Computer, Software, & Video Game Related Articles

HP Touchsmart IQ804 25.5-Inch All-in-One Desktop PC

Posted: December 2, 2008

Product Description

Stay connected to your world with the HP TouchSmart PC. Its new all-in-one design combines a 25.5" diagonal hi-def widescreen with a powerful energy-efficient Intel Core 2 Duo Processor in a single sleek piano black design, with colored HP Ambient Lights that lets you select a color lighting to set a mood, or see your keyboard in the dark. 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-loading 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 25.5 diagonal (1920 x 1200) BrightView LCD with tilt adjustment Integrated Webcam with Microphone NVIDIA GeForce 9300M GS HD with 256MB Dedicated Graphics Memory Slot-loading SuperMulti DVD+-R/RW DL Drive NTSC/ATSC TV Tuner High Definition Audio with Integrated Speakers 802.11b/g/n Wireless Bluetooth 10/100/1000 BaseT Network 5-in-1 card reader - SD, SDHC, MMC, MS, MS Pro and xD 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 - 26.04 (W) x 5.47 (D) x 19.63 (H) Approximate Unit Weight - 35.28 Pounds

Features

• All in One PC with 2.16 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo Processor T5850 with 2MB L2 Cache
• 4096MB PC2-5300 DDR2 SDRAM memory (2x2048MB) expandable to 4GB, 500GB 7200RPM SATA 3Gb/s hard drive
• NVIDIA GeForce 9300 M GS HD graphics module with 256MB dedicated video memory and support for Blu-ray, and Microsoft DirectX 10
• SuperMulti DVD Burner, Wireless LAN 802.11b/g/n with built-in WLAN antenna and Integrated Bluetooth
• Genuine Windows Vista Home Premium, dims in inches: 26.04" (W) x 5.47" (L/D) x 19.63" (H) approx., 35.28 lbs approx.

Editorial Reviews

Redesigned with a next-generation, touch-enabled 25.5-inch high-definition LCD screen, the HP TouchSmart IQ804 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 TouchSmart IQ804 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 2.16 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo T5850 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 500 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 9300M GS video card with 256 MB of dedicated video 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 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.