HP TouchSmart is a series of tablet PClaptops and touchscreen all-in-one desktop computers designed by HP. It features various Intel or AMD processors and runs Windows Vista or Windows 7 as standard.
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The Touchsmart 2 (shown) can be used like a traditional computer (left) or by using the touchscreen (right).
HP TouchSmart All-in-One[edit]
Close Up: HP's sleek TouchSmart IQ770 to ship with Vista, takes on Apple. New versions of its franchise software (the Windows operating system. It doesn't have the sleek lines of one of Apple's Macs (its uniqueness. Nov 28, 2010 I'm having difficulties finding the drivers for my HP Touchsmart, I have just upgraded to Windows 7 and none of the video drivers will work ? I've already tried over 15 drivers, starting with Win 7 32-bit to Win Vista ones. My operating system is, as specified above, Windows 7 32-bit and my computer is a Touchsmart IQ770.
Consumer version[edit]HP TouchSmart Crossfire[edit]
The HP TouchSmart was first introduced by Bill Gates on January 7, 2007,[1] becoming the first mass market touchscreen desktop PC.[2]
Also known as the 'Crossfire', the HP TouchSmart IQ770 featured a 19-inch touchscreen, an AMD Turion 64 X2 TL-52 processor, NVIDIA GeForce Go 7600. It had a wide array of ports, including Ethernet, two FireWire, six USB 2.0 ports, one with HP printer power Y-cable connector, 5.1 + digital audio out, IR out, mini-VGA, FM coax, TV coax, ATSC, and two S-Video; however, the IQ770 did not have HDMI ports. PC World gave the machine a 'very good' rating of 81/100, but noted that the use of mobile components slowed the computer[3]
HP TouchSmart 2[edit]
On June 10, 2008, HP unveiled their new HP TouchSmart IQ500 series. The series featured a 22-inch widescreen touchscreen display, an Intel Core 2 Duo processor, a 500GB disk, 256MB NVIDIA GeForce 9300 M HS HD graphics, and 802.11n WiFi, along with an Energy Star qualification.[4] The new TouchSmart featured a 2-inch profile in a piano-black finish.[5]
The IQ500 series was followed by the IQ800 series, featuring a larger 25.5 inch touchscreen. Other features included a TV tuner with remote, integrated webcam, Bluetooth, HP Pocket Media drive bay and an ambient light to illuminate the keyboard. The more expensive IQ816 featured a 2.10 GHz T8100 Core 2 Duo on an 800 MHz bus with a 3MB cache, Blu-ray drive / dual-layer burner, and a GeForce 9600M GS chip.[6] There is a choice of 640GB or 1TB hard drives.
TouchSmart 300[edit]
The TouchSmart 300 was released on October 13, 2009.[7] The all-in-one features a AMD Athlon II X2 235e (Energy Efficient) Processor Dual core @2.7Ghz. The platform is Regor and can be updated up to a Propus Quad Core AMD Athlon II X4 605e. Several models were released in different countries, but have similar features:
Touchsmart 300 with AMD Processors uses an integrated ATI HD 3200 graphics card with shared memory that can allocate 256Mb to 1917Mb of RAM dynamically (up to 3GB with the latest AMD Catalyst drivers 13.9 released on October 2013), it also has an MXM 3.0 Type-A slot for an external graphics card (integrated graphics card is disabled when MXM slot is populated), an [MXM] nVidia GeForce G210 card (with 512MB of DDR3 dedicated memory) can be installed using the proper thermal module.
Initially only rev. C2 quad core processors were supported, latest BIOS allows user to upgrade with rev. C3 processors (Athlon II X3 405e and Athlon II X4 605e). HP states in its support website that Touchsmart 300 RAM is upgradeable to 8Gb RAM using 2 x 4gb modules but it's been proved it supports up to 16Gb DDR3 PC-12800 (2 x 8Gb) even if those are not recognized in the BIOS.
