World Famous Comics: HP iQ504 TouchSmart PC (2.0 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo T5750 Processor, 4 GB RAM, 320 GB Hard Drive, DVD Drive, Vista Premium)
HP iQ504 TouchSmart PC (2.0 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo T5750 Processor, 4 GB RAM, 320 GB Hard Drive, DVD Drive, Vista Premium)
From: Hewlett Packard Average Rating: Binding: Personal Computers Color: Black CPU Manufacturer: XXX CPU Speed: 0 EUR CPU Type: Intel Xscale PXA255 Hard Disk Size: 0 EUR Label: Hewlett Packard Model: IQ504 System Memory Size: 0 EUR System Memory Type: SIMM
Features:
All-in-one multimedia PC with integrated 22-inch touchscreen for living room or kitchen
2.0 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo T5750 processor, 320 GB hard drive, 4 GB RAM (max), dual-layer DVD-R drive
Intel Graphics Media Accelerator X3100 graphics (up to 358 MB shared memory)
Product Description: Stay connected to your world with the HP TouchSmart PC. Its new all-in-one design combines a 22" diagonal hi-def widescreen with a powerful energy-efficient Intel Core 2 Duo 2.0 GHz Processor in a single sleek piano black design, with elegant espresso side-panel highlights that's perfect in any room you want. The next-generation touchscreen technology puts your digital life at your fingertips and gives you instant access to info, entertainment and social networks. Be free from dangling cables with the built-in WiFi, wireless keyboard and mouse and sync to your gadgets wireless with integrated Bluetooth, the only cable you'll need is the power cord! Watch or burn your photos, personal videos, movies and music with the built-in slot-load SuperMulti DVD/CD Burner. Easily chat face to face online or capture quick photos and video clips, and feel more connected to friends and family using the built-in webcam and microphone. Listen digital music, DVD movies, and multimedia entertainment with the integrated premium stereo speakers that deliver exceptional sound quality. Whatever the day brings, the HP TouchSmart PC will deliver a new level of fun to everything you touch. Touch-enabled 22 diagonal Widescreen BrightView LCD with tilt adjustment Integrated Webcam with Microphone Intel Graphics Media Accelerator X3100 with 128MB dedicated with up to 358MB Shared Graphics Memory Slot-loading SuperMulti DL DVD+-R/RW Burner Integrated High Definition Audio with High-performance 2.0 Speakers Wireless LAN 802.11b/g/n with built-in WLAN Antenna Integrated Bluetooth 10/100/1000 BaseT Network LAN 5-in-1 card reader - SD, SDHC, MMC, MS, MS Pro Front ports - 2 x USB, IEEE 1394, Headphone Back ports - 3 x USB, Digital Audio Out, Line-in, Line-out, RJ-45 (LAN) Approximate Unit Dimensions - 21 (W) x 2.6 (D) x 17.4 (H) Approximate Unit Weight - 24 Pounds
Amazon.com Product Description: Redesigned with a next-generation, touch-enabled 22-inch high-definition LCD screen, the HP TouchSmart IQ504 all-in-one 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.
The next-generation, touch-enabled PC combines a 22-inch high-def screen with a powerful, energy efficient Intel Core 2 Duo processor in a single, sleek integrated design.
The TouchSmart IQ504 comes with a bevy of special software features to make your computing life a breeze, including TouchSmart Video and Photo for quickly sharing your snapshots and videos to the web, TouchSmart Calendar for helping your family manage its busy, overlapping schedule, and TouchSmart Notes for both text and voice notes right at your fingertips. And it comes with a wireless keyboard and wireless optical mouse to help you keep clutter to a minimum.
It's powered by the 2.0 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo T5750 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 320 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 Intel GMA X3100 video card with up to 358 MB of total available memory.
The pre-installed 64-bit version of Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium (Service Pack 1) includes all of the Windows Media Center capabilities for turning your PC into an all-in-one home entertainment center. In addition to easily playing your DVD movies and managing your digital audio library, you'll be able to record and watch your favorite TV shows (even HDTV). Vista also integrates new search tools throughout the operating system, includes new parental control features, and offers new tools that can warn you of impending hardware failures.
HP and the Environment HP is committed to providing products that are designed with the environment in mind, and all HP TouchSmart IQ 500 series PCs have earned Energy Star and EPEAT Silver designations. They also use HP power management technology can reduce PC energy use up to 45 percent, and their chassis design uses 55 percent less metal and 37 percent less plastic than standard PCs and monitors. To top it off, the new packaging design greatly reduces plastic foam cushioning materials.
