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  • you commenters need to die.

  • @deepskye i agree :D

  • Just doesn't has the charisma of a Mac

  • that's the worst beard trim I've ever seen.

  • Althought I don't agree with his report I still respect his right to give his oppion. Be careful of how you put this guy down because if you possible live to be his age that could be you.

  • lol his beards, its crooked

  • Old person explaining hp technology because hp has old technology

  • @bluedemon245 nah thats wat u think

  • @mquiroz90 you type and think like a retard

  • @bluedemon245 ha why dont u shut up u may grow boobs on your legs

  • @mquiroz90 Stay in school and study and stop humping the neighbor's cat

  • This old bearded fool doing this review doesn't know what he is talking about.

    "Limited"...have you tried the new quad series you old fart.

  • @tom11zz884 This video is dated 2008.

  • Then why did HP say it comes pre-installed with Windows 7. You need to get your facts straight.

  • boooorrrrrrriiinngggggggggg

  • i wanna know who hired this fckin guy

  • Thanks for the review: I have bought a couple but HP have failed miserably with their support in the UK. Avoid at all costs. Sony have a better option..

  • Nice comprehensive review. Thank you sir.

  • @ fail

  • the computer or review?

  • @letterpool - at aout 3:09, the woman writes, "Back @ 10 " and her @ was not done correctly. Lol

  • hah pwnt.

  • so i CANT use windows media player with touchscreen!!!!????

  • @kjun13 i think u can use anything that ur mouse can

  • @kjun13 is multi-touch , the guy in this video doesn't know any thing about the pc -.- so don't believe him

  • wait so its nothing but touch??

  • you can use a mouse and keyboard if you want.

    Considering how the Microsoft Surface is about $8000 at cheapest, im gonna stick with my HP IQ816 =)

  • imacs are way better man i like PC but i went to a mac recently and i dont think ill og back

  • i just got an hp touchsmart and i think it works great

  • His bread is angular on his right side, but rounded on his left side. Also, Windows 7, code named "Windows 7", allows 10 touch points.

  • lol i was just looking at that

  • Windows 7, code named Windows 7?

  • Esa computadora,cuantas pulgadas tiene?

  • 23 pulgadas

  • looks like a peice of shit to me...

  • its not a bad pc for anyone above 35

  • where the hell is his fat ass bread thats fucked up?

    Anyways, the 600xt models surpass today and I think are a real success, of course they made huge improvements by now since back then this is like what, last june...

  • its not his bread thats messed up. Its the viedo should be in 16/9 butt its in 4/3 so it squching or shrinking the viedo see his head is skinner.

  • it is multi touch.......

  • no dont buy its sucks i have it

  • why is his beard so fck** up

  • thanks mate nice review

  • Dell in dutch means slut

  • lol for real

  • The UK price seems to be rather high, with a $ to £ exchange at about $1.45 to the £,

    For example, HP TouchSmart IQ845uk Desktop with Touch-enabled 25.5 inch Display (Intel Core 2 Duo Processor P7550, 4 GB RAM, 1 TB SATA HDD, NVIDIA GeForce 9600M)

    Amazon UK quote £1599.00

    That seems rather steep!

  • i have it too and a lot of the issues Walt is talking about are true but i think that even if it is one touch tech a lot of the "problems" will vanish as software develops further, for example it can zoom with 2 fingers but not rotate, anyway i really do believe that the only actual downside is that there are not a lot of touch applications, when you do operate such software the experience is VERY natural and convenient, i highly recomend it.

  • Mr. Miagi!

  • master roshi!!!

  • sorry 4 my crappy keyboard.

    Btw I'm writing on the very bad hp touchscreen keyboard.

  • how can you reveiw a pc if you cant figure out a razor lol shaving fail

  • lollllll that was funny !!! he got a crokked ass beard lolllll

  • @DANNYFUS yeah, this old nutcase really doesn't know what he is talking about

  • the fucks up with this dudes beard?

  • Just purchased the model IQ526 2 weeks ago. Afraid to OPEN!!! Been reading mixed reviews. Dont want to have problems then have a restock fee if I try to return it opened. Got it for a good price $1,100.

    Read somewhere it was not true Multi-touch technology. What does that mean? Will it work better with Windows 7? Also looking at the Dell Studio 19. HELP!!!

  • Dude this computer is awesome! Dont believe this dude, this videos is from a year ago! I just got it like a week ago and i really happy with it:)

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  • I don't know if its your chin thats fucked up or your beard..but your bread is crooked dude...you totally fucked up the shaving process.

