Ichabods7 wrote:

Also, keep in mind that the 120GB hard drive is the largest hard drive available for this computer, which has been a major pain. Most of my classmates and I have filled our hard drive within our first year with notes, documents, etc... If anyone knows where I can get a larger capacity one PM me, I'll buy one today!

Western Digital makes (or made) a 250gb PATA 2.5" hard drive. I installed one in an older (~6 years old) IBM ThinkPad without a problem. However if this system does not come with the system restore disks (I don't see any indication if it does or not) you may need to image the old drive over to the new one, and then re-partition.

I bought my HD from Microcenter (http://microcenter.com/single_product_results.phtml?product_id=0289519) they have it listed for $80. There are likely other places that still have it as well. AFAIK that is the largest capacity 2.5" PATA drive made.

I've had one for about 8 months and many parts have broken (I am notoriously hard on computers). I also have a 4400TC and it has lasted much longer. I would buy an additional warranty, since this one began to fall apart quickly.

DarkDrag0n wrote:That's very unlikely if not impossible. The average word/text document is under 50K. Even pdf's with hundreds of pages or documents with pictures are usually under 10 MB. Even if you took hundreds of pages of notes every day for a year, it would be well under 1 GB, let alone 120 GB.

Our lectures are podcast, therefore we save them as mp4 files. I didn't want to have to go into details, but you can imagine with over 675 hours of lecture on video, plus 2500 powerpoint slides every 4 weeks, on top of some 10 E-textbooks (check out Robbins Pathology, its a good read) hard drive space has become limited. It's not as simple as store it on an external and wipe the documents. Step 1 boards require 2 years of backstudying to prepare for it and mobility is a must (I can't be wiring up to my portable external to check on year 1 notes all the time). I have to choose whether to have some data on the go, or have all the data and have to dangle a portable external HD from it daily. I'm semi hosed.

lparsons42 wrote:Western Digital makes (or made) a 250gb PATA 2.5" hard drive. I installed one in an older (~6 years old) IBM ThinkPad without a problem. However if this system does not come with the system restore disks (I don't see any indication if it does or not) you may need to image the old drive over to the new one, and then re-partition.

I bought my HD from Microcenter (http://microcenter.com/single_product_results.phtml?product_id=0289519) they have it listed for $80. There are likely other places that still have it as well. AFAIK that is the largest capacity 2.5" PATA drive made.

The hard drive in these are 1.8 inch PATA's, not the 2.5's. Toshiba made a 240GB version back in 2008, but I haven't been able to find one for purchase. Thanks for offering up a suggestion. I'll try anything at this point, would a 2.5 HDD fit?

http://sdd.toshiba.com/main.aspx?Path=StorageSolutions/1.8-inchHardDiskDrives/MKxx31GAxSeries/MKxx31GAxSpecs

So, just wondering: if there's no optical drive, what good is a DVD with the OS?

what good is a DVD of the OS if there's no optical drive?

shooger wrote:EVERYONE qualifies for the Windows 7 upgrade...

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows7/products/home?os=nonwin7 ...

That statement simply is not true, nor is it stated at the web address you provided.

if "want" was "SPIDERS! GET THEM OFF!", then i would want this

onlysublime wrote:netbooks have CPUs that are the speed of PIII's! you can't run stuff like Photoshop on a netbook.

This is hilarious considering that Photoshop predates the Pentium (1) by over 3 years. Photoshop was already up to version 5.5 by the time the Pentium III shipped, and runs amazingly well on a top end P3.

Is there any way to not "have to" use the stylus? For example if I want to use this notebook in tablet mode to view pictures and want to go to the next picture: Can I do this without having to pull the stylus out and click "next"?

sparr wrote:This is hilarious considering that Photoshop predates the Pentium (1) by over 3 years. Photoshop was already up to version 5.5 by the time the Pentium III shipped, and runs amazingly well on a top end P3.

tell me how well Photoshop CS3 or CS4 runs on the netbook and get back to me.

Looks to me like the door on the RV opens the wrong way. If someone opens that door while moving 55 mph, the wind will rip it off.(LOL)

deiter1977 wrote:what good is a DVD of the OS if there's no optical drive?

Isn't it possible to transfer the DVD, to a flash drive?

billjeffclinton wrote:And if you want to install that Vista Business (or other included discs), you'll have to get an external drive as the post points out, there isn't one installed. I agree, I totally don't get that, but that would have been a great companion item over at sellout!

You can probably set up a link to your network and use your desktop/other computer's cd/dvd-rom for the install. I've done this myself several times with my netbook.

Does it come loaded with Microsoft Office of any kind? A word processor, Excel? PowerPoint? OneNote?

Also, what is the return policy?

Niiiice. I love my HP TX1000 series convertible.

