Hewlett Packard TouchSmart IQ804 Desktop PC Reviews

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The comp shipped very quickly, after the first month though a few issues with the screen. Did a restore and a reset to factory settings with no luck. Research on line found this to be a problem for more touchsmart users also. I must say HP support was wonderful. from Qvc.com Blue tooth, dual layer dvd burner, fast processor, plenty of room with the 500 GB hard drive. I could go on and on about what this system has. With the HP TouchSmart it seems like you have two desk tops for the price of one. This has to be the top of the line but is well worth it. from Bestbuy.com I upgraded to Vista Ultimate and got very lucky. Everything still works. A friend with an identical IQ-804 upgraded and landed in a nightmare, and all HP said was "We don't support Ultimate." If you need Ultimate, how lucky do you feel? Works fine here. from Amazon.com Keyboard stops responding intermittently and had to be replaced with a wired keyboard. 4. As another user (eclectic_in_CA) mentioned, if you launch the touchsmart then iTunes will not display properly. Also iTunes must be open in order for the touchsmart media player to be able to read your iTunes libraries, which then had the wrong album art attached to many albums. from Amazon.com Apparently, it has problems with MACs so we couldn't enable it. Another is some incompatibility with iTunes. If the HP Touchsmart is initialized before the iTunes, it garbles up the iTunes display--it goes black and you can't seen the commands. If you run iTunes in Window Vista after re-installing the corrupted files, you get a Rundll32 error in Windows. from Amazon.com The screen's so glossy, you wouldn't even need to dust to pull fingerprints off of it; just turn off the display and take a picture. It's a shame that the glossy screen thing is all the rage these days, as a good matte finish would make a world of difference here. Also, I guess this one's predictable, but it's chock full of bloatware, and some of said bloatware felt like it was so closely associated with the actual TouchSmart software that I was scared to remove it, for fear that it would pull useful software down with it. Other Thoughts: If you're thinking of buying this just for the touch screen, be sure that you already have a few uses for that screen in mind. from Newegg.com One note is that the touch screen is not that at all; its actually a solid glass screen that has lasers lining the perimeter to detect your touch. In fact, if you're careful you can use the touch screen without ever actually touching it, hovering your finger a few mils over the surface. The touchsmart software layered over windows is kind of useless in my opinion, but does work well. If you intend on playing some serious games on this computer, plan on upgrading the card immediately. from Newegg.com it has picture in picture so that you can be on the computer and watch tv on the same screen. from Bestbuy.com it operates with ease and does so much that i can't even begin to say. from Qvc.com did a restore and a reset to factory settings with no luck. from Qvc.com

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Released	1 year ago
Processor Speed	2.16 GHz
Hard Drive Capacity	500 GB
Installed RAM	4 GB
Processor Type	Intel Core 2 Duo
Audio Input	1 x Line In Built In Microphone
Audio Output Type	Sound Card Headphones Line out
Bus Speed	667 MHz
Chipset	Intel 965GM
Controller Type	Serial ATA II
Data Link Protocol	Bluetooth Ethernet Fast Ethernet Gigabit Ethernet IEEE 802.11b IEEE 802.11g IEEE 802.11a IEEE 802.11n
Depth	5.47 in.
Display	25.5 in. Flat Panel LCD
Display Type	Flat Panel LCD
Exterior Color	Black
Family Line	Hewlett Packard TouchSmart
Form Factor	Desktop
Graphic Processor	NVIDIA GeForce 9300M GS
Hard Drive Interface	Serial ATA II
Hard Drive Rotation Speed	7,200 RPM
Height	19.63 in.
Installed Cache Memory	2 MB
Installed Memory	4 GB (DDR2 SDRAM)
Installed Video Memory	256 MB
Integrated Input/Output Ports	USB 2.0 x 5 FireWire (IEEE1394a) x 1
MPN	IQ804
Max Supported RAM	4 GB
Memory Card Slots	Memory Stick Memory Stick PRO xD Picture Card MultiMediaCard SD Memory Card
Networking Type	Integrated 10/100 Network Card Integrated Wireless LAN
Number of Memory Slots	2 x 200 Pin SODIMM
OS Certified	Microsoft Windows Vista
Operating System	Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium
Optical Drive ReWrite Speed	24x (CD-RW) 8x (DVD+RW) 6x (DVD-RW) 5x (DVD-RAM)
Optical Drive Read Speed	24x (CD) 8x (DVD)
Optical Drive Type	DVD-RAM
Optical Drive Write Speed	24x (CD-R) 8x (DVD+R) 8x (DVD-R) 6x (DVD+R Dual Layer) 6x (DVD-R Dual Layer)
Other Features	Infrared Remote Control 64bit Ready Built In Web Camera 5-in-1 Memory Card Reader
Processor	Intel Core 2 Duo 2.16 GHz
Processor Manufacturer	Intel
Processor Number	T5850
RAM Technology	DDR2 SDRAM
Recommended Use	Home Use
Release Date	September, 2008
Size	25.5 in.
UPC	884420018438
Video Input Type	TV Tuner
Warranty	1 Year
Weight	35.28 lb.
Width	26.04 in.

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