  • its a good computer :D i got it and its v.good im happy :)

  • your beard is fucked up

  • install windows 7

  • LOL you people are funny. DId you notice the plus size female. Ah, wow Walt is a cubby chaser.

    Good for you buddy, more cushion for the pushing. Also one of two things, maybe both if your lucky, big girls know where to eat or they know how to cook.

  • this thing doesnt have multi touch? that sucks!!! normal touch screen is OLD SKOOL now!!

  • Your beard is crooked.

  • uhm did anyone see that crooked beard?

  • Any way Microsoft kicked Mac ass with this machine

  • ms didnt make the touch smart u dumb ass! HP made that!!

  • you dont have to use bad words fucking bitch it was my mutherfucking mistake everybody mistakes everytime fucking closed-mind

  • settle down! no need 2 ova react man .....

  • ummmmm... these ARE multitouch. this guy needs to be FIRED!

  • Yes they are but I have the new version and even this version fucks up drawing or writing when I use 2 fingers at the same time. But i don't care I love it!! :D

  • Everything has limits.

  • Wait until windows 7 drops with a touch smart. If HP plays its cards right they can change the scene and force apples hand

  • Windows 7 will have Multi touch and will be amazing with the touch smart.

  • does windows 7 come pre-installed on the hp tx2 laptop?

  • yes

  • The final Win 7 hasn't been released yet, so you have to install the beta yourself. There are tutes on the net so you can do it yourself.

  • RTM is out as of 22nd of July.

  • Uh yeah if you buy it from Hp website any computer sold from I think July2009 to Januray1,2010 will have it pre installed.

  • the hp touchsmart IQ800 is multitouch enabled

  • To paraphrase Walt, this pc is pretty (just like the iMac) but its not all that powerful. You'll be paying a premium for the design and the very limited capabilities of the touchscreen. For the same price, you can get a far more powerful system plus you can upgrade when needed. (Cant do that with the all-in-ones).

  • Good review. I learned that multi-touch will come in windows 7

  • Could you enlighten me...when? How soon?

  • Just remember that you can also use the mouse!! lol

  • So true.

  • I've been playing with one in a store and the touch screen tecnology is really fun but, I'd wait till windows comes out with their win 7 version. I think the touch technology is over rated for upright computers just because your arm gets so sore from reaching up and tapping the screen. They should put the touch technology in all their models. The touch screan technology is even easier to use than a Apple computer and thats a first. I just hope MSFT doesn't rune the great graphics and easy use.

  • If you had to program you TV like your PC people wouldn't watch television. Thats why TV manufactures wont touch a MSFT product, because they don't want to get dragged down a dead end road. I really think MSFT is losing its market share to apple in home computing. Maybe the time has finally come to realize MSFT could care less about home pc users. What MSFT should be making is a simplified OS that lets people get there work done instead of spending hours trying to maintain them.

  • Well Walt if your saying that HP doesn't realize the full potential of touch screen computing then thats like saying MSFT hasn't realized the full potential of WIndows. I think the tool bars and easy access to open programs is a marvel of technology that MSFT still cant get it rite. MSFT'S operating system works on the guts of getting your Pc to run, believe it or not. HP makes computers fun. If you worked 8 hours at the office programming pc's do you really want to have to do the same on yours

  • Looks like he slipped his hand with the razor and took a little too much off. Guess thats where they came up with the old saying you must of had a bad hair day.

  • Ha ha, I was thinking the same thing. I couldn't concentrate on what he was saying because I was too busy looking at his lop-sided beard.

  • meeeeee tooooo

  • Hahahahaha so true, my review of his beard was the main focus in this one.

  • i can search everyewhere with my finger with vista and my touchsmart multi-touch notebook!

  • wow look how bad he trims hist beard

  • I had one of these for 2 months. I had my money refunded after a 6 weeks repairtime, which did'nt eliminate the major problem, that Windows Vista can't update itself on this machine. There is obviously a problem with Vista and Touchsmart - they are from two different worlds - in one machine = problems.

  • you fucken asshole im using one rite now all you do is watch porn and write shit

  • Arn't they coming out with something similar like a cofee table or somethin... Can you download games ad play them on the touch smart? And if so is it good for gaming?

  • well, it's not made for gaming ;) but stfu and SEARCH ON YOUTUBE.. you can find enough on it

  • id say itd be great for mmorpgs with all the skills and powerups you use in combat. much more efficient than a mouse. and duh you can download games it's the same windows vista as a regular computer.

  • the touchsmart rocks..but like with everything they will improve on it as the future models come out!!