I wonder, though, if it gets as unbearably hot as my TX1000 -- too hot to hold comfortably or have it resting on my lap. :-(

Also, "business" seems to mean that it has integrated graphics (not very good/fast for games), and no internal DVD. I wonder how they expect the user to use the XP and Vista Business install discs, lol!

rdnielso wrote:if "want" was "SPIDERS! GET THEM OFF!", then i would want this

I tottally agree.

Ichabods7 wrote:Our lectures are podcast, therefore we save them as mp4 files. I didn't want to have to go into details, but you can imagine with over 675 hours of lecture on video, plus 2500 powerpoint slides every 4 weeks, on top of some 10 E-textbooks (check out Robbins Pathology, its a good read) hard drive space has become limited. It's not as simple as store it on an external and wipe the documents. Step 1 boards require 2 years of backstudying to prepare for it and mobility is a must (I can't be wiring up to my portable external to check on year 1 notes all the time). I have to choose whether to have some data on the go, or have all the data and have to dangle a portable external HD from it daily. I'm semi hosed.

You're going to run into disk issues with any laptop, then.

Honestly, what I would do is buy 8 or 16 gb thumb drives and separate them by month.

You could also try converting the PPTs to PDFs... but that would suck if you had to edit them.

As for the mp4 files... maybe you and a few of your classmates could go rent a server somewhere and keep them there. Heck you could get a webhost here: http://www.siteground.com/

Unlimited* space and unlimited traffic.

* They limit how much of each file you can upload though, but I've never had them enforce it on me.

what would the normal price be?

Ichabods7 wrote:Our lectures are podcast, therefore we save them as mp4 files. I didn't want to have to go into details, but you can imagine with over 675 hours of lecture on video, plus 2500 powerpoint slides every 4 weeks, on top of some 10 E-textbooks (check out Robbins Pathology, its a good read) hard drive space has become limited. It's not as simple as store it on an external and wipe the documents. Step 1 boards require 2 years of backstudying to prepare for it and mobility is a must (I can't be wiring up to my portable external to check on year 1 notes all the time). I have to choose whether to have some data on the go, or have all the data and have to dangle a portable external HD from it daily. I'm semi hosed.

Get a PSP, Ipod or better media player of choice, and load your MP4's onto that. Since most of those players will play MP4s (and are getting into the hundreds of gigs anyway). That way you can always carry it around in your pocket and watch what you need. Year one is on the MPlayer, year Two is on the tablet. ect. That way it acts as a second hard drive, but you can watch the files right off of it.

Just an idea, though certainly not a perfect one... I def. recognize it's flaws.

Edit: A second Idea, you and your buddies convert the MP4s to .fla's. upload them to youtube (or vimeo, metacafe, ect.), and can all access them anytime, anywhere with a internet connection. (similar to the webhost idea above, but free and easy, and highly share-able.)

Look at all the problems with HP Tablet PC's and them overheating and HP is refusing to recall them - BE-WARE !!!

in for 1.

I couldn't help it. I tried but couldn't. My logic was simple: As a student looking to maximize portability in the classroom and business settings, I've been watching netbooks and their prices like a hawk. I was settling around an Asus EeePC 10.1" model...but the weak, Celeron-like performance of those systems has kept me thinking about waiting for as much as a year for the new CPUs and Ion-based chipsets. I had gotten to the point where I was planning to buy one now...then another in 12 months or so (and giving away the old one) when the hardware improved meaningfully. That would have been about $700 invested into netbooks over the course of 12 months. then I saw today's Woot.

My conclusions:

-It has a full-featured processor that I know can run my Adobe apps.

-It can hold 2x the ram of a netbook. The importance of 4GB for Vista/7 can't be understated.

-It will run the CPU-intensive applications that today's Atom processors can't handle without help or a prayer (HD Hulu videos, 1080p videos).

-12" of screen is significantly better than 10".

-The "HD" screen on this HP is significantly better than the standard 1024x600 we typically find on netbooks. Netbook with a comparable display AND loadout (Bluetooth, big hdd, big battery, etc.) typically runs into the $550-$650 range. Bobo-style.

-It will do all the things that a netbook can do faster and smoother...and it will be able to multitask thanks to better components overall.

-This product will last longer than the 2 netbooks I would have bought over the next year or so.

-The battery life is right around where it need it to be, and through undervolting the CPU, I can probably get another 30-40 minutes out of it.

-It gives me what I've been wanting for a long time: a touch screen/tablet.

How could I not? Thanks Woot! This is my first purchase from you.

lparsons42 wrote:Western Digital makes (or made) a 250gb PATA 2.5" hard drive. I installed one in an older (~6 years old) IBM ThinkPad without a problem. However if this system does not come with the system restore disks (I don't see any indication if it does or not) you may need to image the old drive over to the new one, and then re-partition.

I bought my HD from Microcenter (http://microcenter.com/single_product_results.phtml?product_id=0289519) they have it listed for $80. There are likely other places that still have it as well. AFAIK that is the largest capacity 2.5" PATA drive made.

