Windows Vista and Tablet PCs… Part II
A few weeks ago, I replaced my Gateway Tablet PC under Best Buy’s extended warranty no-lemon policy. In exchange for that computer, I got one of HP’s newest tablets, the TouchSmart tx2-1025dx. My initial impression is actually really good. I’ve never really liked Vista, but on this PC it just works. Granted, this is a really powerful PC. It’s got 4GB of RAM, 320GB of HD and a decent AMD dual core 64-bit processor. This said, the integration of touch into the operating system is great. This machine has multitouch technology on the display. Basically, it’s like a big iPhone/iPod Touch running Windows Vista. This is all really well integrated into Vista.
This PC has nTrig’s latest capacitive and active digitizer where you can use both your fingers and a electrostatic pen. The pen is quite good. My only complaint about the pen is the lack of an eraser, but I’ve heard that one’s in development. The touch screen is also really good. I find myself using the touch screen pretty often. Heck, I find myself in tablet mode far more often than I did with the old PC.
All in all, I’m really impressed. This could very well become my primary PC, especially, if it becomes my notebook.