Well, this looks very well!!! Maybe at last OEMs began to realize they need software that fits with the new hadware they try to sell us.

And what the Hell,just the photo you are posted looks amazing. Now, if I just have a touchscreen... would my toshiba m400 make me the favour of convert magically into one? :P

Cool. It's nice when a company that promotes touch interface actually supports it with good software.

Amazing piece of machinery. I like the color much better than an iMac.

I'd buy one as my main home pc as soon as they announce pricing (and it doesn't cost an arm and two legs ;).

Is anyone here old enough to remember HP's first touchscreen PC, the HP-150, introduced 25 years ago in 1983? They had an idea that was WAY ahead of its time. It took a long time for touch to be appreciated as a way to interact with a computer, didn't it?

I remember lobbying my employer very hard to buy HP-150s but they chose the original IBM-PC instead.

HP info page at: http://www.hp.com/hpinfo/abouthp/histnfacts/museum/personalsystems/0031/index.html

Old-Computers museum entry at: http://www.old-computers.com/museum/doc.asp?c=139

These machines will be the next big thing. I laughed hardily when Apple re-introduced the all-in-imac concept to wide acclaim a few years ago. It seems only a few of us remembered the lessons of the early to mid 80's that all-in-one machines were a poor idea as the expensive monitor often outlived the rest of the machine. Modular designs allowed for much easier mixing and matching and upgrading.
Now though, with the advent of slim screens and touch, as well as general downward pricing on computers in general, there is finally a good use for these things.
I predict we will see machines like this with 19" and 24" screens (which are durable and capable of touch and easy to wipe clean) in every kitchen in the next 5 to 10 years.
They will become as standard as a telephone or toaster oven.
How handy it will be to take video calls or tune in to what is on the living room T.V. while getting a snack or catch the news while cooking or bring up any of dozens of digitized cook books and recipes and flick through the pages easily.
Many people live in their kitchens and these will be welcome devices which will be the next must-have appliance.
The only real question is ...do they need to come in stainless or will the landfills be full of passe granite counter tops and old stainless appliances by then in favor of something less dated. Only time will tell of course.

-m

p.s. ... I've got to run off now to patent a wall attachable flip out keyboard with built in track stick or touch pad.

Touchscreen OEM is supposedly NextWindow. Some person from there posted on TabletPCReview in the thread "Amazing HP touchsmart screen, strange too!" last year.