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HP TouchSmart Laptop with AMD Turion™ X2 RM-72 Dual-Core Mobile Processor
Model: tx2-1025dx
SKU: 9168189
UPC: 884420737070
Equipped with a 12.1" swivel touch screen, Wireless-N networking for high-speed Web navigation and a built-in webcam for video chatting, this laptop delivers cutting-edge multimedia control in a compact space. This model meets our Professional Series criteriaShop all products in our Small Business CenterWindows Vista Ultimate 64-bit with SP1 preloaded Which Windows Vista edition is right for you? Compare. Free Windows 7 upgrade.Learn more.Learn more about LightScribe technology.
Average Customer Rating:
3.8
out of 5
(79 Reviews) 79
Rating Snapshot 79 reviews
5 stars
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4 stars
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3 stars
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Customer Reviews for HP TouchSmart Laptop with AMD Turion™ X2 RM-72 Dual-Core Mobile Processor
Review 1 for HP TouchSmart Laptop with AMD Turion™ X2 RM-72 Dual-Core Mobile Processor
Cool Buy
Customer Rating
3.0
Posted by: Husnah
from Bloomfield Hills, MI
on 07/18/2009
Value for Price
3.0
Display
3.0
Performance
3.0
Convenience
3.0
What's great about it: Touchscreen, swivel feature, fingerprint reader, portability
What's not so great: Touchscreen , poor battery life, loud fan, overheating
The touch-screen and fingerprint reader were both pluses. I really like the fact that the screen swivels on its hinges so that it can be used as a pad. I was only annoyed by the touchscreen feature since my fingerprints would end up all over the screen. The battery life isn't that good, and the computer tends to overheat, a common problem for HPs and Compaqs (Compaq is owned by HP). Other than that, the computer is decent for a price, however, one could make a better investment by purchasing a computer which does not tend to overheat, or make a loud whirring noise because of its fan.
No, I would not recommend this to a friend.
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Review 2 for HP TouchSmart Laptop with AMD Turion™ X2 RM-72 Dual-Core Mobile Processor
Its a pretty good laptop
Customer Rating
4.0
Posted by: robogeek
from Inverness, IL
on 07/16/2009
Value for Price
4.0
Display
4.0
Performance
4.0
Convenience
4.0
What's great about it: Ultra Portable, great touchscreen, swivel screen, wireless-N
What's not so great: short battery life, fragile, and kinda dlow
It is my first laptop and it is pretty good. It is kinda slow at times and the battery sucks. It is a good laptop.
I would recommend this to a friend!
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Review 3 for HP TouchSmart Laptop with AMD Turion™ X2 RM-72 Dual-Core Mobile Processor
veary worth it
Customer Rating
5.0
Value for Price
4.0
Display
5.0
Performance
5.0
Convenience
4.0
What's great about it: the turnig of the screen
What's not so great: nothing
veary good product its worth the money maybe evan more i already recomend this to my freind and he bought one for each family member plus some kids in africa he a doner to other places
I would recommend this to a friend!
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Review 4 for HP TouchSmart Laptop with AMD Turion™ X2 RM-72 Dual-Core Mobile Processor
Not too bad but not too great!!!
Customer Rating
3.0
Posted by: mkcat78
from DC
on 07/14/2009
Value for Price
3.0
Display
3.0
Performance
3.0
Convenience
3.0
What's great about it: Touch Screen
What's not so great: Over heats with a LOUD fan!
The computer serves its purpose for the price; but I have to say that I had higher expectations for it!
What I like about it is the rotating screen and the touch feature; also the size, even though smaller than I expected but it kindda grows on you. I also like the thumb identity sign in, even though it gets annoying after a while because it doesn't always read your thumb very well, but still, I think it's a cool feature to have :o)
The things I hate are that it is slow most of the time; it over heats and the fan is ALWAYS on and always LOUD. Also, sometimes when I rotate the screen back to the stand up position the screen stays positioned on the rotated screen, upside down that is; sometimes even when I turn the thing on! Also because it is a touch screen the screen smudges very easy blurring the words behind it...
Do I regret buying it? Not really! Would have I bought it then knowing what I know now? Probably not!
No, I would not recommend this to a friend.
