I’ve been seeing a lot of HP TouchSmart ads on hulu.com lately. Probably because of the holiday rush plus the fact that people will probably be getting bonuses and/or extra seasonal pays at the close of the year. Bestbuy and Circuit City have been coming out with many store magazines to introduce the gadgets on their shelves too. Anyway, back to the HP TouchSmart PC.
I think it’s just the right time for the desktop pcs to point their designs to successful tech campaigns. With the overwhelming response to touch gadgets like Apple’s, Samsungs and others… well, HP now beats the drum for the PC line.
I’m not too sure though about finger smudges all over my desktop PC screen. I try to make a clean screen all the time. Will too many smudges turn-off the “idea”? I hope not.
CNet.com has made a good review about this PC. It slightly compares it to the Apple iMac, but quickly says the TouchSmart is still not in the same league.
Standard specs are available here. Full specs, right here.
Kinda geared more for the multimedia crowd though.
Actually the photo, linked review, and description all link back to an outdated model. The current Touchsmarts are way sexier.
We recently began integrating these into our retail showroom as kiosks and the customers love them. All the components for the computer are now integrated behind the monitor in a fashion similar to the iMac.
Comparably speaking, you’re trading OSX for a touchscreen. While it doesn’t have a gazillion uses, its still pretty amazing!