Hello,

I was curious to know your thoughts about how this tablet PC matches up with the tx2500z series. I bought the 2500 series today and will be receiving it shortly in the mail, but I’m starting to think I may have been hasty in my decision.

How is this for reading
PDF’s and ebooks in potrait mode? Thanks in advance. sd

This tablet works well with Ubuntu Hardy (after a few tweaks, most issues are fixed with recent updates) Suspend works well. graphics, 3D seems good in many areas. It feels like a super charged TC1100, I don’t really miss the hybrid form factor, but wish HP hadn’t dropped it cold. If you use Ubuntu with it please share your experiences on the Ubuntu Laptop Testing Team Wiki:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/LaptopTestingTeam/HP2710p_Hardy

Beau, the 2710p will serve as a very nice notebook but it is going to be a lot slower than the laptop you have now. If you need the Tablet PC functionality then the 2710p will be a nice gadget for you.

Hi
I am a yr10 student and I use my currnet laptop witch is a 2.6ghz core2 duo asus with 4gb of ram and it is a quick computer but it is way to heavy to use for day to day use, would i be disapointed with with the 1.2ghz cpu out of the hp 2710p as a laptop that i would be typing and brousing the web all day?
thank you for your reviews.

This is my work unit.
I have had mine for about 6 months now and I love it! I got it with Vista preinstalled. I later reformatted it with Vista 64 since I added 4GB to it. Unfortunately, I’m still not a Vista fan. Currently, I’m dual booting Ubuntu 8.04 and XP. With “most” of my apps running in either Wine or CrossOver, I’m probably not far from dumping the XP partition altogether.

The fast sleep and wake features are definitely in the hardware. Regardless of Vista, XP, or Linux, it is just fast! IMO, it runs the fastest with Linux due to the stream-lined OS that it can be. About zero-to-desktop in about 90 seconds!

If you want linux on this, check out http://gentoo-wiki.com/HARDWARE_HP_Compaq_2710p

I have it just few days and I am almost desperate from it – there is a high pitched noise from left side of notebook which is almost inaudible in BIOS but as soon as it start in graphic mode (Windows) it intensify. It’s definitely nothing what you can hear when you listen music or work between other computers but once you are in a quit room you can hear it and it is annoying. Did someone experienced the some modem-like noise (which isn’t from modem, speaker, fan, nor hard disk) from this tablet or it is just faulty one? Thanks for your comment.

Great review, and continued responses…
I have a question that does not seem to be addressed anywhere.

I know Wacom is responsible for the inking solution on this model and I have just gotten a Wacom Intuos3 drawing tablet and it is great…

Have you tried an art application on your 2710p that changes the brush thickness based on the tablet pressure sensitivity? If not, is there anyway you could try out something? Maybe like: Corel Painter X? Thanks!

I have also noticed the scrollbar issue on the right hand side of the screen. This has also been noted by Pam B. Does anybody else have this experience? Is there a solution?

Dear James,
I’ve seen and played around with the hp 2710p, the pen is great, better than the tc1100 that my friend has (i think), and everything you’ve mentioned from all your posts, i’ve tried it all… the 2710p is g-r-e-a-t. However, a little thing bugs me (i cant help being a perfectionist), exactly how much does the keyboard light exend? The one i played around with at my local dealer only popped out about 2-3mm…to me that didn’t seem enough to illuminate the keyboard. i was expecting it to pop out at least 5mm given the thickness of the screen (or is it just my imagination)?
Thanks a lot

Dear James,

I have just purchased a 2710p. Have had it for 2 days, but I’ve noticed something odd and wonder if you have had the same experience– drift of the pen when pointing or writing very near the right side of the screen. About 1/2 inch from the screen’s bezel, the pen drifts very much to the right of where I point. It makes using the scroll bars of any application while in portrait mode difficult.

I’m wondering whether I need to return this one to HP for an exchange.

Thanks for any feedback on your experience.

James…

Your photos of the 2710 next to the Apple thin mint got me thinking again of just how happy you seem to have been with the HP. I’m getting tempted again. One big pro would be finally moving to Vista (since you say it’s very Vista friendly) and getting the Vista handwriting improvements. A big downside for me is that it’s a trackstick, and I’m a touchpad person. But I could live with it.

The defining question, I guess, which I haven’t seen mentioned anywhere, is the microphone; namely, is it any good for speech recognition in tablet mode? I can’t imagine using a tablet without Naturally Speaking, and I’ve been very wary ever since Toshiba placed their duplex mikes on the *front* of the keyboard, where no sound could get to them in tablet mode. Have you used the mike much? Do you know anyone who’s used it for speech recognition?

Thanks, as always

Steve

The docking station does not have a battery. I use the slim battery with it however. The 2710p is active digitizer only, not a touch screen.

Ive had my eye on Sony’s Vaio SZ laptop model, but it wasnt until i stumbled upon HP’s 2710p tablet, and now i’ve become obsessed with getting my hands on one. however, im a little confused about the 2 accessories that come with the 2710p. Does the docking station have a battery as well or is it just a platform? Also, is the 2710 a touch screen? Thank you for your valuable review.