Looks like AMD has a sweet new rig they're readying for January launch, and word on the street is Bill Gates wants to launch it personally. It's the IQ770 "Crossfire," the first mass market touchscreen desktop PC we've seen, surely good for taking advantage of Vista's integrated tablet functionality. The Vista Premium system, set to launch alongside Windows on January 30th, features a massive load of options including: 19-inch touchscreen, AMD Turion 64 X2 dual core TL-52 processor, 2GB SDRAM, 320GB drive, NVIDIA GeForce Go 7600, WiFi, Bluetooth, integrated 1.3 megapixel camera, integrated FM and ATSC HDTV tuners, a DVD±RW / DVD-RAM burner with LightScribe, Pocket Media Drive bay, wireless keyboard, mouse, stylus, front media reader, and a crazy amount of ports (Ethernet, two FireWire, six USB 2.0, one with HP printer power Y-cable connector, 5.1 + digital audio out, IR out, mini-VGA, and inputs: FM coax, TV coax, ATSC, and two S-Video). It also features some new widget-like dashboard interface, featuring HP new SmartCalendar, which serves as a central point for virtual fridge notes and shared family calendars; as well as Photosmart Touch, a new image editing and printing interface. Expect to pony up $1799 - $1899 for this iMac killer in a couple months. Tons more photos after the break!
posted November 30th 2006 10:24AM
Well, Mac is in a completely different world than PCs, so no you can't compare them for those of you who are Mac users. In the PC world it's a step up from the rest, whether it's HP or not. Some people may have just had a bad experience, but then again all machines are MAN MADE so of course all 100% off the line aren't perfect. I myself have a MacBook with the Intel Core2Duo in it and its made my life more difficult than a regular PC and it's having a lot of problems and all I use it for is basic e-mailing and internet searches and papers, so then again I say it's all about the personal experience. I love that finally a company has come out with a computer that's easier for everyone to use, especially little kids. Now they too can learn how to use a computer since they're used for everything now. As for the printers, HP always seems to come out on top.
I love macs, however the current model is not to my liking...so bought this and have to get into windows a while, but the next imac, well I will switch again....touch screenis awesome, played with one for a hour...
well, considering i just saw this today @ office depot, and had a chance to use it, i'd have to say i'm a fan, it's sleek, powerful, and interesting. I've used a Turion64X2 in my laptop for a long time now, and it runs perfectly. anyone who thinks that an imac would outdo this needs to get the license plate of the truck that ran over their head.
This isn't close to being an iMac killer. If someone was torn between this and an iMac then it would be unlikely that they would be able to tell a skyscraper from an ant! This is the complete opposite of an iMac.
1: Look at the price! A 20" iMac costs around $1,500, this, $1,800. A larger screen costs less, sure it has more features but the skill in design isn't where to put the features it's what features to take away. this hasn't been designed any more than an earthquake 'designs' its destruction!
2: simplicity of an iMac vs. chaotic confusion of this! How many ports and connections does this have! Sure, the iMac does have less connections and so could be classed as inferior to it but if you want so many ports go and live by the sea.
3: How ugly does this look? Sure the iMac isn't the prettiest out there but at least you can see that someone actually thought "......well we can put the iSight at the top, and the speakers on the bottom.......". This HP was more like "......we have a camera and some speakers, lets throw them down somewhere on the computer........"
As you can see. This is not in the same league as the iMac, but I'm not saying which is better. I better stop there before I rant on..........
Why is it that EVERY thing a PC manufacturer does, more Mac-addicts have to cry about its inferiority? I suppose if Macs are truly the superior product, then there is no reason you must desperately try to defend them, is there? Just wait, maybe in the next 30 years of computing, Apple will gain the market to allow it to remotely compete with the PC.
Villianize Windows and devices like this all you want, the sad truth is that Macs take a back seat to market share, and always have. Let not leave out, I seriously doubt that the designers could have cared less about the iMac when developing this, Why, you may ask. Because there is not threat from the Mac on agrand scale, so why try to compete.
To add address a few random remarks based on trying one out at a retail store they had on display:
1. The screen is crystal clear and plays TV/Movies much better and in higher resolution than TVs can in general.
2. What would you do with a touch screen? How about photoshop? Nothing beats art/photo editting with a pen over a mouse.
3. System specs: They will likely come in time/next model, what have you. It seems this is built on a 'laptop' core anyhow, as it had a mobile video chipset. (Incidentally the only reason I didnt buy it)
Want uses for it? How about a dorm room? It is not as bulky in real life as you people make it out in the pictures, and would fit great on a students desk. TV, PC, drawing tablet, etc... all in one. Also, what most of you are missing about the form factor is the monitor has a pretty good range of motion, it can tilted back to function like an angled drawing desk, or it can come down in front of the main box, and stand totally upright, where from across the room it would look like a regular TV with the 'pc' parts hidden completely, and then operated via remote control.
Alas, the Mac people with dismiss most of this, too complex and what not... then again, what can you expect.... two or more buttons on a mouse is difficult for them to comprehend. (OK, thats my mean-mac joke.... sorry)
I think this new pc is a godsend, I have needed a pc like this for years, this is the answer to a pub owners dream, it can have the bar/restuarant software loaded into it and basically manage the entire business for you, inventories, sound system, orders, invoices,employee time keeping,Dvd entertainment for widescreen TV, anything you can imagine it will do and do very well...Who cares if it beats another brand of computer, it stands alone in a new era of computer technology...not another flash in the pan...but the future..enjoy it..
It's not a bad computer. The interface is nice and intuitive. It runs Vista (well, I like Vista. Maybe not a selling point though). I'd buy this just for the monitor though, which is why I'll never actually buy one. Now, if you could get the monitor separately....
I personally kind of like the idea of at least having the option to use a touchscreen (I haved used them in several working enviroments and if it's of higher quality it should not become smudged too quickly. As for those completley writing off HP, every company has made shatty products. It's up to you to read reviews and make an intelligent choice rather than having blind faith in a brand. Although I can't help but wonder why SDRAM is being used...I thought DDR was double data rate in comparision to SD.
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