Detailed Product Description

Item Description:

The all new HP TouchSmart IQ816 Desktop PC is the latest October 2008 addition to the next-generation forward thinking TouchSmart IQ  family of Desktop computers.  It is a touch-enabled PC that combines a large  25.5" diagonal high definition (HD) widescreen with a powerful energy efficient Intel Core 2 Duo processor T8100 in a single, integrated design.  HP TouchSmart IQ816 all-in-one desktop PC is designed to fit wherever life happens: Office, dorm room, in the kitchen, family room, or living room. With one touch you can check the weather, download your e-mail, or watch your favorite TV show. It's also designed to maximize energy, with a power-saving Intel Core 2 Duo processor and advanced power management technology, as well as material efficiency, right down to the packaging. It has a sleek piano black design with elegant espresso side-panel highlights, and the HP Ambient Light lets you set a mood, or see your keyboard in the dark. 

The built-in TV tuner (providing both standard  Dual-format NTSC and  over-the-air high-def ATSC transmission) and personal video recorder (PVR) let you watch, pause, rewind, and record live television--perfect for watching cooking shows in the kitchen or keeping up with your favorite series. Use the included remote control or touch screen to quickly and easily access music, movies, photos, TV shows, or radio programs. 

It also incorporates a Blu-ray drive that's compatible with this high-definition DVD disc format. And you can easily burn your home video productions to DVD for friends and family with the dual-layer, multi-format DVD/CD burner.

The TouchSmart IQ816 comes with a bevy of special software features to make your computing life a breeze, including TouchSmart Video and Photo for quickly sharing your snapshots and videos to the web, TouchSmart Calendar for helping your family manage its busy, overlapping schedule, and TouchSmart Notes for both text and voice notes right at your fingertips.

Under the hood; It's powered by the blazing fast 2.10 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo T8100 processor, which provides an optimized, multithreaded architecture for improved gaming and multitasking performance, in addition to excellent power management. It has a built-in webcam and microphone for video chats with family and friends, and it includes integrated stereo speakers that produce crisp, clear audio from DVD movies and downloaded video purchases. Other features include a massive 750 GB hard drive, plenty of memory 4 GB of RAM (maximizing capacity), a dual-layer DVD±RW drive, the latest in Wi-Fi networking (802.11n as well as backward compatibility with 802.11b/g), Bluetooth wireless technology, Gigabit Ethernet, and an Nvidia GeForce 9600M GS HD video card with up to 2303 MB of total available memory.

The pre-installed 64-bit version of Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium (Service Pack 1) includes all of the Windows Media Center capabilities for turning your PC into an all-in-one home entertainment center. In addition to easily playing your DVD movies and managing your digital audio library, you'll be able to record and watch your favorite TV shows (even HDTV). Vista also integrates new search tools throughout the operating system, includes new parental control features, and offers new tools that can warn you of impending hardware failures.

The TouchSmart IQ816 comes with a bevy of special software features to make your computing life a breeze, including TouchSmart Video and Photo for quickly sharing your snapshots and videos to the web, TouchSmart Calendar for helping your family manage its busy, overlapping schedule, and TouchSmart Notes for both text and voice notes right at your fingertips.   It also comes with TouchSmart music to listen to your favorite music, HP TouchSmart RSS Feeds, and HP TouchSmart Browser.

Included in the package is a wireless keyboard and wireless optical mouse to help you keep clutter to a minimum.

Key Item Features:

Dual core/64-bit processing:

The TouchSmart IQ816 features the dual-core 2.10GHz Intel Core 2 Duo T8100 processor. The Core 2 Duo has two processing engines that work together, giving this processor much more power than standard 2.10GHz processors. This processor built on 64 bits architecture, enabling it to handle twice as much information as older 32-bit processors.

• This desktop features 4GB (2 x 2GB) of DDR2 system memoryenough for the most demanding users, gamers and multimedia professionals. DDR2 is slightly faster than DDR, the previous standard in system memory.
  
  
• Data travels to the processor along the frontside bus. The faster data travels, the faster everything works. This desktop features a 800MHz frontside bus.
  
  
• Processors search for the same data over and over. L2 caches keep this data neat, organized, and nearby so it can be retrieved more quickly. This 3MB L2 cache is large, providing a potentially significant boost in performance.

Hard drive:

This hard drive features a 750GB capacityperfect for robust collections of music, movies and multimedia. This drives data disks spin at 7200rpm, providing faster-than-average access to your files.

Blazing-fast wireless N:

Built-in 802.11bgn wireless LAN lets you take advantage of the speed of the latest and fastest networks, as well as networks using the most popular standards.

Built-in Bluetooth:

Enjoy easy communication with PDAs and other Bluetooth-enabled devices.

Blu-ray ROM:

This drive has the ability to play Blu-ray Disc mediaa format that provides five times the capacity of standard DVDs. Blu-ray supports playback in rich high-definition, so your movies will look incredible.

DVD SuperMulti drive:

Use this slot-load drive to burn DVDs and CDs to share your files, music mixes or home movies. You can even burn DVD-RAM discsspecially-formatted discs that let you drag and drop, or write and rewrite your files up to 100,000 times.

Touchscreen technology:

The IQ816 features a 25.5 high-definition, widescreen BrightView touchscreen LCD with tilt adjustment and a 1920 x 1200 resolution. Touchscreen technology puts your digital life at your fingertips with fast, easy access to info, entertainment and social networks. The stylish design features piano black and espresso highlights, as well as a colored ambient light system to illuminate the keyboard in low-light environments.

Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium (64-bit) with SP1:

Windows Vista Home Premium, featuring the elegant Aero interface, is the operating system for homes with advanced computer needs. Youll be able to use your desktop more effectively and enjoy new entertainment experiencesall with the benefit of added security and reliability. This 64-bit edition of Vista Home premium is for serious computer users who have advanced high-performance needs and are running a computer system with a 64-bit processor.

Video/audio: