HP Touchsmart TX2 Early Review and Specs

The LaptopPimp sees a lot of laptops, but rarely does he drool over one like this! HP unveiled the  Touchsmart TX2 this morning, and boy am I excited to see what the first-ever consumer multi-touch tablet has to offer, other than the obvious presure it puts on the PC and Mac laptop market.

Starting around $1,150, the TX2 is a trend setter for sure. Not only does the multi-touch display offer a tablet orientation, you can use any number of the movements we have been craving since Minority Report featured Tom Cruse soving crime with hand gestures. That means dragging, resizing, pinching, selecting, flicking and double taping — all with your fingers! So put some gloves on, it’s cold out there and you’re going to need those fingertips.

The gestures will work with the built-in Windows Vista environment, as well as with HP’s Mediasmart software, which will transform the TX2 into a home entertainment system. (Mediasmart is adding MTV, Comedy Central and Nickelodeon programing this year.)

Weiging in at 4.5 pounds, HP packed one hell of a system into the bottom half of the TX2. The high-end guts include a 2.4GHZ AMD Turion X2 processor, 8 GB of RAM, a 400 GB hard drive, a 8x DVD drive and a sick ATI Radeon 3200, making the TX2 prime fro both heavy internet application and flash use, as well as light to moderate gaming.

THe TX2 will ship in late November, but I’ve never wanted to touch an HP laptop more in my life. LaptopPimp knows what he wants for Christmas.

What do you guys think?

The high-end specs:

• Operating System: Genuine Windows Vista Home Premium
• Processor: AMD Turion X2 Dual-Core Mobile Processor ZM-86
• Processor Speed: 2.4 GHz
• RAM: 8 GB
• Weight: 4.5 lbs.
• Display Size: 12.1″ integrated touch-screen
• Graphics: ATI Radeon HD 3200 Graphics
• Storage Capacity: 400 GB
• Networking Options: 802.11a/b/g/n with Bluetooth
• Primary Optical Drive: LightScribe SuperMulti 8X DVD±RW with Double Layer Support

More info at HP’s website. And Gizmodo has a great collection of pics.