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Review 5 for HP TouchSmart Laptop with AMD Turion™ X2 RM-72 Dual-Core Mobile Processor
Good for the money
Customer Rating
4.0
Posted by: Nitsuj3333
from Bakersfield
on 07/09/2009
What's great about it: Touch feature, battery life
What's not so great: The stylus cord
The computer overall was worth the money, the touch feature was confusing at first, but easy after a few minutes... Really good battery life too... A negative to the computer is the stylus cord hanging out everywhere... If it got caught on something it has a good chance of breaking.,, but again, all in all it is a good buy and should last a long while.
I would recommend this to a friend!
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Review 6 for HP TouchSmart Laptop with AMD Turion™ X2 RM-72 Dual-Core Mobile Processor
Great touch-screen tablet
Customer Rating
5.0
Posted by: Geomal
from Brooklyn, NY
on 07/08/2009
Value for Price
5.0
Display
5.0
Performance
5.0
Convenience
4.0
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What's great about it: Excellent features and functions great
What's not so great: Short battery life, a little smaller than I wanted
The HP tablet has great features and functions very well. I would recommend it to anyone who wants all the features and functionality of a touchscreen tablet.
I would recommend this to a friend!
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Review 7 for HP TouchSmart Laptop with AMD Turion™ X2 RM-72 Dual-Core Mobile Processor
Great TabletPC for the Price
Customer Rating
4.0
Posted by: VinnyC18
from Cleveland, OH
on 07/08/2009
Value for Price
4.0
Display
3.0
Performance
3.0
Convenience
4.0
What's great about it: Tablet features, touchscreen, fingerprint login ability, good looks, web cam
What's not so great: Screen and finish smudge easily, runs hot, incorrect default orientation in tablet mode
I like this tablet pc overall. It isn't too bad giving what I paid for it, $769.99. I like the pen and touch features...the reason I bought this. I've had a Toshiba Tecra m4 tablet pc before. The motherboard and other things went out on it 8 times, but I had the in home extended warranty so I wasn't too worried. I absolutely, positively love the fingerprint recognition and the ability to login using that.
Sure this tabletpc runs hot, but every laptop I've had has run hot. I've had at least 5 laptops and 2 tablets so far. They all run hot. The performance on this one is so-so. However, I expected that to be so. It is just my spare computer for playing around, reading, and when my main computer is being reconfigured. I have a self-built desktop that runs well for my heavy-duty programming stuff.
I think this tablet is a fairly capable machine overall if you want to browse the internet, play "light" games, read e-books, email, office documents, etc. I wouldn't rely on it for heavy processing though. Plus, I get the Windows 7 Ultimate for free when it comes out. I've already submitted my claim to hp.
I would recommend this to a friend!
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Review 8 for HP TouchSmart Laptop with AMD Turion™ X2 RM-72 Dual-Core Mobile Processor
Cool Computer
Customer Rating
4.0
Posted by: CameraFinatic
from Jacksonville,Florida
on 06/30/2009
Value for Price
3.0
Display
4.0
Performance
4.0
Convenience
5.0
What's great about it: Touchscreen, Small size
What's not so great: Price
I bought this computer because my friend had one and I thought the touchscreen was really neat...I have had this computer for a few weeks now and it has been pretty good...it is really fun to use this computer to play games and even doing school work...the price could be a bit lower because it just is an average computer with a touch screen...it isnt super fast and it doesnt do things other computers cant...but still it is a nice computer and I am enjoying it!
I would recommend this to a friend!
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Review 9 for HP TouchSmart Laptop with AMD Turion™ X2 RM-72 Dual-Core Mobile Processor
very very bad machine
Customer Rating
1.0
Value for Price
3.0
Display
5.0
Performance
1.0
Convenience
5.0
What's great about it: size, tablet
What's not so great: performance, reliability
I got this computer one week ago after the previous model tx 1219us unexpectedly suddenly died after 2 years of heavy use. I was not sure about HP again but I like the tablet function therefore I desided to give a try. It was a major mistake. In just few days it started to have minor problems and 1 week later it didn't start at all. I don't trust HP anymore.
No, I would not recommend this to a friend.
