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More…The elegant, Microsoft Vista Home Premium-based HP TouchSmart IQ770 PC is Hewlett-Packard's first stab at an all-in-one PC--and the company's first desktop system to incorporate a touch-screen display.
HP HP TouchSmart IQ770 PC
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Latest Price: $1,107.68
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Processor
| Processor class | AMD Athlon 64 X2 |
| Processor speed | 1600 GHz |
| Cache size | 1024 KB |
| Bus speed | 800 MHz |
| Number of installed processors | 1 |
Memory
| Installed memory | 2048 MB |
| Memory technology | DDR2 |
| Maximum system memory | 4096 MB |
| Memory socket | SODIMM |
Storage
| Total Hard-drive capacity | 320 GB |
| Number of storage drives included | 1 |
| Drive controllers | Serial ATA |
Multimedia
| Video chipset | NVIDIA GeForce Go 7600 |
| Number of video cards included | 1 |
| Installed video memory | 256 MB |
| Video bus | PCI Express x16 |
| Video integration | Card |
| Audio codec | Integrated Audio |
Optical Drives
| CD-ROM read speed | 24 X (CD,CD-R) |
| CD write speed | 24 X (CD,CD-R) |
| CD rewrite speed | 24 X (CD,CD-R) |
| DVD-ROM read speed | 8 X (DVD, DVD-R) |
| DVD write speed | 8 X (DVD, DVD-R) |
| DVD rewrite speed | 8 X (DVD, DVD-R) |
| DVD-R DL speed | 4 X (DVD, DVD-R) |
| DVD+R DL speed | 6 X (DVD, DVD-R) |
Expansion Slots
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Display
| Included monitor | Yes |
| Display type | Active Matrix LCD (TFT) |
| Display size | 19 inches |
| Maximum resolution | 1440 x 900 |
Modem / Networking
| Included network card |
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Other Features
| Included devices |
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| Energy Star compliant | Yes |
Interface Connection
| Interface connection |
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Pros
Beautiful, integrated design
Touchscreen enhances PC?s versatility
Cons
Mobile components turn in mediocre performance
HP TouchSmart IQ770 PC
HP TouchSmart IQ770 PC Review, by Melissa J. Perenson January 29, 2007
The 19-inch wide-screen display functions as both a viewing screen and a navigation tool. Though you won't want to rely solely on the touch screen when you're sitting at a desk (believe me, your shoulder will eventually protest the reach), it provides a highly responsive alternative to traditional mouse navigation. In my view, the touch screen contributes vitally to the TouchSmart adaptability to a wide range of environments in the home, from living room to home office to kitchen. The touch screen would be particularly useful for quickly queuing up media files for playback via a connected TV, a stereo system, or the unit's built-in display and speakers, or for accessing recipes in the kitchen. Even though Vista supports multipoint touch screens--enabling the software to react to a number of touch points on the screen simultaneously--the TouchSmart's screen recognizes only touches to a single point.
If finger navigation isn't your thing, you can use the well-weighted, thick stylus, which stashes away at the top of the screen. Integrated stereo speakers positioned to the right and left of the adjustable-height screen offered pleasing sound and loudness, albeit without the oomph and fullness you'd expect from a dedicated, external speaker system.
A button on the lower-right of the display's bezel provides a shortcut to HP's SmartCenter software. The handy, customizable HP control panel lets you quickly access photos and photo editing, music playback, calendars, and weather reports.
No matter where you put the TouchSmart PC, its striking style will stand out. The piano-black unit has silver accents and a graceful, Z-angled cabinet. The all-in-one comes with a comfortable, compact, wireless keyboard that tucks away under the unit; a wireless laser mouse; and a remote control.
The unit's many extras include an integrated 1.3-megapixel webcam; a microphone; a dual-slot, multiformat memory-card reader; analog and over-the-air digital TV tuners; Bluetooth, 802.11a/b/g wireless, and gigabit ethernet connectivity; a slot-loading DVD burner with LightScribe label etching and dedicated playback buttons. The front-accessible DVD burner and memory card slots are mounted in the base below the screen. Also up front, beneath a flip-down door, are two USB 2.0 ports, one FireWire 400 port, a headphone jack, and S-Video and left-right analog audio inputs. Still more ports occupy the side of the unit (for coaxial television and audio/video connections) and the rear--for USB 2.0 (four more), FireWire 400, ethernet, analog audio out, and digital audio out. Oddly, the unit lacks HDMI-out, a surprising omission given the presence of the digital tuner; this limits its usefulness if you intended to output TV recordings to your TV.
An HP photo printer dock is situated behind the display, on the base. Built into the upward angle of the base is a bay for HP's Pocket Media Drive; this extra-cost drive expands the system's capacity and can work as a USB-connected drive, too.
Ultimately, though, the TouchSmart PC is more about overall presentation than performance. Equipped with 2GB of memory, a 1.6-GHz Turion 64 X2 TL-52 mobile CPU, and integrated nVidia GeForce Go 7600 graphics, the system scored a modest 76 on WorldBench 6 (beta), significantly below the marks we've seen from comparably priced value systems running more-powerful desktop processors on our beta benchmark (see "Exclusive: First Vista PC Tests"). (Our beta benchmark tests performance of Windows Vista systems; results are not comparable to scores earned by systems on WorldBench 5.) At least the system's graphics performance was reasonably good; it produced acceptable frame rates in our Doom 3 and Far Cry gaming tests.
I enjoyed using the TouchSmart IQ770 PC and applaud its thoughtful, integrated design and touch screen. It could easily fill a void as a supplemental, family- and media-friendly system in the home. However, you'll pay a premium for the all-in-one design.
Melissa J. Perenson
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Reviewed by: emmasdad
Duration of ownership: 2 Months
Strengths: Nice compact design
Weaknesses: Poor keyboard/mouse, random crashes, poor support
Overall: I'm a big fan of the compact design and the touch screen is a neat novelty. However, that being said, I would NEVER recommend this to a friend. To start with, and unfortunately I read this over and over again, the keyboard and mouse are horrible. I would include the cost of a new keyboard in mouse in the total price of the computer if you consider getting one. A second problem I had was the inexplicable crashes. There's no warning and no seemingly consistent set of circumstances leading up to a crash. Third, and most importantly, dealing with HP support over replacing my dvd drive (it too failed) has been a nightmare. I've been sent two drives that don't fit my computer and now I've been told that I have to send my entire computer in to have it serviced. Now you would think that it would be pretty simple to send me a dvd drive that would fit my computer wouldn't you??? Trust me, STAY AWAY FROM THIS COMPUTER!!!
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Reviewed by: andyzhang
Strengths: Design, Design, Design
Weaknesses: CPU spead
Overall: I love this toy. Some say APPLE's is better, I could not agree. Even I am not complete satisfy with the CPU speed, I still rate this five star. I could not describe more, only advice is buy one and experience it.
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Reviewed by: farmer2u
Strengths: Appearance and screen size
Weaknesses: Cost and Keyboard occasionally slow in responding.
Overall: The screen size and games are great. The wireless keyboard took a few minutes to become accustomed to, the configuration is a little different from what I'm used to. Additionally, at times the keyboard appears to stick as it responds slowly. The cost is still a little prohibitive. This is a beautiful piece of equipment.
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