UPDATED - HP Berlin 2008: HP Unveils New TouchSmart PC Comments

excellent - I was very interested in the last version as a kitchen/diner pc
however I was put off by HP's obsession with underpowered AMD cpus that could not handle hd video files.

the Intel CPU should be enough for most work - although bit disappointed at the use of the T5750 - they should have used the Penryn based T8100 with its 800mhz FSB and 3Mb Cache.

the X3100 video should be fine but will use a chunk of that 4Gb memory - which makes the 64bit OS a bit less useful

according to Engadget specs are:
http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/10/hp-slips-into-thin-with-touchsmart-2-all-in-ones/

HP announces the $1,299 TouchSmart IQ504 (PC) and $1,499 TouchSmart IQ506 (PC with TV tuner). Arguably, the thinner, touchier, bigger, 22-inch all-in-ones deserve better. Inside the 2.6-inch thick chassis you'll find a 500GB disk, 256MB of NVIDIA GeForce 9300 M HS HD graphics, 802.11n WiFi, and 2.16GHz Intel Core Duo T5850 processor thumping through the cycles. Launching in 17 countries next month including the UK, Japan, and the US



so is this a case of UK downgrade + price inflation...???
please let us know TR...

Thanks Andy - look forward to more info and your impressions when you get it

I was looking at the HP USA website - it seems the IQ504 has the specs of the model you have seen. However it is listed at $1299(+ tax) which means approx £400 'tax' on top for the privilege of buying one in the UK....grrr

Two bits of info I cant find however - the screen resolution (although most 22"ers are 1680x1050) and what video out port there is. I sure hope there is audio capable HDMI that would be ideal for connection to the TV as well...