HP's TouchSmart all-in-one PC slips on its business socks

Can you imagine if Dunder Mifflin landed a contract with HP, and every single PC in The Office was replaced with a TouchSmart all-in-one? Yeah, hilarity would undoubtedly ensue. Nevertheless, the company has decided to push its dx9000 into the corporate arena. The business-class device is pre-loaded with Windows Vista Business 64, an Intel Core 2 Duo P8400 CPU, 4GB of RAM, a 320GB hard drive, a 22-inch panel and a Virtual LAN driver. Outside of that, we can't really see any major differences between the suited version and the consumer edition, but it's all about marketing, anyway. Whip out the Pro Card next month, as each of these will set you back at least $1,399.

[B166ER Posted Jan 7th 2009 11:19PM]

Wait, has advertising come to the year 2000? A mixed couple, and their mulatto child? OMG! Obama, look what you've done!!

[jonyah Posted Jan 8th 2009 9:46AM]

These machines are crap. After a week of trying to get one to work faster than the original pentium, I returned it. The 4 Gb of ram is barely enough to handle their base image with the touchsmart software. It's the only machine I've ever gotten an "out of memory" error on with only 2 apps running. You can wipe it and install windows cleanly but don't expect to ever install the touchsmart software, because they won't give it to you. Hours on the phone arguing with them and no luck. The innards are essentially just taken from a laptop, so there is nothing more than standard in it. The only thing the touchscreen was really nice for, was playing mahjong and doing the rosetta stone lessons. Oh, I did love the keyboard and would buy one if they offered it without the machine.

[Flalex72 Posted Jan 7th 2009 11:24PM]

Yes, let's all sit around the computer and be happy. In my house this thing would be covered in greasy fingerprints and cheetos in 15 minutes.

[(Unverified) Posted Jan 7th 2009 11:26PM]

Caption contest!

Wife smoldering... You brought this useless crap for how much? You are definitely not getting it tonite.

[(Unverified) Posted Jan 7th 2009 11:52PM]

Guy: And here's that picture I took of us on vacation.

Girl: Hey wait go back, what was that picture I saw next to it?

Guy: What picture?

Girl: Just go back

Guy: (goes back) Shit!

Girl: Daughter, cover your eyes!

Girl: Mommy, why aren't mine that big?

[mcc Posted Jan 7th 2009 11:29PM]

Isn't everything VLANable these days?

[(Unverified) Posted Jan 7th 2009 11:36PM]

i've always think of this thing as the ipod touch on steroids!
now if only theres a pocketable 7inch version of this...

[logic368 Posted Jan 7th 2009 11:50PM]

Just Fyi, hilarity, not hilariousness.

[Hydra Posted Jan 8th 2009 12:01AM]

I think its nice but i just dont see myself touching the screen all day for normal use.

[joshsc Posted Jan 8th 2009 10:29AM]

What most of you don't understand is that these computers are targeted TO YOU. They're targeted to families and women, or college students that would like an easier way to access their music, videos, watch tv, access photos etc. What's so hard to understand? They're are 10's of 1,000's of people out there who love their TouchSmart.

If you wiped the OS- Don't get mad at HP for not helping you. You're an idiot. There is recovery disk software installed on the pc so if you didn't make your copy and wiped the hard drive... you deserve what you get.

And yes you do get a microfiber cloth to clean the screen. But if you have kids, and you are at the computer with them like you SHOULD be anyway you can quickly prevent messy hands on the screen.

This is not a gaming pc, it is an entertainment center.

[(Unverified) Posted Jan 8th 2009 12:02AM]

Speaking of Business socks...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WGOohBytKTU

[(Unverified) Posted Jan 8th 2009 12:37AM]

"Can you imagine if Dunder Mifflin landed a contract with ______, and every single ______ in The Office was replaced with a ______? Yeah, hilarity would undoubtedly ensue."

You could put anything in those blanks and it would make just as much sense, since this has absolutely nothing to do with The Office. So did NBC bribe you for a plug in this article or what? You hoping for a cameo?

[Illankid Posted Jan 8th 2009 2:32AM]

well,judging by what hp has offered in the past, corporates models have simpler(read Better) Programs installed and less Crapware™ installed in them.i will admit that i like it for a kitchen computer,

[Lundmark Posted Jan 8th 2009 4:13AM]

These touchscreens don't work.

[joshsc Posted Jan 8th 2009 10:28AM]

Yes they do

[(Unverified) Posted Jan 8th 2009 9:50AM]

Do they some with towels or somethign to constantly wipe the screen with? I can imagine my kids (as shown in the pic) using this after dinner. Touch displays just don't make sense in a home environment.

[(Unverified) Posted Jan 8th 2009 11:21AM]

Can you fkin read?!?!? Someone above already answered that...!

[(Unverified) Posted Jan 8th 2009 12:54PM]

"A paper company.. in a paperless world. We are dundler mifflen"