Comments on: HP Pavilion HDX: 31 Days of the Dragon – Massive Giveaway For A Massive Laptop http://www.geardiary.com/2008/05/03/hp-pavilion-hdx-31-days-of-the-dragon-massive-giveaway-for-a-massive-laptop/ Everyone can understand technology; sometimes it just takes a little translating. Wed, 15 Feb 2012 02:34:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Judie Lipsetthttp://www.geardiary.com/2008/05/03/hp-pavilion-hdx-31-days-of-the-dragon-massive-giveaway-for-a-massive-laptop/#comment-35244 Judie Lipsett Sun, 04 May 2008 02:12:41 +0000 http://www.geardiary.com/?p=7324#comment-35244 Steve, I see the brick now that you've pointed it out...goodness. :lol: Email me when you have the review up so I can link. :-D Steve, I see the brick now that you’ve pointed it out…goodness. :lol:

Email me when you have the review up so I can link. :-D

]]> By: fyiguyhttp://www.geardiary.com/2008/05/03/hp-pavilion-hdx-31-days-of-the-dragon-massive-giveaway-for-a-massive-laptop/#comment-35243 fyiguy Sun, 04 May 2008 02:09:20 +0000 http://www.geardiary.com/?p=7324#comment-35243 AllenThe 2.5 lb power brick is there. It is to the far left under the Panera pager and makes my DSLR look small. It is a 180W transformer with a standard PC power plug. :) I will have a review of it with pictures up this weekend! AllenThe 2.5 lb power brick is there. It is to the far left under the Panera pager and makes my DSLR look small. It is a 180W transformer with a standard PC power plug. :)

I will have a review of it with pictures up this weekend!

]]> By: fyiguyhttp://www.geardiary.com/2008/05/03/hp-pavilion-hdx-31-days-of-the-dragon-massive-giveaway-for-a-massive-laptop/#comment-35242 fyiguy Sun, 04 May 2008 02:05:52 +0000 http://www.geardiary.com/?p=7324#comment-35242 Yes,that picture does make me look like a kid! (I'm 6'and 195 lbs) And thanks Judie for calling me normal, it made my day! :) We were located by door at one of the few tables that had an outlet and it turned many heads and engaged many into conversation about the laptop. The two people behind us were using Toshiba Tablet PCs and had extreme gadget envy and entered Absolute Vista's contest right there! Surprisingly the 9 cell battery lasts under "normal usage" with WiFi on around 3 hours when it uses the HP recommened power-mode and even longer if goes to sleep/suspend when not in use. Power looks to be scaled down when not plugged in. Playing a movie or kicking in the full power of those processors does net less battery life closer to 2 and 1/2 depending on what you are doing. Finding a bag for this is pretty hard. I only had one that would fit it and it barely fit. The next best bag would have been my Heyes carry-on luggage. It's more of a portable workstation and it is much lighter than my first IBM "portable computer" that weighed 30lbs and had a kick ass CGA amber screen, math co-processor that I added, along with a 20MB hard drive. My Dad dubbed it my "Sewing machine". The HDX is way beyond that... 31 lucky people there will be. Good Luck to all that enter! Yes,that picture does make me look like a kid! (I’m 6′and 195 lbs) And thanks Judie for calling me normal, it made my day! :)

We were located by door at one of the few tables that had an outlet and it turned many heads and engaged many into conversation about the laptop. The two people behind us were using Toshiba Tablet PCs and had extreme gadget envy and entered Absolute Vista’s contest right there! Surprisingly the 9 cell battery lasts under “normal usage” with WiFi on around 3 hours when it uses the HP recommened power-mode and even longer if goes to sleep/suspend when not in use. Power looks to be scaled down when not plugged in. Playing a movie or kicking in the full power of those processors does net less battery life closer to 2 and 1/2 depending on what you are doing.

Finding a bag for this is pretty hard. I only had one that would fit it and it barely fit. The next best bag would have been my Heyes carry-on luggage.

It’s more of a portable workstation and it is much lighter than my first IBM “portable computer” that weighed 30lbs and had a kick ass CGA amber screen, math co-processor that I added, along with a 20MB hard drive. My Dad dubbed it my “Sewing machine”.

