Um dude most of those problems are false I dont get why people keep saying over heating and fan noise. Note ONLY the TX2 1000 series has over heating and fan noise All Model series above the 1000 do not have those problems and the TX2 you want to buy is a 1300 series model. There are no Touch Screen Driver Problems unless you had a TX2 with Windows Vista and Upgraded to windows 7.Over heating is what happened in the 1000 series models and so is noisy fan HP fixed those problems in the newer models so those and touch drivers you shouldn't worry sbout unless you decided to use another driver. Go to youtube and search up TX2 gaming it will show a demonstration of Call Of Duty and BattleFeild this is a Tablet PC so you shouldn't expect gaming PC like performance but it has excellent performance on low details if you want desktop like graphics I suggest you hook up your express card slot to a external PCI-E.Its powerful enough to play modern games today since most games require at least 2.00Ghz to run. The TX2 durability depends on what model you have and how you treat and your warranty. As long as you have a warranty I wouldn't worry most of your problems would probably happen the first year. Just make sure HP doesn't send you one with defective hardware , if you get one with defective hardware I sugest you send it back to HP before it damages anything else.

grish said:  It also seems to me that even though they share a very similar model number the ones being made now are not the same machines they were selling at the first of 2009.

Incorrect.  The Tx2z model started shipping before 2009 (November 20, 2008 I believe) and they are still using that exact same hardware to this day in the tx2-1300 line, they just changed the model name.   The TX2-1300 is a TX2-1000, but with Windows 7 as the base config OS instead of vista, nothing else.

*I explained about your incorrect statement in another thread regarding the differences between the 1000 and the 1300 series Daxter, please review before telling people that the 1300 is different as we dont want them having false information. 

The reason that there are more reviews on this than other tablet models is due to the Multitouch features offered (at the time) on only this model and the Dell model.  The dell model though was for business use and quite a bit more expensive because of that (better build quality for the business machines), so this was the only real choice for the majority of consumers to purchase.  Easy to have the most reviews when your the only one to be reviewed practially =)

If your only intent is gaming really, I would suggest looking elsewhere.  This was not designed to be a gaming machine, the touch functionality does not play nice with any sort of FPS, and has a weak graphics card.  There are alot of other options out there that are designed around multimedia and gaming, I would suggest those if that is your goal.  This model can do light gaming if need be, but again, not this units design intent.

Remember that the TM2 should be comming out in the future with what should be a redesigned hardware solution.  No release dates or hard info on exact specs, but its in the pipeline.   If you dont feel like waiting though, this is a really great laptop, have loved mine.

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That is because with the release of Windows 7, these units have gone from hacky/broken touch functionality to an OS intregrated functionality of touch. Vista had no native touch support, Win7 has it built in.

In addition to that, a recent Bios release (F.21) has fixed alot of the heat issues some users were complainging about and controls power and thermal management much better. Combine that with proper drivers now for Win7 and the unit has gone from the clunky craptop it was under vista to a respectable and useful laptop now. You can also follow the undervolting guides and further increase your battery life while lowering your CPU temps greatly to further improve this laptop.

Since the Tx2z-1000 users have had to deal with the vista problems and poor bios power/thermal control, and the 1300 users never had to since it came with those software enhancements off the bat, the 1300 appears to be a whole new model and much better to those who dont check. HP knows that and thats why the 1000 was relabled as the 1300 to get rid of the bad stigma assocaited with the former complaints.

Long story short, recent software/firmware improvements have made this unit a great little laptop using the same hardware that has been in the model for over a year now.

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Strategy games are fine and work well with the multitouch. I play Civ4 on it all the time. Warcraft III isnt a high end game and should run well on it. Starcraft II however probably will not run so well on this unit, but who knows. Could be 2012 when they lauch the damn game, damn blizzard.

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I would doubt LFD2 would run based on its system requirements which this laptop does not meet. (Graphics card)

MINIMUM SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS:
• Operation System: Windows 7 / Vista / XP
• CPU: Pentium 4 3.0GHz
• RAM: Windows XP - 1 GB RAM / Windows Vista - 2GB
• Graphics Card: ATI x800/nVidia 6600 or better; DirectX 9 compatible card w/ 128MB memory; Shader model 2.0
• Hard Drive Space: 7.5 GB of free space
• Sound Device: DirectX 9c compatible sound card

RECOMMENDED SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS:
• Operation System: Windows 7 / Vista / XP
• CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo 2.6 GHz or better
• RAM: Windows XP - 1 GB RAM / Windows Vista - 2GB
• Graphics Card: ATI X1600/nVidia 7600 or better; DirectX 9 compatible card w/ Shader model 3.0
• Hard Drive Space: 7.5 GB of free space
• Sound Device: DirectX 9c compatible sound card

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I'm half tempted to install it just to see how badly it runs on that system. All settings at lowest possible values and still probably getting ~10fps I would guess =s. Tried Aion on this unit at absolutely lowest settings and it was mostly unplayable other than minor tasks within game that didn't require reaction time. Less minimum specs needed for it than LFD2.

Sticking to a real gaming machine, this laptop is for office productivity, easy internet browsing and tablet functions.

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