HP TouchSmart tm2 Video Review - Part Two

[chopsuey1993]

is it only in pink?

[jlaudio1818]

Will this computer/tablet work well with 3d software, zbrush 4?

[nimbleline]

All you have to do to get more more pressure variation in ArtRage is change the settings....

[idontgiveahfuck1]

Does it have ah webcam ,?

[DeepydeepyDeepydeepy]

@idontgiveahfuck1 yes it does , also with a microphone q;

[ipodpreppygirl]

I going to be entering college. This is the tablet i want to get but what worries me is that is the process speed. do u think 1.3 ghz is slow? and the processor intel core i3-380 m?

[AlyssaCoakley]

If there isn't a CD drive, how can you install programs which require using a disc, would you just have to order an external drive or can you just download the programs through the internet?

[AlyssaCoakley]

If there isn't a CD drive, how can you install programs which require using a disc, would you just have to order an external drive or can you just download the programs through the internet?

[naqib1998]

can you tell me where is the cd slot?

[marie282007]

Is the pen pressure possible in HP Touchsmart Txt2?

[bnb25]

whats with all the art stuff. that doesn't really give a review of the computer. Not everyone buying this is into doing art. this is no help at all.

[Uyidcle]

@bnb25 Did you look at parts 1 and 3?

[lucky199625]

Did you do this video on a dark room because the screen was very reflective?

[Jojangamer13]

i hope you enjoyed bump top yet how big is the screen bigger than an A4 worksheet or not ?

[fachy1981]

Awesome lady! I will also buy one.

[jimmarn]

I am a Wacom Intuos 3 user, and was likes to be able to draw... Only thing here that I can see be frustrating is drawing while resting the hand on the tablet/display, as this is finger responsive and not just responsive to a pen, isnt it pretty uncomfortable.

I just sat down with my nieses DS and we bought a R4 chip for it, so I put a drawing program homebrew for it and tried it out. To my big surprise it had pressure sensetivity and worked pretty well. Very fun and handy for small sketches.

[NewfiTUBE]

i could say thats what she said atleast 100 times at this video

[doubledouble55]

Does the free version of ArtRage come with the HP touchsmart or do you have to download it somewhere? If you do have to download it, do you know where you can find it?

Thanks. 

[tienhoangvan]

@doubledouble55 : yeah, there is free version on website, download it there, buddy

[lariyy]

Hello!

I was wondering if there´s a manner of using an Nintendo DS Emulator to play with it! It would be awesome!

Has anyone tried something like this?

Thanks a lot!

[hotchalupa]

I just picked up a pair of the new version of the tm2, for my wife and I. It has a Core i5 1.3 ~ 1.86ghz (turbo-boost, which now does on all cores), and an ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5450 (plus the new version of the Intel HD video, still switchable). The machine is a joy to use, and the new processor, video, plus the 7200 RPM drive makes it quite snappy.

A great machine all around, and it compliments my much powerful, but non-portable desktop quite well. Even for 3D gaming. :)

[larry2son]

Can you please give me a list of all of the programs that it comes with? I want to make sure it has everything I need. Thank you :)

[DonPBeast16]

does it come with a cd drive??

[MobileTechReview]

@DonPBeast16 It doesn't have an internal CD drive. You can order an external one when you order the tm2 or if you already have an external CD drive, it will work with it.

[DejectedPanda]

Das madchen ist sehr mannisch. 

[curlmeister22]

does it come with photoshop?

[avalons343]

HP's site claims that this product was discontinued!! what happened?

[TheJacobiphone12405]

AHHHHHHH......im sooooo happy. I ordered this tablet TODAY.....with i5..I CANT WAIT.

[USADominiRican]

Any news on the next gen of this laptop?

[Zoesmama2718]

when i do that it doesnt say it has HULU????:(

[gydeme]

@jaylinburrage2 its 999

[channeljemal]

Should i get this or a iMac

[gydeme]

@channeljemal they are totally different computers...

[channeljemal]

Should i get this or a iMac

[TheJacobiphone12405]

should i get this computer or a mac?

[TadakoXIII]

making strokes on photoshop seem a bit laggy. ha, but then again, i would personally use photoshop7. this is a great review for all those digital artists out there, thank you.

what are the programs that come with a store bought tm2 versus an online bought tm2?

