebook mode" we found our typing speed didn’t suffer too much when doing normal office work tasks. The touchpad was usable as well, though we quickly opted to use a cordless laser mouse instead. A quick peek at the keyboard layout in the next photo illustrates its strengths and weaknesses effectively.


Zoom The tx2000z keyboard features a nearly full-size notebook keyboard, though function and arrow keys are small and require close attention to use.

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