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Review 10 for HP TouchSmart Laptop with AMD Turion™ X2 RM-72 Dual-Core Mobile Processor
Really Good
Customer Rating
5.0
Posted by: tmac470
from Hamtramck,Mi
on 06/22/2009
Value for Price
3.0
Display
4.0
Performance
5.0
Convenience
3.0
What's great about it: It's portable,has a good camera,accurate
What's not so great: scratches easily on screen
It is a good laptop. It has great graphic. I'm buying my son one.
I would recommend this to a friend!
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Review 11 for HP TouchSmart Laptop with AMD Turion™ X2 RM-72 Dual-Core Mobile Processor
BEST LAPTOP EVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Customer Rating
5.0
Posted by: Sadjinator
from North Carolina
on 06/21/2009
Value for Price
5.0
Display
5.0
Performance
5.0
Convenience
5.0
What's great about it: EVERYTHING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
What's not so great: NOTHING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I've been looking for this laptop for quite sometime now. I compared the Best Buy configurations and the price everywhere. You can't beat it!!!!! This computer is fast and as an iPhone owner, the touchscreen is pretty darn good too. The laptop does get warm after a little while, but which laptop doesn't. This is the best laptop ever!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I would recommend this to a friend!
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Review 12 for HP TouchSmart Laptop with AMD Turion™ X2 RM-72 Dual-Core Mobile Processor
Bad Laptop-Never buy an HP tablet PC
Customer Rating
1.0
Value for Price
1.0
Display
1.0
Performance
1.0
Convenience
1.0
What's great about it: Nothing
What's not so great: Can become extremely slow, overheating
Seems like HP is scamming the customers with this tablet PC. Multiple customers have had issues with the tablet PC where the display just turns blank and you need to either replace the motherboard or motherboard & display. My first laptop to die in just 13 months of operation. I am going with either a Toshiba or a Gateway. Atleast you don't overpay.
No, I would not recommend this to a friend.
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Review 13 for HP TouchSmart Laptop with AMD Turion™ X2 RM-72 Dual-Core Mobile Processor
Great Machine For The Price!
Customer Rating
4.0
Value for Price
5.0
Display
3.0
Performance
4.0
Convenience
5.0
What's great about it: Price, Performance, Touchscreen
What's not so great: BLOATWARE!!!!! image quality.
At only $829.99 this little laptop gives a lot of bang for the buck! Removing all of the bloatware that comes pre-installed is a must but once done you are left with a pretty fast machine. I did this at www.pcdecrapifier.com but there are others that will do the job just as well. The touchscreen is accurate, very useful and lots of fun! The only downside to the touchscreen is in image quality. The touchscreen overlay "shimmers". The effect is most noticeable when viewing white or bright colored images and takes a little getting used to. For me it's a worthwhile tradeoff. If you're looking for heavy multimedia use I would look elsewhere but I highly recommend it for anyone looking for a small, powerful work machine at a reasonable price.
I would recommend this to a friend!
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Review 14 for HP TouchSmart Laptop with AMD Turion™ X2 RM-72 Dual-Core Mobile Processor
good laptop
Customer Rating
4.0
Value for Price
3.0
Display
4.0
Performance
5.0
Convenience
5.0
What's great about it: i love the speed and the fingerprint identification.
What's not so great: the price
i love the speed,the fingerprint identification and the professional software..
I would recommend this to a friend!
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Review 15 for HP TouchSmart Laptop with AMD Turion™ X2 RM-72 Dual-Core Mobile Processor
good concept...needs alot of improvement
Customer Rating
2.0
Posted by: m1055
from chicago il
on 06/15/2009
Value for Price
5.0
Display
3.0
Performance
3.0
Convenience
5.0
What's great about it: touchscreen, mobility
What's not so great: mouse was moving iradiclly by itself
i bought this laptop and i had it for 2 days, it was working fine, then the mouse started moving by itself..it was doing that on and off..but i didnt want to take a chance keeping it..since bestbuy have a 14day return policy. and they charge 15% restocking fee.. so i waited till it started acting up, and i took it back to the store..
No, I would not recommend this to a friend.
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Review 16 for HP TouchSmart Laptop with AMD Turion™ X2 RM-72 Dual-Core Mobile Processor
Nice Machine
Customer Rating
4.0
Posted by: Bmer
from Deltona, FL
on 06/08/2009
Value for Price
4.0
Display
4.0
Performance
4.0
Convenience
3.0
What's great about it: Decent Price, Good hardware
What's not so great: Flimsy Plastic casing, Finger Print Magnet
When I first powered on this machine I was shown how much all the pre-installed non-sense can really bogg down a machine.
