I actually got one of these about a month ago and ended up returning it. The fact that you really can't use multitouch outside of the special HP application (which is extremely limiting when browsing websites) is a major drawback. Perhaps this is more of an OS shortcoming, but nevertheless, I simply wanted to be able to read web pages like I can on an IPhone, pinching, ticking up and down the page, etc. I had the lowest end model...the one for $1299 and another thing I didn't like is that there is no video VGA (or any other high res video) output. So if you're using this as a Media Center PC but want to display it on a big screen LCD sometimes, you're out of luck. You can buy the more expensive models and get this, but a VGA port is something you should have to pay more for, in my estimation.
This is a good first start for this kind of product...but not ready for prime time yet as far as I'm concerned.
One more comment after reading what other have said...I actually installed the 6801 build of Windows 7 onto this just to see if I could get a feel for what it might be like under an OS that truly supports multi touch. Unfortunately, there are no drivers for network, sound, etc. that will work on this machine under Windows 7. I know I can't complain about no drivers for an unreleased OS, but just thought I would mention it.
I don't know if this would be the ideal form for a media center PC. I guess a small box with HDMI would assuming you have your data on an NAS. Otherwise a box with lots of HDD space and HDMI.
I have Vista on my tablet PC and you can enable all that stuff.
Download the "Origami Pack" from microsoft. It enables touch scrolling in IE and makes the close/minimize buttons larger. It increases the size of scrollbars. It does a lot of little tweaks and enhancements throughout the OS to improve it for touch operation.
No zooming. But you're on a 25" screen why do you need to zoom? :D
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I actually got one of these about a month ago and ended up returning it. The fact that you really can't use multitouch outside of the special HP application (which is extremely limiting when browsing websites) is a major drawback. Perhaps this is more of an OS shortcoming, but nevertheless, I simply wanted to be able to read web pages like I can on an IPhone, pinching, ticking up and down the page, etc. I had the lowest end model...the one for $1299 and another thing I didn't like is that there is no video VGA (or any other high res video) output. So if you're using this as a Media Center PC but want to display it on a big screen LCD sometimes, you're out of luck. You can buy the more expensive models and get this, but a VGA port is something you should have to pay more for, in my estimation.
This is a good first start for this kind of product...but not ready for prime time yet as far as I'm concerned.
One more comment after reading what other have said...I actually installed the 6801 build of Windows 7 onto this just to see if I could get a feel for what it might be like under an OS that truly supports multi touch. Unfortunately, there are no drivers for network, sound, etc. that will work on this machine under Windows 7. I know I can't complain about no drivers for an unreleased OS, but just thought I would mention it.
I don't know if this would be the ideal form for a media center PC. I guess a small box with HDMI would assuming you have your data on an NAS. Otherwise a box with lots of HDD space and HDMI.
Well are you going to let us know how well/if at all the multi-touch worked under Windows 7?
I have Vista on my tablet PC and you can enable all that stuff.
Download the "Origami Pack" from microsoft. It enables touch scrolling in IE and makes the close/minimize buttons larger. It increases the size of scrollbars. It does a lot of little tweaks and enhancements throughout the OS to improve it for touch operation.
No zooming. But you're on a 25" screen why do you need to zoom? :D