  • They'll all gradually increase in price as well XD

  • in italy touchsmart iq800 cost's 1.800€

    too much for this pc and has a lot of problems

  • his beard is weird its different on one side

  • i am surprised that he said it doesn't have mutitouch as i saw demo's in which a user used 2 fingers to zoom in and out or in large a screen or photo.

  • I have this computer and he is right it doesnt do that u could only use one finger. but like the newer models do have it cuz I seen it too. so im like wtf why doesnt it work lol

  • i think you get multi touch only when u download windows 7 beta onto it. Thats what i have seen so far. What do u think?

  • I dnt think so because the way it works is around the frame theres a glass lining which are the sensors and wen u touch the screen u break the direct connectivity. and If u press on a point that whole electric line is broken so u cnt point any where else. because wen I point on another place the mouse goes crazy lol. and windows 7 isnt just made for the touch smart so why would u need it to have multi touch. I think windows7 has multi touch. but not for this computer! but i really dnt know lol

  • He talk a little about it at 3:29

  • i got one

  • lol, maybe this guy think it doesn't have multi-touch because he's watching the stupid demo videos.

    If you watch the ACTUAL reviews on youtube and stuff, you'll see that it has multi-touch, most of them have 8Gb and not 4Gb, some of them have 1TB of Hard Drive space, most have 500 or 600 Gb of hard drive space, and they ALL have an HD graphics card of some sort from ATI, they all have intel duo core, some have quad but not very many, and they ALL have TV Tuners, and some have Blu-ray.

  • I have to agree with you buddy! Not even the iMac has so many features as the HP touchsmart. OK, is the processor is a bit slower than his competitor but it won't cost you a fortune as well to upgrade it to let's say 3GHZ.

  • ya you right i have a multi touch driver on my hp touchsmart iq504 im using next window its cool .......go get it

  • All reasons why HP is much better than anyone else.

  • 1299 dollars in the us?? and 1500 euros in the eu !!

    i just dont get the price policy of computer producers. especially on touchscreens.

  • right on but theres ways to make a hpts a multi touch it not that difficly but you must no what you are doing mostly you got to open the hpts and install ir led aoround the the screen and install some software and walla you are done i did it to mines it works fine at first i was a little scaryed because its a lot of money u no but you can do it !!!

  • Can anyone here now how powerful the graphics proformance?! please reply!

  • I multitap all the time....

    It is a really good computer.

  • this guy obv. does not have one it does let you muti-tap with no problem.

  • it does have multi touch what is he talking about i have one and it has multi touch

  • did he say its only 4gb :O

  • this guy's a fag

  • dude, all those cons that he listed minus the multi touch you can add to the computer, so technically, the only con there is is that you cant multi touch. but what a great computer, i love it, absolutely amazing, love the entire concept.

  • Yes... I love it, too. I'm glad I listened to this video because Walt has described what I have to look forward to when Win 7 with multi-touch comes out. The other users on the HP forum have mentioned looking forward to that, but I didn't realize exactly why. Now I do.

  • 4 gigs!?!?!?!

    dats not well equip to let u kno

    my psp has more gig then dat

  • He was talking about RAM you dipshit, not hard drive space.

  • he was talkin about ur MOM dipshit, not ur small little penis

  • wow buddy are you stupid, he wasnt talking about the hard drive space he meant the RAM

  • Wow your fucking stupid hes talking about Ram dumbass.. and look at your stupidy you even knew you were wrong so shut the fuk up and go play your runescape and go do some yugioh you faggot..

  • hah! wat a queer i play none of dat shit y dont you go back to watchin your porn and jack off cuz u cant get no girl fagg cunt

  • Ugh, this guy is a moron. If you look through an interview of Steve Jobs and Bill Gates, he is one of the interviewers and does a horrendous job.

  • I'm not so sure that a multi touch interface is more intuitive and/or necessarily better than a single touch interface...it has a certain "gee whiz" factor but I'm not impressed as yet

  • the just came out with a newer one and it is multi touch

  • I agree, he's right about the multi touch thingy....

  • Apple has yet to even MAC a touchscreen Mac. Seeing this system with Windows 7 shows me that regardless of Apple's patents their not bringing anything to fruition save for the OS. This machine IS capable of multi-touch, the Vista OS cannot recognize it. Common Walt give credit where its due - and stop dipping your hands in Apple's pockets. Your comparing software to whats to come "a few years in the future". Considering this is a HUGE improvement from initial try HP has done VERY well.

  • so it's basically a bunch of crap.

