HP Compaq 2710p Tablet PC Review. HP wins The Admin over!
Thanks to the good people at HP, I have been playing with reviewing the HP Compaq 2710p Tablet PC (MSRP 1,599). It was my first real experience with a tablet and I loved every second of it.
Don’t get me wrong I have played with them before but, I have not used one as my main machine for an extended period of time. I was excited opening that pretty yellow HP Benson box.
First one and then another.
But when I did unwrap the 2710p – Surprise, surprise she was perfect.
Similar weight and form factor to the little guy, 12 inch 1200 x 800 resolution
But the similarities end there, as any transformer lover will get a kick out of changing her from tablet to laptop and then from Landscape view to portrait – and back again. To get your converting on all you need to do is swivel the screen and lock it into place. It is really easy to use and kind of fun.
Tell me they didn’t grab the best of the best from the industry and put it in this bad boy.You should see the looks i get on the train using it as a big e-book. Combine that with my new Jay-Z look and all eyes on me. I don’t know that is necessarily a good thing on the trains of New York City…
My wife loves this tablet thing (as she calls it) and wants to hang it on the refrigerator full time. It took me a little while to get used to using a stylus to browse the web work but I got over it pretty quickly. The processor is a Intel Core 2 Duo ULV Processor U7700 (1.33 GHz, 2 MB L2 cache, 533 MHz FSB, so don’t think you will be doing video processing or auto cad rendering on it quickly but for our day to day activities she seems to fit right in.
(The poor Dell X1 is collecting dust and will soon find his way back to eBay where he came from. Sorry little guy it’s been real.)
Better yet Wifey was surfing on this thing outside on our balcony and in front of the crib with the baby. We were fighting for time on it. I tried to push the ultra portable on her but she wasn’t having it. Her exact words were:
The ultra bright screen just seems to work outside no more squinting or guessing what you are clicking on.
So after a lot of long hard thoughts on the matter I am feeling it enough to buy one Yes. We will be getting one for our household and after all this time of being a Dell fan boy… HP has swayed me away from the dark side.
Last year alone I must have bought between my day job, consulting and recommending to friends around 1.3 million dollars in servers and various other hardware from Dell.
Guess what I am going to be recommending from now on? Go ahead guess…
That’s right I’m not getting a dell… I’m upgrading to an HP!
In all fairness preparing for this piece we went back to follow up with Dell on a previously requested a Latitude XT Tablet. We were hoping to to compare the two but have been waiting over 4 months.
My guess is Dell figured they can’t compete or they don’t like AtA anymore… Whatever, we don’t really care.
Hey HP can I keep her? I promise I will give her a good home! Well at least the Wifey will unless we wind up getting two… Wouldn’t you want the Admin promoting your brand when he is on site?? :)
What’s that honey? You want yours in green? We will have to see about that one!
Stay tuned for our review of the ultra portable kiddies!
