HP has launched two new touchscreen desktop PCs in its TouchSmart range that it hopes will finally convert the all-in-one desktop world. Called the HP TouchSmart 610 and 9300, the former is a conservatively endowed AIO machine meant for home usage, and the latter is a tad bit more capable, meant for a business environment.
Both TouchSmart models come fitted on a flexible mount that allows users to recline the screen at angles up to 60 degrees from the vertical, and, swivel it up to 180 degrees. They are both 23-inch touchscreen displays, capable of displaying resolutions up to 1920×1080 pixels, and therefore are full HD capable. The TouchSmart 610 for the home features HP’s TouchSmart software layer on top of Windows 7, which includes touch-optimized versions of Hulu, Netflix, and Twitter, apart from the TouchSmart Apps Center. The enterprise 9300 edition doesn’t get this feature, and has a plainer almost vanilla Windows 7 system.
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[RELATED_ARTICLE]The TouchSmart 610 offers choices of an Intel or AMD processor, up to 16GB of RAM, up to 1TB of storage, a Blu-ray drive, an integrated 1.3 megapixel web camera, and Beats branded speakers. It’s scheduled to release in the U.S.A. by tomorrow, and will be priced starting from $899, or roughly Rs. 41,000.
The TouchSmart 9300 is much the same, expect it gives you the choice of using a more powerful Intel Sandy Bridge processor as its brains, offers up to 160GB of SSD storage, and comes with a more powerful 2MP web camera that also allows for biometric security via facial recognition. It’s scheduled only for a May release, and will get its pricing announced around that time.