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Yes.. I know I said I WASN'T updating this week, but I'm stubborn. My Tablet PC is giving me a LOT of problems (Do NOT buy an HP TX2000) and has for awhile. It melted itself last summer and is working its way there right now, although I AM going to take it in and have it looked at as soon as the people I contacted contact me back with information on when I can take it in for them to look at. I'm HOPING that the only thing wrong with it is that it needs to have things soldered back onto the motherboard. (It tends to melt the soldering on the WiFi, then other parts of the motherboard, which is causing the biggest issues... after the heat). I ran across a temporary and simple fix - yeah.. run it on POWER SAVER ... 9.9 So I got this nice tablet that is not to be used to the fullness of its design because some brilliant person at HP decided to put a falty nvidia graphics card in it that has the potential to EXPLODE.. yet there isn't a recall ... (I did a LOT of researching to find something I could do to make it so that I could work and use it.)
I'm not done with HP, because every machine in my apartment is HP and they all work fine, other than being a little old... like that 7 year old laptop that keeps plugging along without a single issue. I have been reading the reviews on the current (fixed) version of my tablet, because I suddenly realized, wait.. if I get a Cintiq, I won't have anything to carry WITH me when I leave the apartment... I wasn't actually carrying the TX2 a lot until a few months ago when I got over my fear of dropping it and visualizing it shattering into millions of pieces. :D The new version is the HP TM2, which runs cool... and costs around $700 depending on what new coupons there are. (Someday, I DO want that 12" Cintiq, but it costs so much more). Don't particularly want to lug around the 10 lb Pavillion laptop that I set up for Kim to use. :D I'm hoping it's going to be in the shipment of tablets that Best Buy told me they're getting in on the 15th. They also mentioned ASUS and I want to see some tablets now that people are starting to use them more. I'm so happy that they are ... why yes, thank you Apple, and that's the only thank you, you'll see from me! The glory of the tablet is for all to experience! (With a stylus, not your fingers... *shudder* I hate touching smooth hard surfaces with my fingers, it irritates them after awhile.)
So plan is - now that my current Tablet is useable, use it on the power saver setting, which isn't giving me any noticeable issues with Manga Studio, get it looked at and hopefully fixed for as little as possible - save up for new Tablet PC in the interim.
I SHOULD be recovering my pace soon.
- Tiff
5 thoughts on “11/10/2010”
V4Voracious
Ah, yes, the inevitable laptop overheating issues. My acer laptop does that ever since I put in a beefed up graphics card and processor. Have to admit, though, the problems on that tablet are … kinda sad for a company like hp, who I admit has made some very well done systems. I have also had my share of hp laptop meltdowns, with my Presario 2100 AMD system (still works, but runs super hot, and yes I have resoldiered on a few power plugs on this and its HP sister system). I can say this, they do seem to last longer than the DELL systems when pushed. I have a stack of DELL laptops a bit newer, and they are dying slow deaths on hardwares. Just keep it cool with a USB chill pad, there’s an ebay seller that makes ’em for $18 or so. Get the ones with fans the blow up instead of down. It works wonders on breakfast baking hot laptops 😉
Tiff
It’s been permanently sitting on a $10 rocketfish fan – which surprisingly is more efficient than the $30 one I tried when they went on sale. It blows up. 🙂
Yeah, do a search for hp tx2000 complaints and marvel at the numbers. 😀 Like I said, I have a 7 year old laptop (A 14 inch widescreen that’s heavy! that this thing replaced… and that one’s still going along nicely without a cooling pad and being used by a 7 year old.
I’m definitely not done with HP. I’ve been happy with the other machines we’ve had over the years and am reluctant to try a different brand (other than ASUS… I’m a bit sold on ASUS as being a good company, but they don’t make anything at the moment that I can really use. 😉
hariman
I wonder… Is Cilke going to a party soon? Or is this just one of the randomly better dresses/outfits that she has? Or will we have to wait and see because it’s a surprise?
SWIM
Wow, she is GORGEOUS! Very, very nice!
Leetah
This is from the house of a computer geek with too much time on his hands..
We currently have 3 desktop computers, only two in use, and about 4 1/2 laptops of various models. (2 Toshiba, 1 IBM, 1 HP and i’m not sure what the 1/2 one is since i rarely even see it) So far i’m liking my Toshiba not sure exactly what models they are but the one i’m using at the moment has a 17in screen 250gig hard drive and 4 gig of memory and i’ve had little to no problems with it (other than when my husband puts some program on it to ‘help it run better’ and doesn’t tell me). they run about $350 to $700. (got mine at walmart for about $460 looking them up now its over $800)
I also have a 12″ Cintiq. (used my $8000 new home owner tax rebate money to get it) it’s great for working on art and such but it isn’t something i see as being able to pack around with you. At least not easily, especially since its bigger than my 17″ laptop and has twice as many cords to go with it. (two to the computer/laptop, one to the power supply and one to the cintiq itself). and they tell you not to unplug any cords unless everything is turned completely off.. but i like it and it works good with Manga Studio.
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