The Basics
Processor: The Intel Core 2 Duo T5750 processor has a 2.0 GHz processor speed, fast 667 MHz front-side bus (FSB), and 2 MB L2 cache. (An L2, or secondary, cache temporarily stores data; and a larger L2 cache can help speed up your system's performance. The FSB carries data between the CPU and RAM, and a faster front-side bus will deliver better overall performance.)
With two computational execution cores in a single processor, it provides greater system response when running multi-threaded applications simultaneously with no significant increase in power consumption. It's optimized for multitasking and is ready to support the Microsoft Windows Vista operating system. It can simultaneously run multiple demanding applications--such as graphics-intensive games or serious number-crunching business productivity applications--while downloading music or running virus-scanning security programs in the background. Some of the advanced Intel innovations of the Core 2 Duo processor include:
Smart Memory Access: Improves system performance by hiding memory latency, thus optimizing the use of available computer data bandwidth to provide data to the processor when and where it is needed.
Advanced Digital Media Boost: Effectively doubles the execution speed for instructions used widely in multimedia and graphics applications.
Dynamic Power Coordination: Coordinates Enhanced Intel SpeedStep Technology and idle power-management state (C-states) transitions independently per core to help save power.
Deeper Sleep with Dynamic Cache Sizing: Saves power by flushing cache data to system memory during periods of inactivity to lower CPU voltage.
Hard Drive: The 320 GB Serial ATA hard drive (7200 RPM) provides more than enough space for storing all your photos and home movies, your digital audio library, and downloaded movies and TV shows. This SATA hard drive also quickens the pace with a higher speed transfer of data--akin to Firewire and USB 2.0.
Memory: The 4 GB of installed RAM (PC5300, 2 x 2 GB) maximizes the capacity for this notebook. It also offers a top-of-class 667 MHz speed and boosts the amount of available video RAM that's shared with this desktop's video card.
DVD/CD Drive: This multiformat DVD/CD drive is compatible with writing both DVD+ and DVD- disc formats as well as dual-layer (DL) DVD+/-R discs, which can store up to 8.5 GB of data. It features 6x DVD±R DL Write Once, 8x DVD+R, 8x DVD+RW, 8x DVD-R, 6x DVD-RW, 16x DVD-ROM, 24x CD-R, 24x CD-RW, and 40x CD-ROM speeds.
Keyboard & Mouse: This TouchSmart PC comes with an HP ow-profile Wireless Keyboard with numeric keypad as well as an HP Wireless laser mouse.
The low-profile wireless keyboard stows away when not in use, freeing up valuable desk space.
Screen, Video & Audio The touch-enabled 22-inch widescreen BrightView LCD offers height/tilt adjustment for optimal viewing. It offers a native resolution of 1440 x 900 pixels. Video is powered by the Intel Graphics Media Accelerator X3100, which uses shared video memory (up to 358 MB allocated from the system memory) and provides Windows Vista Aero interface support and enhanced 3D graphics performance--delivering over 2x scores on 3DMark 06. Intel Clear Video Technology provides outstanding video playback with sharper image quality, increased clarity, and customizable color controls. It also enables enhanced visual quality of interlaced content on progressive displays. The integrated audio card is configurable to 6-speaker surround sound, and it can provide two-channel audio via its integrated speakers.
Networking, Connectivity & Expansion Be ready for the next platform in wireless connectivity with the integrated tri-mode Wi-Fi chip. Based on the draft 802.11n Wi-Fi specification, it offers up to five times the performance and twice the wireless range as existing 802.11g wireless. It's also backward compatible with 802.11b/g networks (commonly found in older home routers). You'll enjoy wireless connectivity to a wide range of peripherals with the built-in Bluetooth. This TouchSmart PC also offers ultra-fast Gigabit Ethernet (10/100/1000). It comes with the following external connectors:
5 USB 2.0 ports for connecting a wide range of peripherals--from digital cameras to MP3 players (2 front, 3 rear)
1 FireWire (also known as IEEE 1394 or i.Link) port for connecting digital video camcorders and other peripherals
Operating System Windows Vista Home Premium (64-bit version) is the operating system for users with advanced computer needs, and it includes all of the Windows Media Center capabilities for turning your PC into an all-in-one home entertainment center for watching DVD movies and accessing your digital audio library. You can also use Windows Media Center to record and watch your favorite TV shows (even HDTV) and to access new kinds of online entertainment content. Computers that include Windows Vista Home Premium and an auxiliary Windows SideShow display will also allow you to access key data even when your computer is off. It is also easier than ever to share files between other PCs in your household and to manage your laptop computer settings to more securely connect via Wi-Fi.