These are not 2.5" drives. They are 1.8" drives. They are not microSATA either.. they are ZIFF like the old Ipods. The drives are also difficult to replace. I ahve had to do 22 of them in the last 2 weeks.

Ichabods7 wrote:The hard drive in these are 1.8 inch PATA's, not the 2.5's. Toshiba made a 240GB version back in 2008, but I haven't been able to find one for purchase. Thanks for offering up a suggestion. I'll try anything at this point, would a 2.5 HDD fit?

http://sdd.toshiba.com/main.aspx?Path=StorageSolutions/1.8-inchHardDiskDrives/MKxx31GAxSeries/MKxx31GAxSpecs

a 2.5" drive will not fit at all in this unit. the 1.8" drives barely fit.

JeffySmith wrote:Look at all the problems with HP Tablet PC's and them overheating and HP is refusing to recall them - BE-WARE !!!

Do you have any links to proof of this? Cause that would help.

Just an observation, but it's probably not a good idea to show the 'recovery screen' when trying to sell a laptop. Just my two cents.

thehbcrew wrote:these still have probelm coming out of sleep mode?

Yep, they sure do. I work for a large multispecialty healthcare group and we rolled these out to some of our providers who went live on our EMR last year. Docking issues, sleep mode issues, sometimes they don't like to load when you turn them on. My own tablets hard drive had to be replaced 3 months after I got mine. I've only seen a couple hinges break, due to forcing it the wrong way. Not having a mouse pad is my biggest frustration, I can't stand that little eraser thing in the middle. They are fairly light in comparison to the ones we had previously (I believe the TC4400). We're testing new ones. If these were being sold as "refurbished", I would have guessed that they were all ours we sent back. lol.

Um,...
never mind.

Hey Everyone,

Urgent question. I ordered 2 (or thought I ordered two) laptops... One for me and one for my supervisor at my job.

Now, I need to know the best way to get a second laptop. I emailed them about the issue, but I don't want the laptops to sell out by the time they get back to me.

Should I just open up another account to place an order? Or is there a way to edit the order in which I don't notice.

Thanks,
Brian

bpichman wrote:Hey Everyone,

Urgent question. I ordered 2 (or thought I ordered two) laptops... One for me and one for my supervisor at my job.

Now, I need to know the best way to get a second laptop. I emailed them about the issue, but I don't want the laptops to sell out by the time they get back to me.

Should I just open up another account to place an order? Or is there a way to edit the order in which I don't notice.

Thanks,
Brian

just e-mail them, they're pretty quick
besides, doesnt look like this will sell out tonight anyway

AlekiAlonuko wrote:just e-mail them, they're pretty quick
besides, doesnt look like this will sell out tonight anyway

alright. I'm wiggin out on this. But I suppose your right. Resale value is only 800 bucks from my vendor anyway.

Thanks! and I hope you are correct

PhattChance wrote:what would the normal price be?

From my vendor, he said about 800/850 *depending on markup*

i think its pretty cool design for and air mattress

Ichabods7 wrote:
Also, keep in mind that the 120GB hard drive is the largest hard drive available for this computer, which has been a major pain. Most of my classmates and I have filled our hard drive within our first year with notes, documents, etc... If anyone knows where I can get a larger capacity one PM me, I'll buy one today!

http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=Property&Subcategory=380&Description=&Type=&N=2010150380+1035907889&srchInDesc=&MinPrice=&MaxPrice=&PropertyCodeValue=359%3A7889&PropertyCodeValue=3097%3A33643&PropertyCodeValue=3097%3A21217&PropertyCodeValue=3097%3A40008&PropertyCodeValue=3097%3A22571&PropertyCodeValue=3097%3A40009&PropertyCodeValue=3097%3A29183

thehbcrew wrote:these still have probelm coming out of sleep mode?

Never had an issue with hibernate or suspend.

idrivea911 wrote:http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=Property&Subcategory=380&Description=&Type=&N=2010150380+1035907889&srchInDesc=&MinPrice=&MaxPrice=&PropertyCodeValue=359%3A7889&PropertyCodeValue=3097%3A33643&PropertyCodeValue=3097%3A21217&PropertyCodeValue=3097%3A40008&PropertyCodeValue=3097%3A22571&PropertyCodeValue=3097%3A40009&PropertyCodeValue=3097%3A29183

This doesn't use a 2.5" hard drive, it uses a 1.8" hard drive. All the drives in your link will not fit in this tablet.

pumbaa57 wrote:Having owned one, I will say this: when you first get it, you have all of these ingenious ways you will utilize the tablet... and then after using it for a week, the cool factor kinda wears off, and it proves to be not that useful.

I still use mine for design + painting + drawing... but last time I did that was three months ago :P

It's been almost five days, has anyone's 2710P shipped yet?

dougpaw57 wrote:It's been almost five days, has anyone's 2710P shipped yet?

haha nope. i was about to ask the same thing myself!

yeah mine doesn't say shipped yet either. I'm getting impatient! I wanna play with my new fun gizmo.