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Joined: 05/10/2009
Hi Guys and Gals. I'm very excited about soon getting my first tablet. I currently am using a Dell XPS M1330 (Intel Core 2 DUO T-9300 2.5Ghz, 4 Gigs RAM, nVidia 8400m GS, Vista Ultimate 64-bit). I don't play games but I do run VMware to run multiple OS's for school projects. I'm a student at ITT-Tech. I am looking at a tx2-1025dx model from Best Buy for a mere $829.99. BUT, is this a current model, i.e. a tx2z? I know from playing with the display model at the store it has that infamous "grainy" screen. I think I can deal with the screen if it is a current model and if it can run VMware with or without virtualization on for just $830. The people at Best Buy would not allow me to reboot the machine and check the BIOS to see if a virtualization option is there like with my Dell. I think virtualization may be an Intel only option. I have not had an AMD CPU since the good ol' days of the K6-2 :) I checked with HP.com and I can build a tx2z with a better CPU (ZM-85 2.4Ghz w/2 megs of cache) and bluetooth option for just under 1K. From reading other post I might can get lucky and get a glossy screen going that route. Is it worth spending the extra couple hundred bucks online and waiting vs the deal at Best Buy? Here is a link to the Best Buy model...
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?skuId=9168189&type=product&id=1218041998718