http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/12/how-would-you-change-hps-touchsmart-2-all-in-one-pc/ Engadget Comments for How would you change HP's TouchSmart 2 all-in-one PC? http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/12/how-would-you-change-hps-touchsmart-2-all-in-one-pc/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/12/how-would-you-change-hps-touchsmart-2-all-in-one-pc/Dec 12th 2008 9:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/12/how-would-you-change-hps-touchsmart-2-all-in-one-pc/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/12/how-would-you-change-hps-touchsmart-2-all-in-one-pc/Dec 12th 2008 10:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/12/how-would-you-change-hps-touchsmart-2-all-in-one-pc/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/12/how-would-you-change-hps-touchsmart-2-all-in-one-pc/Dec 13th 2008 1:41AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/12/how-would-you-change-hps-touchsmart-2-all-in-one-pc/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/12/how-would-you-change-hps-touchsmart-2-all-in-one-pc/Dec 13th 2008 4:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/12/how-would-you-change-hps-touchsmart-2-all-in-one-pc/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/12/how-would-you-change-hps-touchsmart-2-all-in-one-pc/Dec 12th 2008 9:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/12/how-would-you-change-hps-touchsmart-2-all-in-one-pc/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/12/how-would-you-change-hps-touchsmart-2-all-in-one-pc/Dec 12th 2008 9:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/12/how-would-you-change-hps-touchsmart-2-all-in-one-pc/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/12/how-would-you-change-hps-touchsmart-2-all-in-one-pc/Dec 12th 2008 10:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/12/how-would-you-change-hps-touchsmart-2-all-in-one-pc/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/12/how-would-you-change-hps-touchsmart-2-all-in-one-pc/Dec 13th 2008 4:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/12/how-would-you-change-hps-touchsmart-2-all-in-one-pc/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/12/how-would-you-change-hps-touchsmart-2-all-in-one-pc/Dec 12th 2008 9:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/12/how-would-you-change-hps-touchsmart-2-all-in-one-pc/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/12/how-would-you-change-hps-touchsmart-2-all-in-one-pc/It is an attractive idea, even thought that I think it´s not a practical one.
I think I will wait for a multi-touch tablet PC or if it is for a desktop , an over-the-desktop multi-touch track pad (mmm that would be an interesting idea).]]>Dec 12th 2008 10:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/12/how-would-you-change-hps-touchsmart-2-all-in-one-pc/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/12/how-would-you-change-hps-touchsmart-2-all-in-one-pc/
I love this little computer. At my house we use it as a kitchen computer/ kitchen tv.]]>Dec 13th 2008 9:58AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/12/how-would-you-change-hps-touchsmart-2-all-in-one-pc/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/12/how-would-you-change-hps-touchsmart-2-all-in-one-pc/
Even look at game consoles. The HIG for those is super strict to limit you to just the 10 button controller. Notably only the Wii tries to imitate a "pointer" format. When 10 buttons is all devs get, and mostly pre-programmed GUI elements, they're stuck making it work. Even if it works badly it's still constantly bad.

I think for touch screens to really take off an OS needs a clean start with super strict HIG. The only commercial OS even close is OSX. I think Ubuntu is on the right track with their Netbook remix.. that's the direction to go but it requires re-skinning nearly all the apps to make them HIG compliant. Being OSS it's hard to force devs into compliance, so you trim the pool (and have users complain that text only apps are missing! on a touch screen) or fix yourself (lots of $$$). I think touchscreen will develop in iPhone/linux appliances that are glued shut to regular users where installing apps is a "plugin" not done very often.

Personally I'd love to see an LCARS based version of Linux with voice and touch integrated and just have various size PADs. LCARS was created for TV, but intended to "look" useful... without explaining how it works all the time.. which is the point of good UI. ]]>Dec 13th 2008 12:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/12/how-would-you-change-hps-touchsmart-2-all-in-one-pc/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/12/how-would-you-change-hps-touchsmart-2-all-in-one-pc/
Some things work better with a mouse, some with a touchscreen.

