kombolcha Posted April 26, 2004 Share Posted April 26, 2004 Price: orginally purchased ~$2,000 (including DVD/CD-RW and dock) (Y)'s XP tablet PC editon (comes with windows journal and other bundled software) Transmeta Processor @ 1Ghz (232 MB ram) light weight adjustable swiviling keyboard. easy to fold and unfold. (the monitor still holds it's position after 2 years of abuse.) Nvidia 16MB Geforce 2 Go video card. 30 GB Hard drive stero speaker, 2 usb ports, eathernet, telephone line, and external VGA. built in wireless antenna @ 11mbps compact flash and PCMCIA slot depending on how you want to hold the tablet, the screen adjusts to the position you are holding it. you can use the pen as a mouse. (N)'s i never had a problem with this computer. nothing on the hardware side has ever failed me nor the software side. but the using the pen is a little tricky and takes a lot of patiantce, you're better off using mouse that's on the keyboard. Other: this is a very handy tablet PC and i've always enjoyed using it. now it's found its place in the living room of our house. which is what i'm using to post this review right now. the battery had failed to charge anymore, but it's 2 years old so i expected it to die. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheLegendOfMart Posted April 26, 2004 Share Posted April 26, 2004 very nice ive seen these on 24. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LispyGlitter2 Posted April 26, 2004 Share Posted April 26, 2004 :uberhump: When i get enough money, that's exactly what I want to get! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kombolcha Posted April 26, 2004 Author Share Posted April 26, 2004 :uberhump: When i get enough money, that's exactly what I want to get! :yes: you will love it, this is an excellent piece of hardware and i don't say that a lot about compaq Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iain Posted April 26, 2004 Share Posted April 26, 2004 Looks amazing!!! Good review (Y) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eversor Posted April 26, 2004 Share Posted April 26, 2004 I looked into buying one of these... but the screen seems so awful small and i don't find a shop where i can take an actual look at it to go and try it out myself Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomwarren Veteran Posted April 26, 2004 Veteran Share Posted April 26, 2004 I've always wanted to get this particular Tablet PC. The DVD drives are external right? I remember thinking about bidding for one on ebay but if they don't come with a CD drive then you're pretty screwed if you want to re-install etc which i'd definitely want to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iain Posted April 26, 2004 Share Posted April 26, 2004 Good point that creamhackered. Glad I didnt buy a JVC Mini-Note now! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kombolcha Posted April 26, 2004 Author Share Posted April 26, 2004 I've always wanted to get this particular Tablet PC. The DVD drives are external right?I remember thinking about bidding for one on ebay but if they don't come with a CD drive then you're pretty screwed if you want to re-install etc which i'd definitely want to. :yes: the drive is external. i dont know what the different choices are now, but ours is a DVD and a CD-RW combo.. i don't know the exact speeds though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hurmoth Posted April 26, 2004 Share Posted April 26, 2004 Wow! Compaq finally released something that looks very nice :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomwarren Veteran Posted April 26, 2004 Veteran Share Posted April 26, 2004 :yes: the drive is external. i dont know what the different choices are now, but ours is a DVD and a CD-RW combo.. i don't know the exact speeds though Are they expensive to purchase on their own? As far as I know they're pretty over priced for external drives. Can you use any old external drive hooked up to the parallel port/usb port? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrian Posted April 26, 2004 Share Posted April 26, 2004 Those look very nice, I'd certainly purchase on if I had the money :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dougkinzinger Posted April 26, 2004 Share Posted April 26, 2004 How much? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iain Posted April 26, 2004 Share Posted April 26, 2004 Is that the Transmeta Crusoe processor? How does it perform? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kombolcha Posted April 26, 2004 Author Share Posted April 26, 2004 (edited) @ cream. i've never tried a 3rd party external drive, but the one that does come with the compaq (uknown price, came w/ it bundled) it's USB, but it also has a little .. just look at the picture :laugh: @ doug. 2 years ago it was $2,000 w/ the external drive. @ pulse. yup it's the transmeta, you guys have to read the review. it's 1 Ghz, i guess it performes well, i've never used a 1ghz computer w/ a different processor. it's a little slow sometimes, but i think that's because of the memory (232 MB).. it is a tablet pc, so 1Ghz is excellent. edit.. forgot the pics. see that little hole next to the usb port? thats where you plug in the external drive. the drive is somewhere in the closet, to lazy to get it out. more pics. http://www.venezian.net/images/tablet1.JPG http://www.venezian.net/images/tablet2.JPG http://www.venezian.net/images/tablet3.JPG Edited April 26, 2004 by Vice King Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iain Posted April 26, 2004 Share Posted April 26, 2004 It looks stunning for a 2 yr old laptop, I must say. What model is it? I was looking at the Sharp with transmeta not long ago. Decided against it though. Didnt like the screen. Was appalling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boomn Posted April 26, 2004 Share Posted April 26, 2004 My college is looking into buying the updated version of these for the next freshman class. They are now branded by HP and have a Pentium M processor, 512 Mb Ram, etc. Sweets stuff. The current price is $1800 - $2200 The IT dept. might even let me demo the new model :ninja: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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