HP Launches Touch Smart 600 All-in-One PC in the Philippines

Posted on April 7th, 2010. Written by Rico.

Yesterday, HP launched a bunch of all-in-one PCs (AOI PCs) to the local market. The OS-less MS212L, the MS211D equipped with Windows 7, and the touch screen Touch Smart 600-1031d. First impressions, specs, and prices follow.

At the event I was only able to try out the Touch Smart 600 for a few minutes. The touch-screen interface is fast and responsive, turning your finger into a mouse pointer for your computer. You tap on an area to click it. To right-click, you tap and hold, waiting for the circle that appears around your finger to complete. And of course, double-clicking requires tapping the same area twice quickly.

Using Windows 7 through a touch-screen makes sense, but only if you mount the Touch Smart 600 on the wall, like an LCD TV. The 600′s keyboard and mouse are both wireless anyway, and should work from across the room. When placed on a table like a desktop, it’s still much easier to point and interact with the mouse.

With a fast hard disk featuring 750GB of capacity, a decently powerful video card (an NVidia GT230 with 1GB of RAM) and a DVD/CD burner, the Touch Smart 600 is a great media PC. If you want to use it as a desktop though, you’d better hang on to that mouse. In this configuration the touch display will be a novelty at best, until you realize you can get things done faster the old way.

Anyways, specs and official prices for the MS212L, the MS211D, and the Touch Smart 600 are below.

Computer	HP Pavilion MS212L All in One PC VT540AA#A2K	HP Pavilion MS211D All in One PC BK288AA#A2K	HP Pavilion Touch Smart 600-1031d All in One BK289AA#A2K
0% for 12 mos.	P2,833	P3,333	P7,083
SRP	P33,990	P39,990	P84,990
CPU	AMD Athlon X2 Dual Core 3250e 1.5GHz 22W		Intel Core 2 Duo T6600 2.2GHz 2MB L2 Cache, 800MHz FSB
OS	FreeDOS	Windows 7 Home Basic	Windows 7 Home Premium (64-bit)
Chipset	AMD RS780MN/SB700		NVIDIA MCP7A-JC
Memory	2GB DDR2		4GB DDR3
Hard Drive	250GB SATA 7200rpm	320GB SATA 7200rpm	750GB SATA 7200rpm
Optical Drive	SuperMulti SATA Drive with LightScribe Technology (Double Layer)
Wireless LAN	NA	802.11b/g	802.11b/g, Bluetooth
Video Graphics	Integrated		NVIDIA N10 GT230 (HDMI, DVI capable)
Video Memory	128MB shared		1GB DDR3
Audio	Integrated High-Definition Audio 5.1 Surround Sound Ready
Keyboard & Mouse	HP deluxe low profile multimedia keyboard (USB) HP optical 2 button scroller mouse (USB)		HP Cordless keyboard (2.4GHz) HP Cordless Optical, 2-button scroller mouse
Card Reader	6-in-1 (SD, SDHC, MS, MS Pro, xD, MMC+)
TV Tuner & Remote	NA		TV tuner, DVB-T receiver, DVR, remote control
Monitor	Integrated 18.5″ TFT-LCD		Integrated Touch 23″ TFT-LCD
Warranty	1 year limited