[panteradosmil]

Wich pen are you using?

[panteradosmil]

Wich pen are you using?

[tukky93]

thanks the review was great :3 i will get this to my birthday <3

[inuyasharules131]

If you order CTO from the HP site, it doesnt come with Corel 11 does it? I didnt see and option for it nor PS CS4 in the settings you could add. All i saw was PSE 8.

[rasdasa]

I really appreciate you reviewing the tablet in all of these art programs, it's usually a field sorely neglected when it comes to tablet pcs.

[pelstril]

Where's the cat???

[oztronix]

video too dark...

[entyceit]

how are the quality of photos? i do a lot photography + photoshop and ive been spoiled by my dell IPS monitor.

[roejames12]

I love the transcribe audio. ".. that's the steepest months of but is it going to take a look at it is microsoft's windows and cut which is basically microsoft certification the camera PC's. we're going to take a look at ferguson service glove. this is what his own personal right the really neat west you do need a connection to this was little a little notice downloading the map the over the air and so it's much better than but sinking every single moment. take a look at him just insane"

[iNSeRTCLeVRNaMeHeRe0]

This laptop is soooo amazinggg

I want it soo badd -33

[pascbjumper2]

I'm considering an upgrade to this computer, but the processors have really got me worried. The highest it will support is a mere 1.6 Gigahertz, which is far less then what I've currently got now. How well will this computer perform? It did seem like there was some lag in the video.

[Preetham42]

the touch capabilities don't look that impressive :S

[devilsonlychild]

What if the palm touches the screen or resting on the screen while using the pen. Does that create a problem

[simplychipper]

if you don't get a fingerprint reader does that mean you can't use your fingers on it and only the pen?

[ruben3hoya]

I had to see the full review just to see there's no problem resting your hand while writing with the pen. Good review. ;)

[jessssss624]

Does anyone know if GIMP would work with this?

[CatSpirit3]

@jessssss624

I heard that it is supposed to work with GIMP

[spraser]

I tried this laptop and compared it with the touchsmart desktop today.

and there's one thing that I've noticed about the touchscreen between these 2 models

on the desktop one, It responds really quick as soon i put my finger on the screen that I can flick or do anything interactively

but for this TM2 one , I would have to hold my finger like 0.5 second before I start moving or flick it (you can see it on this video)

is there a way to adjust it to work like the laptop one?

[coolcathh]

can u print this other than an hp printer

[bloomster97]

how come it doesnt have a port for the internet connection?

what can i do?

[jmdodge]

How come you just ignore all the times in the video when the touch screen seems to very apparently be failing to recognize your touch gestures? Shouldn't that be part of the review? The touch screen does not seem very responsive.

[Anayden]

How, exactly does everyone that reviews these electronics get all these electronics?

[TheAlpeXi]

is the eraser function with the back of the pen only in CS4 or do i just need that driver? if its the driver could you PM a link to it to me?

[TheAlpeXi]

just ordered one of these, expecting it to arrive tomorrow.

[TheNdthl]

could someone please tell me if this comes with the ati video card in all tm2s, or if it's only in some of them. on ebay many cheaper ones are listed without the ATI card, but from this review i got the impression that all have the ATI card. wil

[eggfinallap]

Thanks very much for posting this video. I am considering getting a tm2. Anyway I have a question. In 1:55 of this video and onward there seems to be some lag when you draw. (you draw the lines but they don't appear right away) Is this delay dependent on what program you're using to draw and what brush type/size you're using? If so, Would paying for better specs help lessen this effect?

[zhdrocksmysocks006]

great video!

[tigyi]

NOTICE THE DELAYED DRAWING in CS4? if you have the same issue, update photoshop through the Adobe Update. I had the same issue with my tx2517, but it was resolved after the update.

[ColdImpulse]

whats with the light?? too dark

[bryanarriesgado]

how come my tm2 does not do pressure sensitivity in photoshop? how do i set it?

[DimmieAzu]

Go to wacom website and download the driver. Its pretty easy and its worth it.

[TheAlpeXi]

@DimmieAzu what driver should i look for?

[o0Yusuke0o]

the strokes kinda get delay with the movements of the pen

[hen555]

any other tablet or touchscreen laptops that are better than this?

