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It is generally inadvisable to put your fingers on a screen. With the TouchSmart IQ810, the version of Windows Vista Home Premium preinstalled 64-bit driver supports fully finger HP TouchSmart (single and double click, drag and drop). Apart from the sheer size, it's beautiful too: bright, crisp, glossy, with rich colours and a decent depth of contrast. In a smallish room it would happily stand in as a normal flat screen TV. So you can have in your living room or fix the wall (media not included) this beautiful black slab. If you're not a fan of touch or if you need time to adapt, be aware that the packaging also includes a remote Windows Media Center, and a keyboard and a wireless mouse.

Configuring the Desktop comes over that of a laptop than a desktop PC. Thus, the Intel Core 2 Duo T8300 processor is clocked at 2.4 GHz. A relatively powerful CPU that can be found in notebooks Acer, Asus or Sony Vaio appropriate for common tasks (office, multimedia files, playing games) and especially that little heater (35 W).

The Nvidia GeForce 9600M GS graphics card is a good compromise between mobility and performance. It is enough to stream HD playback and 3D games recently. It will sometimes reduce the native resolution of 1920 x 1200 pixels, for greater fluidity in the FPS. However bigger isn't always better, the 1920 x 1200-pixel panel is so reflective that you end up seeing too much of your own face. Also, the panel doesn't quite fill the chassis, so the IQ810 has annoying black bars running down either side of the screen. Regarding the storage, a 3.5-inch HDD, SATA 3G 500GB and 4 GB of DDR2 memory are a good starting point. The connector is ideal for a family PC (Gigabit Ethernet, wireless 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth, analog TV tuner card...). There's little in the way of button clutter around the frame, and an impressive array of card readers, USB ports and A/V connectors around the sides.