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Originally Posted by RainingLemur
I just so happen to have $124.14 in my PayPal account... I think I may have to bite on this one...
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Originally Posted by rcuadro
I am going to get one to have on the coffee table... and to use it in places where I dont want to take my iPad because it might break  |
Everyone that gets one should hang out at forums.precentral.net and get familiar with the various configuration and other customizing options.
A lot of pundits slammed the touchpad as having a great OS on substandard hardware when the opposite is true. The touchpad has above average speed and RAM, but it is
severely hobbled by its out of the box configuration.
In particular, it is set to log huge amounts of usage and other information and to sent the log files to HP over the internet. The logging makes the touchpad severely laggy and runs the battery down as does all the logging wifi traffic.
The ripply effect from screen touches has a similar effect on lagginess and battery life. The are more as well.
Not all the tweaks at forums.precentral.net may be your cup of tea, but I urge at least killing the logging and please consider canning the ripple effect. It feels like a different machine and my battery life more than quadrupled.
My major disappointment is that the keyboard has 9 different emoticons, but no Escape, and Control requires holding down the "t" key until a menu pops up, then selecting a symbol for Control, and finally pressing whatever control character you want.
Oh, yeah, the wireless charging dock is way cool, but it does make the TP CPU hot, so I just use it for top-ups rather than full charge, or let it cool down every once in a while during charge.
Also, it will charge much quicker if you dim the display or switch the display off. When it is on the charging dock, it insists on turning the display on unless you click the power button a couple of times.