[joskaprdulja]

can you play new games with a procesor 1.3?

or it´s to slow?

[rhstsoccer]

well because the alienware m11x has the same processor (but much better graphics) it depends on the game such as mass effect to left for dead

[Keighsie]

Corel Painter 11 Also doesn't seem to work :(

[Keighsie]

To get the pressure sensitivity to work in Photoshop did you have to install any drivers or do anything special? It is not working in my CS4. Just curious, and thanks :P

[MobileTechReview]

On the quick ship 1070us model, the driver was not preinstalled. On the CTO model, the drive is preview installed. If you have the quick ship model, you will need to install the driver.

[Keighsie]

Do you happen to know which driver to install? The one HP told me to download didn't work (then again, they thought I had an N-Trig even though I told them I had a TM2-1070us :P) Thank you very very much for your reply! You are awesome!

[MegaZed1]

@MobileTechReview Is This Laptop Good My Parents Might Buy It For My Birthday

[TotalDesignZ]

Man, I hope the Wacom Cintiqs are better than this 'cause frankly, this pressure sensitivity seems pretty shitty to me :(

[Donaldalbert]

@TotalDesignZ I agree with you TotalDesignZ I was hoping this machine would be better than what I am seeing. I even notice some lagging. It's a shame though I was hoping I could get something like the Cintiq that's more portable:(

[Keighsie]

It's not laggy like it looks in the video. Photoshop doesn't lag much and hulu lags once every ten minutes barely noticeably (I mean the Hulu program on the computer) I've been very satisfied as far as lag goes, and I was apprehensive after seeing this video too. I used to have a TX2 which had almost 2 times the processor speed too, so it had standards to live up to. I think overall it's a tough race between the two but this has AMAZING screen tilting and super long battery life so I likeit

[Common0ne]

I think that she was too retarded to install any drivers that would make the pressure sensitivity work AT ALL for that matter. It should work a lot better than in this video, very bad example imho. This laptop has 256 different pressure levels which is the same as my Wacom Bamboo tablet and it is supposed 2 b A LOT better than this. So don't be discouraged about what you see from this video. Although the Cintiq has 1024 different pressure levels I honestly dont rlly think u will c a difference.

[andrefantastisk]

This feels verry strange. Photoshop runs like hundred times faster at my tx2500 than on this video above. Is it on power save?

[NLdefqon]

hows this HP tablet whit aps like

sketchbook pro, ZBrush and silo3d ?

have you seen the Acer 1820PTZ ?

can you review that please

[lisag101]

Alias Sketchbook Pro runs great.

[killer54d55]

can this be done on a hp touchsmart desktop?

[MobileTechReview]

The HP TouchSmart desktop doesn't have support for the digital pen, it only has a touch screen.

[dachshund103]

@killer54d55 any of these programs work....... but it recognizing how light ur right isnt gonna happen

[Jaggabone]

you can hear the physical HDD scurrying away at the beginning of the video.

hoping SSD is supported by end user swap because this would fly with one.

[robchaplain]

How does this macine behave when connected to a video projector. I used my previous tablet for teaching. the possibiliteis, for classes, were endless when I connected to a video projector.

[TaylorMMontgomery]

dang lease! I didn't know you could draww!! :)

[jessicamorales0829]

I've heard that the biggest problems with the tm2 are, of course, the no dvd drive and the slowness/lagging. Is this true? And which one do you personaly prefer, the tm2 or the tx2?

[rhstsoccer]

well the tm2 because it has a new motherboard and a newer CPU, it may have no cd drive because this allows it is skinny and you can get an external one plus most content is now digital.

[joskaprdulja]

i want to know that toO!

[DChosenOneD]

i was thinking of buying this after hearing of it in january but the way i see it now, seems a bit laggy. if i purchase this with a better graphic processor, would tha lag decrease greatly? another question is what would you recommend to be an alternate to this laptop? i am looking for pressure sensitivity in photoshop, graphics good enough for gaming, multitouch(optional) and palm recognition while drawing. help appreciated.

[EliScorch]

@DChosenOneD , yes, with the ATI, performance on corel/photoshop will greatly increase. Graphic artists for the win!

[EliScorch]

@DChosenOneD also, this laptop will run COD6, on low-med settings if you choose the ATI, 1.6ghz model. Obviously it has multitouch and all the other things. Lag will also decrease greatly with the ATI and 1.6ghz processor.

