That's with 8GB RAM option, right?

Welcome to the club bro...

How is you TX2z software trimming process? Getting better WEI?

You miss my point.  I'm saying that HP shafted their customers who bought the tx1000 series. And I believe even obm_nlh to a certain extent.  But he can even go on talking about HP's new notebooks.  Looks like he got no qualms buying from HP again.  He's like saying to HP  It's OK to sell a faulty product to customers We'll still buy from you. Huh... I dunno  but from what I read thats what it looks like.....  Even If obm_nlh didn't get the full brunt of the faulty tx1000s he should be more aware of HP's ethics and I dunno...  I believe the right thing to do is to steer ppl away from HP. Instead he does the exact opposite. 

Isn't this a bad example to set as what a customer should behave.  If HP read this I bet it encourages them not to worry about quality even more.....

In fact I'd like to find out the fellas running HP right now and avoid companies that these ppl work for.

Well, If someone sticks me in the back. I'll put more effort not to expose my back to the same person If I'm gonna stand a chance to evolve.

Don't you think so?

Wow, dragged in the spotlight ..

I like to state the fact straight:  I never condorn the usage of such tactics to sell product not up to its full standard quality.  Being a TX user since it's first inception and knowing the usual heat problems from AMD CPUs, I normally used HP recommended settings to avoid future problems.  Unluckily, the incident of Nvidia did happened to some of us, the TX1k users.  That's a fact of life even with the odds against us, the users. 

Nevertheless, you can also opt for the insurance package to protect your investment if you want.  For me, technology is evolving very fast.  The laptop is just a tool to assist me and it is not an asset.  You need to apply the concept of equipment's depreciation in order not to feel the pinch from the development wave.  If I can utilise the laptop over two years, that will be great - a bonus for me.  Same concept to be applied if you have your own car. 

Whether you buy HP or not, it is still your decision.  I am neither promoting HP products nor have self-interest in said company (shareholder).  Like me, after looking through some tablets, HP is still offering the best solution for my hard earned "RM".  They are not perfect, no doubt.  If you don't want to be the early adopter, you can still wait until the given technology settled down and all the bugs fixed. 

Like me, I need to use it (tablet) to assist my work.  I also not willing to spend >RM8k just to get one.  Regardless, with this kind of investment I am spending, I can get better product than the TX, no doubt. 

For your info, I am still waiting for TX2's technology to settle down.  With the release of Windows 7 just around the corner, full compatibility is an important issue to me.  With the available time, I hope that HP will be able to fix some drawbacks exist with the current model. 

For the business ethics issue, it need to be discussed in another forum, if possible.  I think this forum is to discuss and help out TX users especially the new ones.  Try to take the negative issues and convert them to positive ones.  A sour lemon still a sour lemon.. maybe we need to make some lemonade with the help of some sugar.  Don't be despaired - together, we can make things happen.

2) What NPV are you calculating. ????
Ok.
HP Way. 1st year buy tx1000. Cash outflow RM3000. 2nd year buy tx1000 equiv Cash outflow - RM3000, 3rd year buy tx1000 equiv.Cash outflow RM 3000.
How is this gonna beat Maybe the lenovo thinkpad x61 at maybe RM5000. 1st year buy x61 RM5000. 2nd year no cash outlay. 3rd year no cash outlay.
Even if you expect only to keep your tech for 2 years. with X61 you can maybe sell the x61 for RM1500 (to be conservative) on 2nd year. I'm sure you can sell a notebook for more if it's in working order?

How in the world were u able to calculate that HP would be better value when it only last 1 year plus???

What weak point. If the notebook still works. No point getting another one.
But I guess in your case where u change notebook every year it don't make a difference.  You make HP one happy manufacturer.

5. Don't you see that if the notebook (eg Thinkpad X61) still working you can still sell it at a better value than a notebook from HP that died just after a year. And be able to buy another newer one without losing so much????/

6. No i'm not buying a thinkpad X61.  I'm just giving and example. But yeah..... in hindsight if I knew HP way of business is like this I would have gone for the thinkpad X61 even if pricier... but I have no ability to see the future.  but have the ability to see what happened in the past....

7. and right on.. and on...

I don't think you can call that bad luck.  There's been a lot of similar faults with the tx1000 series ... search around.... It's clearly manufacturing defect.

I repeat ......it's not bad luck. It's manufacturing defect.

In your case.... you are lucky to have a working tx1000.  Which does not mean the numerous others who face problems are unlucky......

And as such If I really do feel bitter, it's warranted as would other customers of HP tx1000 series product.
Am I bitter.... not really... I bot the extended warranty..  But not really happy with the way HP is handling this situation.

What I feel funny is that there are ppl clearly aware of how HP is handling this but go on promoting HP's product.    No wonder companies here can treat Malaysians like dirt when it comes to service.

If you don't believe me just do a search on google........for 'tx1000 problems'

here are some....

tx1000 problem

ANd another....

And closer to home....
Which looks exactly like what happened to mine......

Can you see it's not bad luck???
Just bad manufacturer....ie HP

i faced problem on my tx too. but get replaced a new mobo from HP for free. im quite satisfy with their service. at least they are responsible enough.