Touchsmart 500[edit]
The Touchsmart 500 was a series of Touchscreen PC's that featured the Windows Vista Home Premium and/or Windows 7 Home Premium Operating System. The computer featured a new tilt design that allowed it to be tilted up to 30 degrees backwards or forwards. The computer also featured an Intel Core 2 Duo T5850 (2.16GHz), 4GB or RAM, 23' Glossed Sensitive Touchscreen with a 358MB Intel GMA Mobile 965 GPU (Before Late 2009) or a nVidia 9600M GS (After Late 2009). The HP Touchsmart 520 featured in the series was one of the more powerful units, with an Intel i3 Processor, 4GB of RAM & a 1TB Hard Drive. It also had a '23' Glossy Touchscreen.
TouchSmart 600[edit]![]()
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The TouchSmart 600 was released on October 13, 2009.[8]
Business version[edit]HP TouchSmart 9100[edit]
The TouchSmart 9100 is a business oriented all-in-one PC that bears a strong Recording Assistant to its consumer counterpart, the TouchSmart 600.
Tablet[edit]TouchSmart tx2z[edit]
Released in December 2008, the TouchSmart tx2 was touted as the first consumer notebook and tablet PC with on-screen multi-touch control. The TouchSmart tx2 replaced the older HP Paviliontx series.[9]
TouchSmart tm2[edit]
The HP TouchSmart tm2 is a convertible laptop, with a multi-touch touch-screen. Converted into slate mode, the tm2 allows artists to draw using the included digital pen and also allows students to take notes in classes.[10]
TouchSmart Mini 5102[edit]
HPâs first touch-enabled netbook, enabling multitouch gestures and menus. It features an anodized aluminum case in black, red or blue and weights 2.6 lbs. It offers face recognition for log-on to Windows 7. The series features Intel Atom N450 CPU, mobile broadband, HP video playback and 10-hour battery run time.[11]
Slate[edit]
At CES 2010, in conjunction with Steve Ballmer, CEO of Microsoft, HP announced the Windows 7HP Slate PC.[12]
See also[edit]References[edit]
External links[edit]
Retrieved from 'https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=HP_TouchSmart&oldid=919019976#TouchSmart_tm2'
HP TouchSmart IQ770 PC
Editor Rating: Excellent (4.0)
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$1800.00
Editors' Note: We have updated this review with results of our testing under Microsoft Windows Vista Premium.
This year may well just herald the rise of the touch screen. We've seen previous attempts at integrating a touch screen in an all in one PC, notably from Pelham Sloane and MPC, but those systems were more suited to dedicated duties like home automation, store kiosks, or receptionist terminals. Now HP brings the touch screen concept back to all-in-one desktops with its new HP TouchSmart IQ770 PC ($1,800 direct), which is being unveiled at this year's CES. Is it a successful all in one, or a mere waystation on the information superhighway? Click on, dear reader.
The TouchSmart IQ770 is a tour de force from one of the innovators in the PC industry. HP has built a PC that competes with the current benchmark system, the Apple iMac, while designing a PC that goes beyond a simple 'me too.' The IQ770 follows the more HP standard dark color scheme, and has a slot below the screen (more on that later). Unlike the Sony Vaio VGC-LS1 and iMac, the IQ770 isn't all built into the screen, but in this case that's not a major drawback.
The IQ770 is built around a mobile 1.6GHz dual core AMD Turion 64 X2 TL-52 processor, and as such has AMD's LIVE! Media Center enhancements. Those LIVE! enhancements (like those of Intel's Viiv) still aren't fully realized yet, but at least they are there. The 2GB of DDR2 RAM and 320GB of hard drive space give you a lot of space to play with, which a big plus now that the system is running the Microsoft Windows Vista Premium OS.(There's also slot for the new Pocket Media Bay drive, which is notebook-sized and increases the IQ770's storage in 80GB and 160GB increments.) Speaking of Vista Premium, the IQ770 runs the new Media Center Interface with the new HP SmartCenter front page. Using SmartCenter on the touchscreen gives the IQ770 a kiosk feel, enhancing the interactive computer experience.
