An excellent addition to the Tablet PC line
Written: Jun 14 '04 (Updated Jun 14 '04)
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Pros: Perfect size/weight, 32MB nVidia graphics, Easy access to upgrade RAM/HD.
Cons: 1 dead pixel from factory, Average battery life.
The Bottom Line: An excellent addition to the Tablet PC line. If your looking for a tablet to keep long-term with good build quaily and performance, the TC1100 is for you.
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| olanin_justin's Full Review: Hewlett Packard Compaq tc1100 (DQ873A#ABA) Tablet ... |
I bought the TC1100 on ebay for about $1,500 with 1GB RAM and 3 year warranty. A good price at the time.
When taking it out of the factory box for the first time, I noticed the size/weight. It fit perfectly in my hand and not heavy. When I turned it on I was disappointed to to find one dead pixel near the bottom right. I have heard about dead pixels from other users. Otherwise the screen is great. One complaint though, I can swear it has a very small "shier stocking" effect. It doesn’t seem 100% clear, but most people wont notice it. The pen works good, but sometime doesn’t seem to be 100% accurate, but I don’t notice it much and am use to it.
Performance is great considering the cpu and video card. I didn’t run any benchmarks, but have macromedia/adobe/office 2003 installed and all open and run fine (granted I didnt do any big projects in them). I wasn’t planning on installing any games, but I decided to see how Call Of Duty ran. I ran it with all the settings at high and to my supprise it ran smooth! I also have GTA3/Nascar 2003/The Hulk installed, but haven’t had a chance to try them much yet. Tablet PC's are no gaming machines and there not meant to be, but with the large 40GB (for a TPC anyway), I had some extra room, and when docked with the keyboard and AC adapter, hey why not?
I have no complaints about the wireless. I have a Linksys WRT54G in my room and I can connect all through the house and outside. To be honest, I don’t know if I have it running at "g" speeds or "b" speeds. I thought it said a/b/g card, but it might only run a/b. I'll have to look into it. Anyways I surf the net and watch full screen mpeg videos stored on another computer with no bandwidth problems.
Battery life is ok. I think I got about an hour and half per charge, but that’s average I guess.
Overall im glad I bought this. This is my second Tablet, the first being a Vision V800XPT ($500 used, $900 new). The Vision is geared more for home users and the TC1100 is more for business users. Im not using the TC1100 for business use, I chose it for build quality, performance, and access to RAM/HD.
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