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(More customer reviews)I have had a laptop for years, and since it was running out of space, I was looking for a decent computer with a big hard drive. This definitely fits those requirements, but put a big emphasis on "decent."
Taking the (freaking huge) screen/computer out of the box for the first time, I couldn't help but be impressed. Being a half a foot larger than my laptop's screen, I'm basically looking at a landscape instead of a screen. Colors are crisp, no immediate problems, but consider the following if you're just going to use the thing for web-browsing: most sites aren't ready to be presented in a screen this big. Yahoo, Myspace, all the usuals will have wide white bars to the side. Youtube videos that don't have at least 480P (and preferably 720) will look incredibly small OR very grainy in the full screen mode.
Luckily, this all-in-one thing lives up to its name, and includes a very nice selection of outputs. A HDTV tuner for a cable box, several jack types for games (SPDIF means audio transfer...yay?), along with an IR receiver means it's basically a cable-ready TV and computer in one setup. Still yet, for those looking just at the basics of web surfing, perhaps a smaller screen wouldn't hurt.
I'm really just going to write off the touch controls as mere distractions. The big problem is the system's 2.13 or so GHz can't quickly handle some of the programs without stuttering or minor freezing. It doesn't kill the experience by far, but it's definitely irksome to wait that extra second for the screen to register that motion you just did. Some of the options are cool - importing an iTunes library into the touchscreen music player comes to mind - but ultimately not as fast or efficient as the good old fashioned mouse and keyboard.
Speaking of the mouse: get a new one. The HP mouse fits nicely in the hand, but lacks a forward/back button I seriously miss from the laptop mouse, misses the occasional click, and sometimes takes a split second to notice it's being moved around. The keyboard is sleek, flat, and almost perfect. I say almost, because the plastic bit at the bottom makes the space bar a little hard to hit, but other than that it's excellent. But the coolest goodie is the remote it comes with. Start a playlist on iTunes, skip the songs you don't want to hear, fast forward through a WMV, turn up/down the volume, it's a nice touch I didn't think I'd like on a computer.
If you need the strict basics of a computer, for internet or perhaps high-end gaming, I'd look for something a little stronger than the guts inside this thing. But if you feel like you'd made use of the several screen outputs, or have some video editing to do, this would probably fit the bill nicely as an entertainment device and basic work setup.
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