HP TouchSmart IQ816 Desktop PC Specification

HP TouchSmart IQ816 PC specifications : Dimensions : 26″ x 5.5″ x 19.6″ Weight : 35.3 lbs Display : 25.5″ TFT active matrix Display resolution : 1920 x 1200 Processor : Intel Core 2 Duo T8100/ 2.1 GHz Chipset : Mobile Intel GM965 Express RAM : 4GB DDR2 SDRAM Graphics : Nvidia GeForce 9600M GS Hard Disk : 750GB SATA-300 7200 rpm Optical drive : Blu-ray burner OS : Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium 64-bit Approx. price : $2000 HP TouchSmart IQ816 Desktop PC is designed to fit wherever life happens: in the kitchen, family room, or living room.

HP TouchSmart IQ816 PC specifications :

• Dimensions : 26″ x 5.5″ x 19.6″
• Weight : 35.3 lbs
• Display : 25.5″ TFT active matrix
• Display resolution : 1920 x 1200
• Processor : Intel Core 2 Duo T8100/ 2.1 GHz
• Chipset : Mobile Intel GM965 Express
• RAM : 4GB DDR2 SDRAM
• Graphics : Nvidia GeForce 9600M GS
• Hard Disk : 750GB SATA-300 7200 rpm
• Optical drive : Blu-ray burner
• OS : Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium 64-bit
• Approx. price : $2000

HP TouchSmart IQ816 Desktop PC is designed to fit wherever life happens: in the kitchen, family room, or living room. With one touch you can check the weather, download your e-mail, or watch your favorite TV show. It’s also designed to maximize energy, with a power-saving Intel Core 2 Duo processor and advanced power management technology, as well as material efficiency–right down to the packaging. It has a sleek piano black design with elegant espresso side-panel highlights, and the HP Ambient Light lets you set a mood–or see your keyboard in the dark.

It’s powered by the 2.10 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo T8100 processor, which provides an optimized, multithreaded architecture for improved gaming and multitasking performance, in addition to excellent power management. It has a built-in webcam and microphone for video chats with family and friends, and it includes integrated stereo speakers that produce crisp, clear audio from DVD movies and downloaded video purchases. Other features include a 750 GB hard drive, 4 GB of RAM (maximizing capacity), a dual-layer DVD±RW drive, the latest in Wi-Fi networking (802.11n as well as backward compatibility with 802.11b/g), Bluetooth wireless technology, Gigabit Ethernet, and an Nvidia GeForce 9600M GS HD video card with up to 2303 MB of total available memory.

The HP TouchSmart IQ816 has a monstrous 25.5″ touch screen, the largest available on a PC. The PC comes with a custom TouchSmart software developed by HP. The software is basically a collection of various widgets clubbed together. These include note, weather, calendar, photo viewer, painting tool, music player, video player applications.

These applications are launched through a full screen containing all the shortcuts to the various applications. The development kit has been opened to third-party developers, so one can hope to see some cool new applications for the PC.

Pros :

• Large display
• Touchscreen display
• Pocket media bay
• TouchSmart software

Cons :

• Highly expensive
• Average performance
• Limited ports

Final Thoughts

The HP TouchSmart IQ816 is a large touchscreen PC from HP that apart from having touchscreen functionality does not have much to boast about. It is low on performance and the price tag puts it out of reach of most people.