HP TouchSmart All-In-One Desktop

In the past few years touch screen computers have been gaining popularity as the prices dropped. Touch screen desktops have a wide number of usages ranging from graphic design to restaurant systems. A few years ago they were extremely expensive ($5000+) but with the recent technology breakthroughs the prices have come down.

HP recently released their own touch screen computer in the form of the TouchSmart All-In-One Desktop. This computer looks extremely sleek with its glossy black finish. The touch screen is connected to the base computer so you don’t have to worry about messy wires.

If you don’t feel like using the touch screen there is a keyboard and mouse included with the system.

Here are a few of the technical specifications for the TouchSmart Desktop:

• Street price: $1599.99
• AMD Turion™ 64 X2
• All-in-one design with built-in 19″ widescreen LCD touch-screen
• 2GB Ram
• 500GB SATA
• NVIDIA GeForce Go 7600 graphics

Things I like
The TouchSmart is one of the first all-in-one touch screen computers. I really like the fact that the screen is a touch screen. It makes things really cool (like playing games). Sometimes the touch screen is totally unnecessary but I still like it. Another thing I like about the TouchSmart is the black glossy finish. This computer looks really cool. HP did a great job on the overall design of the computer.

I also like the graphics card that comes with the TouchSmart. While the graphics card isn’t the best out there it is definitely better than an Intel integrated graphics card. Overall I really like this computer. It’s well built and the touch screen is really nice to have.

Things I don’t like
I don’t like the fact that the monitor is attached to the actual desktop. Like I said in the review of the iMac, the average monitor lasts 7-10 years whereas the average computer lasts 3-5 years. This means that you’re actually paying more because you need to replace the monitor every time you get a new computer. If HP had included a touch screen monitor instead of attaching it to the base of the computer I think this would have been a much better computer.

Because of the touch screen the TouchSmart is a little more expensive than a counterpart with the same specifications but no touch screen. This is understandable but at $1600 it is a little pricey (compared to the specs of the computer).

Pros:

• Touch Screen
• Nice Design
• Good graphics card

Cons:

• A little pricey
• Touch screen monitor shouldn’t be apart of the desktop

Final Thoughts
I really like the HP TouchSmart All-in-one Desktop. I think it’s a very well built computer with a tonne of cool features. While it is a little pricey it is really cool. I would recommend this desktop to anyone that wants a touch screen monitor.

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