[undeadnow]

its a demo model nintendomigo

[peach4at]

thanks for review!

the brushstrokes look quite slow/laggy. compared to an intuos tablet how's the performance?

[mrsoyo]

Thanks for a great video Lisa! Ive really been whaiting for this. Im a graphic artist and im really looking for a good tablet to use with photoshop and illustrator.

It seemed that the pen was a bit slow in photoshop? How would you compare this tablet to a real wacom tablet in case of responsiveness? Also is there any kind of internal support for a 3G/wwan modem perhaps? im also wondering if the charger is 18,5 or 19 volts?

You rock! /S

Thanks a bunch!

[guillecuba05]

impressive people are complaining bout performance but this is not a high performance laptop this is for students, incredible impressive and the Microsoft surface its amazing

[clyse88]

so the tm2t has wacom touch pressure with adobe.

[fujilives]

@howielo: the general rule of thumb is to look at it % wise. If it were 300 mhz base, another 300 would 'almost' deliver twice the speed of performance. the jump to 1.6 from 1.3 is only about a 2% gain. I am torn myself between going with this or something like a Fujitsu Lifebook simply because of processor speed (the responsiveness looks much slower on the tm2) - but the HP's ULV processors running super cool and long life is super appealing to me these days. I'm definitely torn!

[PhillipHan]

I can't believe I've been ripped off not knowing about Tx2z using n trig and the fact that they do not support adobe programs and most pressure sensitivity programs! N trig is still not yet doing anything to fix this and their next project is to work on the multi touch capibilities...

[erika123500312]

I have the tx2-1375dx. If I bought a different pen for this laptop, would I get pressure sensitivity in photoshop cs4 as well, or does my laptop not have the software to do that. Thanks!

[MobileTechReview]

No, you won't. The pen isn't the problem, the tx2 has Ntrig digitizer, and Adobe only supports Wacom digitizer.

[dachshund103]

@MobileTechReview the pen reaction time is way off

[Daxter609]

@erika123500312 Dude N-Trig just made a new driver for the TX2 pens that now allow them to have pressure sensitivity in photoshop and any other app that didn't work with it before.

[stp428]

Please, please can you make a video about how the tablet works in terms of onenote 2010. Does it actually convert horrible handwriting into text? And is the touch technology very responsive?

[ShadoX]

Is the written review coming soon?

[MobileTechReview]

The full written review will be ready by Tuesday.

[yoonchly]

Lisa that was a great review. I have a question about the heat and fan noise emitted by tm2. I had experience with tx2 and it got very hot and loud after an hour of use. Thank you!

[MobileTechReview]

No comparison- I too have the TX2z, and while it offered a lot of bang for the buck it was hot and noisy. The Intel CULV processor in the new TM2 is the opposite- it's a very low power, cool-running CPU.

[jthegreat17]

Does the tm2 come with all those painting programs like the ones you demonstrated at the begining of the video or do you have to but them?

[lisag101]

It doesn't come with Photoshop CS4 (that would be a miracle), Painter 11 or Art Rage 2.5 Starter Editon. It comes with the rest. Art Rage 2.5 is a free download though.

[ddzy1]

Can you do a video of pros and cons of this and maybe other videos about it

[1mambamaxtraxxas]

lisa these videos are great...... i'm ordering a tm2 tomorrow. i was just wondering how many multi-touch points are enabled... more than 2 i'm hoping. also in your next video please review the BumpTop software that comes with the computer. also i'd like to know if you get the full version or trial version of BumpTop. thanks!

[MobileTechReview]

There are 2 touch points enabled for the touch screen. That's it.

[howielo]

kinda laggy at 2:21--2:24.

Anyone know how 1.3ghz compares to 1.6ghz?

[MobileTechReview]

Going with the dedicated video option will improve performance more than adding 300MHz to CPU speed. And the dedicated graphics option is cheaper too.

[howielo]

So save the 200 bucks from 1.3ghz +video --> 1.6ghz + video?

[undecidedname]

Can you show off the handwriting capabilities with onenote 2010?

[fatcowxlive]

Better than the iPad! Nice Review 5/5!

[0870003343]

@fatcowxlive ipad is a piece of crap....