HP Touchsmart 2 - Tablet PC and Mobile PC Forums
Posted by: Drew in Multi-Touch, Reviews, Touch Friendly SoftwareIt’s definitely not a mobile pc, but it is a touch PC, so I hope this forum is okay for this.
I work at an Office Depot and we just put our TouchSmart IQ504 on display (the 2nd generation of the TouchSmart) and I though I’d post up my first impressions.
We currently have it set up next to the first generation of TouchSmart and the size difference is amazing. The entire unit is about the same thickness as just the first generation’s screen. It stands on two small feet, but feels very stable. The setup of it is a snap, literally one plug and then a connect button on the mouse or keyboard to get it set up.
In terms of bloatware, I took a quick look at the taskbar. It was definitely not the most compact. I’m sure a couple of them were for the screen and mouse/keyboard, but it could definitely do with some cleaning up.
As for the new touch experience. The computer initially booted into the normal Vista desktop, and I did see the TIP - something I haven’t noticed on the old Touchsmart. The new TouchSmart interface is a huge improvement over the old Touch home. The sliding interface is pretty smooth as long as you don’t do fast movements with your hand. It will pick up quick movements but is a little delayed on the sliding. It seemed almost as though the graphics card wasn’t quite powerful enough to keep up, just a little delay all around on the interface.
IMO if you’re looking for an all-in-one PC as opposed to a tower + monitor combo, then this is a great model. That being said, if you can get by with the standard combo, you’re going to get more performance for the money. The new TouchSmart would definitely make a nice bedroom or hub computer. The large screen combined with thin wireless keyboard would make it excellent in the bedroom as a TV.
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