We had the same problem when mice came in. People argued that they preferred to use their keyboard and didn't want to be 'forced' into using a mouse. Apparently, it didn't occur to them that somethings are easier with a keyboard and others are easier with a mouse.]]>Dec 13th 2008 3:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/12/how-would-you-change-hps-touchsmart-2-all-in-one-pc/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/12/how-would-you-change-hps-touchsmart-2-all-in-one-pc/Dec 12th 2008 9:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/12/how-would-you-change-hps-touchsmart-2-all-in-one-pc/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/12/how-would-you-change-hps-touchsmart-2-all-in-one-pc/
the hardware itself does support multitouch. However windows vista by design does not. Windows 7 has multitouch, so these computers will just need a software upgrade in order to enable multitouch (according to a hp rep i talked to at work, anyways)]]>Dec 12th 2008 9:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/12/how-would-you-change-hps-touchsmart-2-all-in-one-pc/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/12/how-would-you-change-hps-touchsmart-2-all-in-one-pc/Dec 12th 2008 10:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/12/how-would-you-change-hps-touchsmart-2-all-in-one-pc/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/12/how-would-you-change-hps-touchsmart-2-all-in-one-pc/Dec 12th 2008 10:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/12/how-would-you-change-hps-touchsmart-2-all-in-one-pc/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/12/how-would-you-change-hps-touchsmart-2-all-in-one-pc/Dec 12th 2008 10:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/12/how-would-you-change-hps-touchsmart-2-all-in-one-pc/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/12/how-would-you-change-hps-touchsmart-2-all-in-one-pc/Dec 12th 2008 10:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/12/how-would-you-change-hps-touchsmart-2-all-in-one-pc/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/12/how-would-you-change-hps-touchsmart-2-all-in-one-pc/Dec 12th 2008 10:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/12/how-would-you-change-hps-touchsmart-2-all-in-one-pc/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/12/how-would-you-change-hps-touchsmart-2-all-in-one-pc/
"You use both singular and plural in the same sentence. WTF is 'For your information for anybody', that makes no sense."

Your first sentence is wrong because of a complete lack of parallelism. Not to mention past tense would've made much more sense. You then went on to begin a mid-sentence quote with a capital letter, which is completely incorrect. Also, the comma should have came before the closing quotation mark but since it's actually the source of a comma splice it should be changed to a question mark (which you also completely omitted). Consequently, you would then have to capitalize the succeeding letter.

"Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother's eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye? How can you say to your brother, 'Let me take the speck out of your eye,' when all the time there is a plank in your own eye? You hypocrite, first take the plank out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother's eye."
- Matthew 7:3-5 (NIV)]]>Dec 12th 2008 11:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/12/how-would-you-change-hps-touchsmart-2-all-in-one-pc/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/12/how-would-you-change-hps-touchsmart-2-all-in-one-pc/
I believe the operable world is "modified."]]>Dec 12th 2008 11:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/12/how-would-you-change-hps-touchsmart-2-all-in-one-pc/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/12/how-would-you-change-hps-touchsmart-2-all-in-one-pc/Dec 12th 2008 11:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/12/how-would-you-change-hps-touchsmart-2-all-in-one-pc/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/12/how-would-you-change-hps-touchsmart-2-all-in-one-pc/
You're really expecting people at Best Buy to know about an unadvertised hardware feature? Why would this be relevant to them? Think about it.]]>Dec 12th 2008 11:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/12/how-would-you-change-hps-touchsmart-2-all-in-one-pc/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/12/how-would-you-change-hps-touchsmart-2-all-in-one-pc/
Dude doesn't that mid-sentence quote in your Bible verse begin with a capital letter? idk maybe i'm wrong]]>Dec 12th 2008 11:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/12/how-would-you-change-hps-touchsmart-2-all-in-one-pc/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/12/how-would-you-change-hps-touchsmart-2-all-in-one-pc/Dec 12th 2008 11:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/12/how-would-you-change-hps-touchsmart-2-all-in-one-pc/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/12/how-would-you-change-hps-touchsmart-2-all-in-one-pc/Dec 12th 2008 11:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/12/how-would-you-change-hps-touchsmart-2-all-in-one-pc/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/12/how-would-you-change-hps-touchsmart-2-all-in-one-pc/Well I don't expect the sales people to know about it, but I do expect the Geek Squad to know it. They are the ones i asked.]]>Dec 13th 2008 12:00AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/12/how-would-you-change-hps-touchsmart-2-all-in-one-pc/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/12/how-would-you-change-hps-touchsmart-2-all-in-one-pc/Dec 13th 2008 12:57AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/12/how-would-you-change-hps-touchsmart-2-all-in-one-pc/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/12/how-would-you-change-hps-touchsmart-2-all-in-one-pc/I do work at the big blue box and the whole multitouch capability is a good selling point if a customer expects to upgrade to Windows 7 when it comes out.]]>Dec 13th 2008 1:53AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/12/how-would-you-change-hps-touchsmart-2-all-in-one-pc/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/12/how-would-you-change-hps-touchsmart-2-all-in-one-pc/you used the wrong tense of the word "come"
Lets conjugate the verb to come.
I come. She comes. You don't come.
I came. She came. You still don't get to come.