After using a free utility (http://www.pcdecrapifier.com/) I removed all the unwanted software that I knew I would not use. I've also make a couple of tweaks to the machine, disabled unnecessary start up items, disabled unused services, switched Windows to boot using both cpu's. After all was done, I updated all the drivers & bios, also updated to Vista SP2, the computer runs beautifully! I've used the Windows utility to shrink the Hard drive so that I could install Windows 7 on a 2nd partition, runs great on this device. PS. Be sure to Defrag the Hard drive and use Disk CLeanup after all these steps.
My only problems/concerns are that after two weeks of use the "G" key popped off the keyboard. It was an easy repair. Other than that I always feel like I am going to break the hinge to the 180 degree rotating screen. Made of cheap plastic.
I would recommend this to a friend!
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Review 17 for HP TouchSmart Laptop with AMD Turion™ X2 RM-72 Dual-Core Mobile Processor
Nice Laptop
Customer Rating
5.0
Posted by: Azad
from LA
on 06/06/2009
Value for Price
4.0
Display
4.0
Performance
5.0
Convenience
5.0
What's great about it: Picture and sound quality
What's not so great: price
It's very good laptom and easy functionable use. price should be more reasoable. Out looking is nice.
I would recommend this to a friend!
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Review 18 for HP TouchSmart Laptop with AMD Turion™ X2 RM-72 Dual-Core Mobile Processor
Average computer with great features
Customer Rating
4.0
Posted by: montaukmeetme
from Peoria, Il
on 06/03/2009
Value for Price
5.0
Display
4.0
Performance
3.0
Convenience
5.0
What's great about it: The touch screen, good price for tablet, games that come with it
What's not so great: microphone, short battery life, performance
I just got this computer two days ago and I'm already completely hooked on it. The ease of use is really nice, although the performance speed is a little lackluster. I knew the performance speed wasnt going to be the best going in so I had no large disapointments. The computer itself cam with a lot of free software that didn't require additional purchase. The build of the computer itself is a little on the cheep side but I can look past that because of the features that came with it.
I would recommend this to a friend!
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Review 19 for HP TouchSmart Laptop with AMD Turion™ X2 RM-72 Dual-Core Mobile Processor
Above Average!
Customer Rating
4.0
Posted by: phhsjay
from Parsippany, NJ
on 06/01/2009
Value for Price
4.0
Display
4.0
Performance
4.0
Convenience
4.0
What's great about it: Touchscreen capabilities and tablet mode
What's not so great: Very slow start up
I believe that you would be able to appreciate it more, if you are into gadgets because this laptop has a lot to offer. The product is small and compact. It is heavier than it looks. Many would say that it is not that heavy, but I have had laptops this size before and this is heavier than most 12 inch laptops. The fan is not that noisy compared to other 12 inch laptops that is also well compact. It only becomes fairly noisy when you run programs that requires more work for the laptop; like games and stuff like that. Also, I love that it can be either a laptop or a tablet and you either use the pen provided or your fingers to navigate around through the preinstalled softwares or the web. I also think that you're getting some of your money's worth because this runs on Windows Vista Ultimate; considering that would cost in the market around $300 for the software and $200 for the upgrade alone. Although, the laptop does boot up very slow, but it can be fixed through uninstalling unwanted startup programs (in theory). I'm still exploring the laptop because it is just a couple days old and I cannot wait for the 1 year mark because many owners said that the laptop would experience some hardware malfunctions after reaching a year. I would suggest that you buy this laptop around later this year, if it still available, because HP might release newer models that are improved in all areas.
I would recommend this to a friend!
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Review 20 for HP TouchSmart Laptop with AMD Turion™ X2 RM-72 Dual-Core Mobile Processor
best tablet
Customer Rating
3.0
Posted by: burblad64
from ny
on 06/01/2009
Value for Price
2.0
Display
3.0
Performance
3.0
Convenience
5.0
What's great about it: fun
What's not so great: slow sometimes
its a nice computer but it can get slow sometimes. and it can freeze up sometimes when using flash drives.
I would recommend this to a friend!
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