HP TouchSmart 300-1025 20-Inch Black Desktop PC (Windows 7 Home Premium)

by HP

Product Details

• Item Weight: 33.8 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 37.8 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B002ONCCOI
• Item model number: NY537AA#ABA
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,927 in Computers & Accessories (See Top 100 in Computers & Accessories)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: November 15, 2009

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

IDEAL FOR Touchscreen access to info, entertainment and social networks. With an HP TouchSmart 300-1025, you can zoom in or out on photos and videos, plus edit them with the touch of a finger. Buy this Desktop All-in-One to enjoy DVDs on a large, high-definition display in clear, crisp sound, and video chat using the integrated webcam and microphone.

SPECIFICATIONS

Processor AMD Athlon™ II X2 240e Dual-Core Processor Operating System Genuine Windows® 7 Home Premium 64-bit Display Touch-enabled 20" diagonal HD LCD display with BrightView technology Memory (RAM) 4GB PC3-8500 DDR3 Hard Drive 640GB (7200RPM) SATA Wireless Wireless LAN 802.11b/g/n & Bluetooth® Optical Drive Slot-load SuperMulti DVD Burner with LightScribe Technology Video Graphics ATI Radeon™ HD 3200 Graphics with 256MB graphics memory. Up to 1919MB total available graphics memory as allocated by Windows® 7

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FEATURES

Touchscreen Technology Use multi-touch gestures to navigate your touchscreen Multicore Processor Get better performance and work more efficiently 6-in-1 Digital Media Reader Transfer photos from a digital camera to your Desktop All-in-One without using cables LightScribe Technology Burn labels directly onto CDs and DVDs Built-in HP Webcam Video chat live using your HP TouchSmart 300-1025 TV Tuner Watch, pause, rewind, and record live television Wireless LAN 802.11b/g/n Connect to a wireless printer and other accessories Bluetooth® Save time with wireless synching and printing INCLUDED

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MORE INFORMATION

Datasheet (PDF)

Product Description

From the elegant design to the advanced features to the incredibly powerful suite of built-for-touch applications, the HP TouchSmart PC redefines what touch can do for you—and what you can do with a touch.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars So far so good, not entirely convinced yet, February 18, 2010

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Paul Handsome (Brazil) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: HP TouchSmart 300-1025 20-Inch Black Desktop PC (Windows 7 Home Premium) (Personal Computers)

I've had the Touchsmart for over a month now and while do not regret settling for the AMD version, I sure would have liked the Intel one (pricier). The Touchsmart software doesn't run smoothly, it takes a while to load and sometimes does not work. The first days it would simply not work at all, but after I did a software update thru HP's system doctor suite, it improve, but still freezes sometimes.

In general, it's is not as the simulated images on TV or You Tube, it takes a while to load each program (videos, music, photos, canvas, etc) specially those media relates like music and photos (which was the whole idea of having the media computer after all). Once it's loaded it's fun to play with, to be fair.

My wife is satisfied with it, as her Photoshop and Illustrator run much better here than in the 6 year old computer that we had and the 21" LCD screen is beautiful and larger compared to our old CRT 15" monitor, plus the touch feature, which she really doesn't use.

I haven't been able to make it work with my LAN cable from the router, it is only using the wireless connection and somehow I think it could be faster if accessing the Internet through the cable, just a thought, probably wrong.

Windows 7 looks pretty much the same as Vista, which I have been using at the office for 2 years. But my Intel Centrino Toshiba Portege surely performs better.

Conclusion, I am glad I bought it, technology works great, sounds very good too, visual is a plus, much better than what I used to have at home, however, would like to confirm whether the 23" (which I don't) Intel version (Touchsmart 600) is worth the extra $500.

Will tell you more in a couple of months.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars So far so good, August 29, 2010

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Brian from AZ - See all my reviews

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This review is from: HP TouchSmart 300-1025 20-Inch Black Desktop PC (Windows 7 Home Premium) (Personal Computers)

I have had this computer for about 8 months. It has performed flawlessly. I was a little worried at first because I never bought a computer from Amazon, but they delivered it in great time and shape. I have nothing negative to say. The touch screen is fun, but it does leave finger prints, that's the worst thing I can think of. It is fast and I have had no problems connecting to wi-fi and bluetooth. I love that there are no wires accept for the power plug. It really cleans up the work area. Great product so far, as I said, so far so good!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Futuristic Technology but with Issues, September 22, 2010

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G. Max Gooding (Miami, Florida USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: HP TouchSmart 300-1025 20-Inch Black Desktop PC (Windows 7 Home Premium) (Personal Computers)

I purchased a few of these computers. This machine is very high tech, in looks and feel. I think that it is just a generation or two behind the computers that you would see in movies like Iron Man 2 and the Minority Report. It is pretty easy to set up, but I have found some issues with them:

[1] White Haze on Screen: this is a burn in problem with the screen. After 2 full days of running this haze will disappear.

[2] Limited upgradability - just like a laptop, you can only change the hard drive and the memory. To access these, there are 2 screws at the back (near the hinge of the rear support) that must be removed. Once these screws are out, the 2 back panels will slide out laterally.

[3] Be sure to turn off the mouse if you are not going to use the machine for a few days. Otherwise you can encounter connection problems when you go to use the machine again.

[4] If you encounter problems running games or graphics software, be sure to upgrade the drivers for the video card, this will greatly improve its speed and capability.

All in all these machines are great, just put them through the paces to make sure that they are free from defects, because a few duds may have slipped past the quality control department.