TC1100 is a tablet pc, with 1.1Ghz intel CPU, 40gb hard drive. It gets hot, but not at the keyboard. This is because it is designed to have all internals in the monitor. This makes the monitor heavy, but it doesn't tip over because of smart design.TC1100 Images
My TC1100 has 1gig ram. I also bought a docking station, which has a DVD/RW drive. The DVD drive is very slim, and can be attached directly to the laptop using a USB cable (no docking station).
In addition of being great coding machine, this laptop is great to do homework on and convert to PDF. It is possible to write comments ontop of existing PDFs too, with program jarnal on Linux (don't know an windows). Windows has a very good support for Tablet PC.
The laptop has builtin mike, and in addition to stardard speakers/mic jacks, it has a jack like the cellphones do. So you can plugin your cellphone headset and speak comfortable. It also has Bluetooth! I haven't tried it yet, but I may be able to use one of those wireless bluetooth headsets to chat over skype.
The webcam that I bought for the laptop is Logitech QuickCam for Notebooks which has a large enough clamp to attach to the fat TC1100 display. (Remember, all internals are in the display, so keyboard is very thin, but display is not).
The TC1100 has no heat problem when you work on it as a laptop. However, if you use it as a tablet pc, you will feel the heat from the monitor, which is annoying. But that happens with every laptop and tablet pc.
Now, the software that I run: I have Windows XP and Ubuntu installed in dual boot fashion. I acccess Ubuntu standalone, or through "colinux", while I am still in Windows. It works very well, and the setup deserves another post. (Dualboot Colinux/Windows setup)
The price of this laptop on eBay is now at $700 with docking station and dvd. HP/Compaq stopped producing laptops with this design (keyboard has no internals), and there is a petition that can be signed online to resurrect this laptop. Basically, a faster CPU is what will be needed in the future. Its ok for now.
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