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Gadget World Review – HP TouchSmart Touch Screen Computers!
About time touch screen laptops and desktop computers are finally flooding the market. As early as the end of October Hewlett-Packard is shipping several desktop and laptop touch screen models, and a few more by the end of the year. All new HP models will have Windows 7.0 operating system.
Although HP wasn’t first to introduce touch screen computers into the market, as Dell already had a $2000 version debuting in spring, TouchSmart series are definitely aimed at average consumers. Toshiba will also have a few touch screen laptops coming out at the beginning of November. Toshiba Satellite models will attempt to attract customers with their newly designed Toshiba Life Space featuring Bulletin Board – for day to day activities, tasks, and projects, and Realtime – interactive and user friendly way to browse files, photos, documents, videos and more.
So what is it so special about the upcoming HP TouchSmart computers? Well first of all it’s the price. Considering cutting edge technology – think iPhone for a second, about $500 on the market – now picture a screen 10 times bigger, with a lot more apps and features – starting at $799, HP TouchSmart series computer is a steal! Wireless, powerful, and incredibly elegant with at least 20″ (up to 25″ of full 1080p) of touchable surface is ready to take a designated spot in the family room or even your kitchen.
Laptops are also available and will feature a touch screen that can be rotated 180 degrees and used as a tablet. Users can draw and write by hand and/or use an electronic pen to satisfy their creative needs. It will also feature a webcam and “photo booth” interactive touch screen app. Hulu, Netflix, Pandora, Recipe Box and many other touch enabled apps are also included in both laptops and desktop pc’s.
Windows 7.0 OS has a few benefits of its own. Designed particularly for fast-growing touch technology, useless background activities are eliminated for faster loading and turn-off times, as well as greatly improved and simplified operating system to sufficiently increase battery life. Finally Microsoft is headed in the right direction.
HP has a good selection of possible upgrades to the desired system. Up to 2.93Ghz Intel Core 2 Duo processor, 8GB of RAM, 1TB of space, 1GB NVidia GT230M video card, Gigabit LAN, 25.5″ 16:9 Widescreen touchscreen surface, TV Tuner and a wide range of applications will be available within a few months. Screen can also be used with gaming consoles (Wii, PS3, Xbox360) as well as full compatibility with all digital cameras, video and storage devices.
Consumers can finally indulge in a new interactive way of browsing through web pages, photo albums, and video collections at a touch, flick, whisk, or a tap of a finger. Digital content can now be explored with the multi-touch functionality.
HP Computers
HP is ranked among the leading IT companies of the world and the company offers a wide range of infrastructure and business offerings that comprise of hand held devices to some of the most powerful super computer installations. The high end technology incorporated in HP computers has made the company rank on the higher rungs in the industry. HP computers are available under a wide range of purpose specific and budget specific categories. These include laptops and tablet PCs, desktop and all-in-one PCs as well as various computer accessories for both home and business purposes.
HP also offers IT solutions for large enterprises like technology solutions, industry solutions, software, laptops and tablet PCs, desktops and workstations and an all-inclusive range in a bid to meet the computing and IT requirements of these large enterprises.
The HP computers have been designed with high-end technology that empowers the customers and their products and services have substantially transformed the lives and businesses of HP customers worldwide. HP offers a wide selection of products and services ranging from notebook PCs for home and office (HP Pavilion, Compaq Presario), business laptops and tablets to various other business accessories and IT solutions.
The HP workstations and desktop range comprises of an array of desktops for diverse requirements including everyday computing, desktops needed for versatile performance (photos, music, movies) and these also feature the Energy Qualified Series. The entertainment powerhouse desktops and all-in-one PCs are among the next-generation desktops designed by HP. For customers looking for high quality graphics, a premium multimedia and gaming experience and stylish designs; these desktops are definitely worth the cost.
The HP business desktop PCs too offer complete computing solutions as it incorporates high grade technology and advanced expertise. These PCs are designed keeping in mind the IT requirements of both small and large enterprises. The HP series within this category includes the 2000, 5000 and 7000 Series desktop PCs.
The 2000 series is an ideal option for everyday business computing and offers outstanding support and practical features. For businesses that are looking for stability, enhanced power efficiency and powerful performance; the 5000 series comes as a very pleasant experience.
The 7000 series by HP is the high-end range in this category as it offers robust security features and highly impressive performance delivery.
HP Computers
HP is the top seller of personal computers, notebooks and other PC equipment. It provides a solution for every need, ranging from multimedia to business. You can even customize a PC as per your needs. HP values its customer and provides them with extensive support anytime in case of a problem or hook up. HP makes choosing the right PC easy by its categorization.
If you require a desktop for daily chores, narrow your range by deciding what you want from your PC:
Everyday Computing: HP Pavilion series are apt for carrying out day-to-day internet activities such as Web browsing and emails, basic multimedia chores like listening and storing music, editing and viewing photographs. These computers are equipped with duo-core processors (1.6GHz to 2.6 GHz) and NVIDIA graphics card with 128 MB to 512MB of memory.
Versatile Performance: The HP Pavilion Slimline series is built sleek for small work areas with full computing power for home-office applications and some multimedia applications as well. These desktops have dual-core processors with speeds from 2.2 GHz to 2.6GHz, NVIDIA GeForce graphics card and huge capacity hard drives.
Entertainment Powerhouse: These are well packed for multimedia applications such as watching and storing movies and gaming. The HP Pavilion Elite series desktops have high speeds of up to 3.0 GHz and can be equipped with a SoundBlaster X-Fi XtremeGamer sound card that provides powerful streamline graphics for ultimate gaming experience.
All-in-one PCs: These are the beasts with style, power and performance. Slim and elegant, the HP TouchSmart series has support for HD graphics, Blu-ray discs and come with a one year warranty on hardware parts.
If you want your desktop to be a business partner, then choose from the following:
2000 Series: This series is meant for essential computing and comes with SMART IV hard drives that warn you to backup the data in advance.
5000 Series: Developed for enhanced computing, the 5000 series desktops are power efficient and support real-time data monitoring with RAID-1 technology, that ensures data reliability.
7000 Series: These desktops are meant for advanced computing with features such as Intel vPro processor technology that manages your computer easily through wireless connections, irrespective of the on/off state of its operating system.