Using SmartCenter is easy: just touch the 'home' key on the front bezel of the PC, and SmartCenter boots up. SmartCenter leverages the touchscreen, making the IQ770 a centralized information appliance. It displays the local weather, TV, music, even solitaire (hey, how else are you going to teach your family to use the touch screen?). The HP PhotoSmart Touch app basically turns your PC into a digital photo print station, kind of like the one you see at your local drug store. Put a HP PhotoSmart a510 or a610 compact printer behind the screen, and the photos slide out of the slot under the screen. Very cool stuff. (You can use any other photo printer with the IQ770, but larger printers like the Epson PictureMate won't fit behind the screen, and thus won't spit their photos though the handy-dandy slot.) HP Advisor gives you a quick health check of your PC, and lets you access HP's online help and troubleshooting features. Last but not least, HP's SmartCalendar can replace the corkboard you use as a message center in your kitchen: pluses include the ability to leave voice messages, but the electronic post it notes on the computer still require more steps than a physical paper one. All of these features are built into Vista's new Media Center interface, so ideally you'll hardly ever have to go back to the standard Windows desktop interface.
The 'base' of the system holds a snazzy multi-card reader for your digital cameras' data cards, a slot-mounted DVD drive with physical playback controls (a big plus, you don't need the remote to play a DVD or CD), inputs for Cable/Antenna, an ASTC/HDTV antenna. and FM radio antenna, USB, digital audio out, and connectors for your camcorder (both analog S-Video and digital FireWire). With all these connectors, I forgive HP for not building everything into the screen.
The touchscreen works very well: It has the right amount of responsiveness and sensitivity, with or without the included stylus. Unlike an old-school XP Tablet PC, the stylus is just an inert piece of plastic. You could conceivably use a PDA stylus or even a wooden chopstick to manipulate the screen. One tip for new users: Make use of the included touchscreen version of Solitaire, you'll be comfortable with the touchscreen in no time.
Speaking of the screen, the 19-inch widescreen (1,440 by 900 resolution) is crisp and clear with both 480p DVD and 720p HD WMV, TV, and DiVX content, but the lack of a HD-DVD or Blu-Ray optical drive is a drawback. Hopefully, later this year when HD-DVD/Blu-Ray combo drives become commonplace, the next version of the TouchSmart PC will have one. CableCard is another glaring omission, but hopefully the IQ770 will be able to interface with an external USB or FireWire reader. One final design note: HP integrated the MCE remote's IR sensor into the front bezel of the IQ770. This is just where the sensor should be on a tabletop all in one PC. Using an external IR receiver on an all in one desktop is just dumb. Yay, HP!
Benchmarking the IQ770 was an interesting affair: Sadly, the system's 1,440 by 900 screen is an uncommon resolution, so we had to use 1,280 by 800 resolution instead of the standard 1,280 by 1,024 we're using for most desktops. Therefore, we have to be careful when comparing performance with other systems running at different resolutions. That said, the IQ770's display is great for ATSC-based HDTV viewing. I just wish HP had put a HD-DVD drive in the system. The IQ770's mobile-based processor and graphics gave it good performance scores. Its discrete nVidia GeForce Go 7600 graphics has both its own 256MB of memory and shares 271MB of the system memory. This results in a good 3DMark06 score (2296) and a mediocre and semi-playable Company of Heroes score (22.7 fps). Company of Heroes should be more playable at lower resolutions, but not at 1,280 by 800. Thankfully, the IQ770 is a much better 2D performer: its 2:10 time at our new Windows Media Encoder test and 1:38 at our PhotoShop CS2 test show that the IQ770 has enough power to run the multimedia apps you expect of it. The IQ770 will certainly handle most of the tasks you throw at it. (Note: We couldn't test this system with Windows XP, as HP built this all-in-one desktop specifically to run Vista. Thus, proper XP drivers are not available for this system).
Is the HP TouchSmart IQ770 an iMac killer? In a word: maybe. In its current incarnation the IQ770 certainly outclasses the former Windows-based Editors' Choice the Sony Vaio VGC-LS1. There are some upgrades I'd like to see in the future, mainly Hi-Def video like CableCard and HD-DVD. Still, the IQ770 is a great all in one, and an effective use of the new technologies in Windows Vista.
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