Class dismissed.]]>Dec 13th 2008 2:02AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/12/how-would-you-change-hps-touchsmart-2-all-in-one-pc/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/12/how-would-you-change-hps-touchsmart-2-all-in-one-pc/
For example, the Surface reads hands' movements even 5 inch away, but will not register these movements until the software asks to, in the other hand, HP's TouchSmart 2 will directly interact with your fingers only if you are millimeters away or less.]]>Dec 13th 2008 2:42AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/12/how-would-you-change-hps-touchsmart-2-all-in-one-pc/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/12/how-would-you-change-hps-touchsmart-2-all-in-one-pc/
It is too goddam early in the morning for a bible quotation.]]>Dec 13th 2008 10:31AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/12/how-would-you-change-hps-touchsmart-2-all-in-one-pc/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/12/how-would-you-change-hps-touchsmart-2-all-in-one-pc/Dec 13th 2008 12:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/12/how-would-you-change-hps-touchsmart-2-all-in-one-pc/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/12/how-would-you-change-hps-touchsmart-2-all-in-one-pc/Dec 13th 2008 3:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/12/how-would-you-change-hps-touchsmart-2-all-in-one-pc/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/12/how-would-you-change-hps-touchsmart-2-all-in-one-pc/Dec 15th 2008 2:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/12/how-would-you-change-hps-touchsmart-2-all-in-one-pc/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/12/how-would-you-change-hps-touchsmart-2-all-in-one-pc/Dec 12th 2008 9:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/12/how-would-you-change-hps-touchsmart-2-all-in-one-pc/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/12/how-would-you-change-hps-touchsmart-2-all-in-one-pc/
On another note I think this things really well built and I believe there is only little things they need to change on the thing... But why go into it on here, no one of importance will ever read this... ]]>Dec 12th 2008 9:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/12/how-would-you-change-hps-touchsmart-2-all-in-one-pc/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/12/how-would-you-change-hps-touchsmart-2-all-in-one-pc/Dec 12th 2008 10:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/12/how-would-you-change-hps-touchsmart-2-all-in-one-pc/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/12/how-would-you-change-hps-touchsmart-2-all-in-one-pc/Dec 12th 2008 11:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/12/how-would-you-change-hps-touchsmart-2-all-in-one-pc/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/12/how-would-you-change-hps-touchsmart-2-all-in-one-pc/
But I do agree. If it's not in your niche, this computer wouldn't make much sense.]]>Dec 13th 2008 10:01AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/12/how-would-you-change-hps-touchsmart-2-all-in-one-pc/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/12/how-would-you-change-hps-touchsmart-2-all-in-one-pc/Dec 13th 2008 1:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/12/how-would-you-change-hps-touchsmart-2-all-in-one-pc/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/12/how-would-you-change-hps-touchsmart-2-all-in-one-pc/Dec 12th 2008 9:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/12/how-would-you-change-hps-touchsmart-2-all-in-one-pc/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/12/how-would-you-change-hps-touchsmart-2-all-in-one-pc/Dec 12th 2008 9:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/12/how-would-you-change-hps-touchsmart-2-all-in-one-pc/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/12/how-would-you-change-hps-touchsmart-2-all-in-one-pc/Me, too!! :@)]]>Dec 12th 2008 9:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/12/how-would-you-change-hps-touchsmart-2-all-in-one-pc/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/12/how-would-you-change-hps-touchsmart-2-all-in-one-pc/Dec 13th 2008 8:18AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/12/how-would-you-change-hps-touchsmart-2-all-in-one-pc/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/12/how-would-you-change-hps-touchsmart-2-all-in-one-pc/
This is a good first start for this kind of product...but not ready for prime time yet as far as I'm concerned.]]>Dec 12th 2008 9:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/12/how-would-you-change-hps-touchsmart-2-all-in-one-pc/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/12/how-would-you-change-hps-touchsmart-2-all-in-one-pc/Dec 12th 2008 9:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/12/how-would-you-change-hps-touchsmart-2-all-in-one-pc/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/12/how-would-you-change-hps-touchsmart-2-all-in-one-pc/Dec 12th 2008 10:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/12/how-would-you-change-hps-touchsmart-2-all-in-one-pc/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/12/how-would-you-change-hps-touchsmart-2-all-in-one-pc/Dec 13th 2008 12:45AM