Every edition of Windows Vista provides the essential tools and technologies to help protect you whether you are browsing the Internet, connecting to a wireless network, or just reading e-mail. All editions of Windows Vista include new tools that can warn you of impending hardware failures long before you have lost any important personal data. And, all Windows Vista editions include parental control features that allow you to manage and monitor your family's use of games, the Internet, instant messaging, and other activities.
Preloaded Software Includes Microsoft Works 9, Symantec Norton Internet Security 2008 (with 60 days of Live Update), Muvee Autoproducer, Cyberlink DVD Suite Deluxe, Cyberlink YouCam (for easy uploading of personal videos to YouTube).
Dimensions & Weight This desktop measures 21 x 17.4 x 2.6 inches (WxHxD) and weighs 24 pounds.
What's in the Box This package contains the HP TouchSmart IQ504 desktop PC, keyboard, mouse, and power cord. Every HP TouchSmart PC comes with special HP Total Care, which includes 24/7 service and support for the first year via HP's North America call center and dedicated toll-free telephone support in English and Spanish in the United States.
Very nice computer bought this computer about a month ago and have loved it since ive had it windows media center and the tv tuner work great. the touch screen is really quite fun and cool to show friends. the only complaint is that it doesnt have a great processor but everything else makes up for that. it can easily handle anything i throw at it. great buy
Meets all of my needs I am not sure if the people who gave bad reviews are super picky in what they want or if they got a lemon because I love this machine. It does exactly what I need it to, there is no tower and wires to deal with and the touch screen is great! I can't believe how well the handwriting recognition works. I was amazed. I recommend this product highly!
HP Touchsmart IQ506 I bought this computer from Amazon when it first came out and I've been very happy with it. The HP touchsmart screen works very well it's not multi touch but I think that multi touch is a little overblown. I was surprised that the touch works in all environments not just the touchsmart screen. You can use the touch surfing the web playing games or whatever but you will still need to use your mouse in small areas. One recommendation I have is if you don't use the touchsmart screen alot keep it turned off until you use it it will leave you with alot more RAM but it will take the touchsmart software longer to load which is a good trade off for me.
When I bought this computer I heard all the bad press about Vista but after using it I have to say that Vista is much better than XP. My touchsmart starts faster and shuts down faster than my XP computer. Vista has some very nice features and I will be upgrading my XP computer soon.
I love Windows Media Center and having the TV tuner in this computer. Media Center works like a tivo unit you can record all of your favorite programs when you want to and how you want to. I have mine set to record all my favorite shows when they are new shows so I don't miss anything. I have DirecTV hooked up and I also have my local channels In High Def hooked up. This system will be really good when I get an extender to hook to my main TV so I can watch what I recorded In another room. For anyone that has an Xbox 360 you can use it as an extender.
The speakers on this unit are better than the speakers that I have on my other computer but I still plan on attaching a home stereo to it. With the touchsmart music section it works like a jukebox you can listen to any music in your library however you want putting music in a playlist is so much easier than any mp3 swoftware.
So If you want a computer thats also a jukebox, movie player, photo editer, television and much more I would highly recommend this computer.
Great Kitchen PC This is a great PC to put in your kitchen. It looks and works great on our countertop next to the fridge. It is tight, but it barely fits underneath our cabinets over the counters.
HP did a fantastic job with the overall design, it is an attractive PC and we like the touchscreen software provided. As others have noted, the keyboard and mouse are great. I saw some complaints about glare off the screen - we have not had any issue with this. I hate glossy screens, and I consider myself pretty anal about glare. I do not think that glare is a problem with this PC, at least in our setting.
The touchsreen doesn't get used in most circumstances, but it is very nice for our 3 and 5 year old kids to pick their own music, choose videos on Youtube, etc. We have made several "thank you" video notes to the grandparents using the built-in Webcam, which works great.
We love having Internet, calendar, etc. in the kitchen. I just ordered a logitech wireless headset so that we can use it with Skype also. Hope to update the review if it works out well.
Very nice job HP.
A dream come true for a home computer I bought the Sam's Club HP Touchsmart 505 almost as soon as I saw it. Liked the price. Took half an hour to set up (took longer to unhook my old HP Pavilion Slimline set up). Only problem was loading printer CD, worked when I copied the software from my old computer. Otherwise, I love it, perfect for my modest sized desk at home - great for basic photos, music, internet browsing, etc. Tried touchscreen for about 20 minutes, got bored, not a good position when set upright, mousing is just as easy, faster and keeps the screen cleaner. 62 and downsizing to essentially a studio and this is great for my modest living quarters.
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