  • its fun but horible using a tv as a moniter like i do is ten times better and the touch smart can not handle 7 internal hardrives like my cuz has

  • so pleaase help, is this PC worth it

  • Nope

  • Pretty much a spot-on review. One note though: TouchSmart hardware DOES support multi-touch, and it IS [barely] used in TouchSmart interface (for resizing icons). As multitouch applications become available (Windows 7 and 3-rd party), this machine will show its true potential. Search for multitouch demos by Canineinteractive and Fingertapps for a glimpse of what's next

  • That depends on which one of these computers you buy, I know at least one has an nvidia 9800 M GS graphics card and 4GB memory, which enables you to play more demanding games like bioshock.

  • Seriously, get multitouch with like 10 fingers instead of two! FFS, call it a two finger touch

  • Does someone knows where to file and work on own PC design ideas? I have a vision of a pc and a notebook which does not need keyboard or mouse.

  • Hummzz how do ya call this on his english :D.. Just register ur ideas first for someone steals them then work out ur idea and bring it up on the market. AND DONT TALK ABOUT ITT BEFORE YOU OWN AL RIGHTS!

  • I think Apple will get it right when they release a multi-touch macbook or imac. They have something up their sleeve.

  • TRUE. Apple owns! :)

  • um dude, all the new Macbooks have multi-touch...

  • p.s. Macs suck

    HP has done a very good job at implimenting the touch interface and eventualy they WILL update it to a multi touch platform and show up all of you Mac junkies out there.

  • I really don't care if you think "Macs suck". I'm not a "Mac junkie", I don't own a Mac and have no plans to buy one.

    I was simply stating a fact.

  • yeah idiot macbooks do have mulit touch if you meant touch screen then say that you dumb fuck and macs DO NOT suck they are extremely durable reliable and do not crash like windows only broke ass people like you say they suck MAC BOOK PRO BITCHES (now let the hate comments begin haha pussys)

  • hey whats the difference between a Mac and a PC ?

  • hey, whats the difference between a Mac and a PC

  • PC = personal computer. A mac is a type of PC. Mac used to run off motorola 040 cpus and had incompatible instruction sets with windows/dos operating systems. However, now they both run off the x86 architecture. You might as well ask what's the difference between a Ford and a car.

    A better question is what's the difference between Apple and microsoft. The answer to that one is Apple sells you a warm fuzzy feeling of being different because you bought essentially a PC with overpriced software.

  • so what your saying is that, choose the brand your happy with......

  • I guess it depends on what you want to do with it. How much value do you place on a touch screen interface? If that is important to you, then the HP Touchsmart is not a bad deal for the price as touch screen monitors are extremely pricey. If the touch screen is just a novelty for you, then the novelty will probably wear off fairly quickly and you will have paid a lot of money for a standard PC. Windows media center, which comes included in Vista, has much if not all of the same features.

  • The computer would be for my home and I like the touch screen feature, it`s something new out on the market.

  • Really good review, I thought it was a good PC, but not with all the potential we could think it has, with this review it gets confirmed and it is better to wait until they get a real multi touch and a better technology for it.

  • i have this computer and its ubber cool

  • I dont care, i'll buy anything Joan Jett announces

  • hahaha good 1 :D

  • Balanced review yet it should be noted that this is a good adaptation of a tablet PC into a desktop form factor. You can surf the Web, edit Word documents, and use any application - all using touch to navigate and select text, choose menu items, move windows around, switch between apps, etc. I have a tablet PC (HP tx2525) and love it for this reason.

    Robert Cowart

    author of Using Windows Vista (Que Books)

  • i would say that , the fact that u cant barely use it while sitting down makes it a bit crappy..

  • well i must say u gave a balanced review of this computer but didnt point out some less important issues like gaming on it or working, a medeocur review yet decent... somewhat imformative.

    ps: I'm on mine right now

  • Your spelling abilities are less than mediocre.

  • i have this computer the best couputer i have ever owned for this price and i have owned 3 pc,s and 2 laptops

    its a great pc

  • your little goa-t is ragged around the edges! lol

  • i have this computer!

  • one question is it multitouch ??

  • he just said no

  • now they just need an on the go version...

  • You should correct your error, poster - this is multi-touch. It's limited to two fingers at the moment, but the technology is developing. The development API is available for free from the company Next Window inc.

  • i guess that this stuff is inspired by the computer of the movie "Minority Report"

  • does any 1 knows if this pc works only with windows vista, can it work with lower version of windows?

  • it can if you install it i recently purchased this computer so frekin awesome.......i always wondered what it would be like to touch ur tv or computer and make it do something wells its sweet lol

  • And I hope they manage to integrate a camera layer into the monitor for communication.

    And I hope they manage to replace the common computer with this in workspaces, unis, private homes etc..