HP Compaq 2710p tablet previewed

TabletPCReview got their hands on the HP Compaq 2710p tablet PC recently, and have given their first impressions of the unit: in a sentence, it's not very well featured, but it is well designed and has decent performance. In a little more detail, the review mentions that the hinge component allows very little wobble of the -- grainy but bold -- widescreen, the pen is made out of decent plastic, and the 2710p "did great" performance wise. We have a little inkling that "great" is only great in the context of other tablet PCs, but if that's what the competition is, who's complaining?

[Chuckles McGee @ Jul 22nd 2007 5:40PM]

Hah! "Inkling" in the context of tablet pcs. You guys are so punny.

[kyle allen @ Jul 22nd 2007 6:47PM]

it has a Track point!!!!

[linuxamp @ Jul 22nd 2007 7:25PM]

Trackpoints suck. Even with a touchscreen they should have used a touchpad. Now give me a multi-touch tablet and I'd be impressed.

[Vinay @ Jul 22nd 2007 11:57PM]

If you take some time to practise on the trackpoint, you won't go back to the slide-lift finger-slide again routine of a touchpad.

[nintendo fanboy hater @ Jul 22nd 2007 7:54PM]

u might not have to wait more than a few years for that linuxamp.

[John @ Jul 22nd 2007 8:39PM]

Didn't look like very impressive specs for that price... my Fujitsu T4220 cost less than that a 2.2gHz processor, 160gb harddrive, and best of all, a touchpad.

[Vinay @ Jul 22nd 2007 11:59PM]

I'm really considering getting myself a Gateway E 295.

2.2 GHZ, 2 GB RAM, 128 mb dedicated graphics card.

The deal is too sweet for approx. $1700 US.

The only thing I am worried about is Gateway's build-quality. Anyone with any info on it?

[Vinay @ Jul 23rd 2007 12:25AM]

Oh, the graphics card on the Gateway machine is 128 MB dedicated + 128 MB shared.

7200 RPM 80 GB hard-disk included with the price mentioned above.

[steve @ Jul 23rd 2007 11:43AM]

Lacks an SSD option