The HDX is way beyond that…

31 lucky people there will be. Good Luck to all that enter!

]]> By: Allen Honghttp://www.geardiary.com/2008/05/03/hp-pavilion-hdx-31-days-of-the-dragon-massive-giveaway-for-a-massive-laptop/#comment-35240 Allen Hong Sun, 04 May 2008 01:54:32 +0000 http://www.geardiary.com/?p=7324#comment-35240 they need to show a picture of the "massive power brick" and I suppose that one can use a suit case as a computer case for it. Lol. they need to show a picture of the “massive power brick”
and I suppose that one can use a suit case as a computer case for it. Lol.

]]> By: Jerry Raiahttp://www.geardiary.com/2008/05/03/hp-pavilion-hdx-31-days-of-the-dragon-massive-giveaway-for-a-massive-laptop/#comment-35219 Jerry Raia Sat, 03 May 2008 22:07:34 +0000 http://www.geardiary.com/?p=7324#comment-35219 and I thought my Alienware was big! and I thought my Alienware was big!

]]> By: Judie Lipsetthttp://www.geardiary.com/2008/05/03/hp-pavilion-hdx-31-days-of-the-dragon-massive-giveaway-for-a-massive-laptop/#comment-35200 Judie Lipsett Sat, 03 May 2008 19:42:19 +0000 http://www.geardiary.com/?p=7324#comment-35200 I certainly wouldn't complain! ;-) I certainly wouldn’t complain! ;-)

]]> By: Deni Takohttp://www.geardiary.com/2008/05/03/hp-pavilion-hdx-31-days-of-the-dragon-massive-giveaway-for-a-massive-laptop/#comment-35195 Deni Tako Sat, 03 May 2008 18:53:11 +0000 http://www.geardiary.com/?p=7324#comment-35195 LOL - Probably the only way to get it around. To be fair though, it did look pretty cool, but more as a desktop rather than as a portable computer. But, it has all the drawbacks of a notebook (heat, etc.) and not as many benefits of a desktop (more ports, etc.) and you can't leave it on all the time like a desktop. I guess like the Macbook Air, it's a niche market item. But for free, who would complain? :) LOL – Probably the only way to get it around. To be fair though, it did look pretty cool, but more as a desktop rather than as a portable computer. But, it has all the drawbacks of a notebook (heat, etc.) and not as many benefits of a desktop (more ports, etc.) and you can’t leave it on all the time like a desktop.

I guess like the Macbook Air, it’s a niche market item. But for free, who would complain? :)

]]> By: Judie Lipsetthttp://www.geardiary.com/2008/05/03/hp-pavilion-hdx-31-days-of-the-dragon-massive-giveaway-for-a-massive-laptop/#comment-35181 Judie Lipsett Sat, 03 May 2008 17:26:30 +0000 http://www.geardiary.com/?p=7324#comment-35181 JD, I think you would need a rolling suitcase for it. ;-) JD, I think you would need a rolling suitcase for it. ;-)

]]> By: JDTagishhttp://www.geardiary.com/2008/05/03/hp-pavilion-hdx-31-days-of-the-dragon-massive-giveaway-for-a-massive-laptop/#comment-35180 JDTagish Sat, 03 May 2008 17:25:13 +0000 http://www.geardiary.com/?p=7324#comment-35180 I've seen them in a couple of stores - guaranteed hernia if you attempt to lug that thing around, provided you can even find a bag to carry it in! I’ve seen them in a couple of stores – guaranteed hernia if you attempt to lug that thing around, provided you can even find a bag to carry it in!

]]> By: Judie Lipsetthttp://www.geardiary.com/2008/05/03/hp-pavilion-hdx-31-days-of-the-dragon-massive-giveaway-for-a-massive-laptop/#comment-35166 Judie Lipsett Sat, 03 May 2008 16:20:26 +0000 http://www.geardiary.com/?p=7324#comment-35166 That thing makes Steve Hughes (aka FYI Guy) look tiny...and he is a normal sized man! :shock: I bet the look on people's faces when he carried that beast inside was priceless. ;-) That thing makes Steve Hughes (aka FYI Guy) look tiny…and he is a normal sized man! :shock:

I bet the look on people’s faces when he carried that beast inside was priceless. ;-)

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