Revolution in computing - The New HP Touchsmart

[cplevel42]

So folks, what do you think of the new HP Touchsmart? I'm not sold on using my finger. Am I lazy?

See the videos! http://www.hp.com/united-states/campaigns/touchsmart/index.html?jumpid=ex_602_go/touch...arthome#/Main/

[Rudyard]

I dont like it.......I find my keyboard and mouse are all the touching I need to navigate around a PC.

Plus the whole dirty hands, screen smudging......have you ever noticed how dirty your keyboard is after a while?

I guess it just doesnt seem to make my computing easier and is more of a gimmick.

[Kayembee]

So folks, what do you think of the new HP Touchsmart? I'm not sold on using my finger. Am I lazy?

Answering a question with a question, but why are you using hyperthyroidal
marketspeak like "Revolution in computing" to describe a decades-old
technology (touchscreen) that's never caught on apart from very specialized
uses, and likely never will?

To answer your question, no, I'm not interested in having to wipe the
finger shmutz off my monitor every 30 minutes.

[Xylob the Destroyer]

I absolutely HATE it when ******** at work touch my damned screen...
I sure as hell don't want to have to constantly touch the screen, as Kayembee has described.

[rijir2001]

I would never use one. My mouse if perfect.

And if you have kids can you image the amount of peanut butter and jelly that will accumulate on your screen?

[SingSing]

Hp just try to sell a very big IPOD. They even throw in a keyboard.

[SCDVD]

Once a person develops the human interface to a computer, anything different is perceived as awkward. I have an associate who uses a trackball instead of a mouse. He is completely accustomed to using it and a mouse seems awkward to him. To me, it's easy to just keep my hand on the mouse. To have to continually lift my hand to touch the screen would not appeal to me.

[JohnnyMalaria]

No thanks.

The ergonomics are dreadful. A keyboard and mouse let you relax your wrist and place your hand in a neutral position. The touchscreen requires holding your hands up and bending them up with respect to your wrists. That will get very tiring and will add a lot of repetitive strain. Since you cannot do everything on the screen (unless you use Windows' built-in virtual keyboard), you will be forever switching from keyboard and mouse to the screen.

It would be as awful as using those credit card signature pad things in shops.

[cplevel42]

Answering a question with a question, but why are you using hyperthyroidal
marketspeak like "Revolution in computing" to describe a decades-old
technology (touchscreen) that's never caught on apart from very specialized
uses, and likely never will?

I was being very sarcastic when I titled this "Revolution in computing"

OK, everyone here that responded to this thread, so far, hates the Touchsmart; but will it sell? Are there enough people out there to make this a success?

[mats.hogberg]

As a home entertainment system it has its charm (and cool factor). As a work computer - No. But I get the impression that's not the intended use.

/Mats

[JohnnyMalaria]

I was being very sarcastic when I titled this "Revolution in computing"

Is there a smiley for sarcasm? (I'm not being sarcastic when I ask that!)

[MackemX]

So folks, what do you think of the new HP Touchsmart? I'm not sold on using my finger. Am I lazy?

Answering a question with a question, but why are you using hyperthyroidal
marketspeak like "Revolution in computing" to describe a decades-old
technology (touchscreen) that's never caught on apart from very specialized
uses, and likely never will?

To answer your question, no, I'm not interested in having to wipe the
finger shmutz off my monitor every 30 minutes.

I think touchscreen usage and equipment is taking off as there's a lot of things now that use it, especially mobile phones here in the UK. I've also got a MDA (or HTC) Touch+ phone and again love it but I'm wanting the HTC Platinum next as that's an iPhoney killer

I've got a touchscreen car radio now, awesome flicking between various functions or having numerous tracks on display at once with one touch (although you can't feel for the knobs etc). I also got a 10" touchscreen LCD monitor for the car as I was going to connect this to a hidden laptop and use it as an in car entertainment system which had everything including internet but decided against installing it


I've also got a touchscreen multi function remote to control everything. I've probably got other touchscreen stuff and most times it make things so much easier

as for the home thing above, a bit unappealing as you'd have to be up close to screen and it would get dirty real quick. I'd like a mini touch screen that controls your main screen. I'm sure you can get them now and PC's are 'finally' becoming something to have in you living room as a home entertainment system even though I've had something of my own making for years

so I love touchscreen but doubt I'd be interested in an actual touchscreen PC


p.s. I guess I love touching, especially myself

[SingSing]

Hp just try to sell a very big IPOD. They even throw in a keyboard.

I finally broke down, and bought a Dell one-in-one touch screen computer for dad.
Dad poor eye sight needs a sharp 22" screen, and it is truly wireless, the only wire is the power pack connector.

Dell touch applications are primitive. Does the Hp touch applications work on Dell ?

[guns1inger]

A friend of mine has a condition that has slowly robbed him of his manual dexterity. he can no longer use a keyboard or mouse with any accuracy. He recently purchased one of these and loves it because it means he can use a computer again.

The technology isn't new, and it doesn't suit a lot of people here because it simply isn't aimed at the things most of use do day to day. But as a niche technology, it certainly has a place.

As fot he Revolution in computing" line - when was the last time something IT related was released without hype ? The iPad/tablet computing that everyone is so in love with is older than most fo the people now fawning over it. We had tablets out in the field in the early ninties, with software written in some very early form of visual basic, running on windows 3.1, and then windows 95.

Hell, Samsung's defence to the recent Apple "we bury the competition that we are scared of" lawsuit was to show footage from Kubrick's 2001 to show that the iPad like concept far pre-dates the current toys.

Would I buy a touchscreen - not for what I do now. But in the future ? Who knows what can change.

[Seeker47]

Even if in the market for something like this, I don't know that I'd rush to buy the HP version: didn't they recently announce a big scaling back in their consumer computing division that sounds like it will result in the orphaning of many of their products ?

[guns1inger]

ASUS and Toshiba are also doing similar things.