Re: Vista-based HP TouchSmart IQ770 PC -- Getting purty close ?

[Frank Olson <Use_the_email_links@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Marc_F_Hult wrote:
> Compared to diminutive, proprietary HA touch screen PCs and panels (eg
> $1400 for a 'dumb' 8" Cortexa touch screen
> http://www.smarthome.com/12002.html)   HP's $1800 Vista-based 20"
> TouchSmart IQ770 PC would appear to be a viable All-In-One AV/TV/HomePC/HA
> controller.
>
> An upgrade from a Home to the Ultimate edition of Vista,  and a solution to
> the HD-DVD/Blu-Ray debacle,  would make it more attractive.
>
> I write this having chased the elusive solution to a large touch-screen,
> dependable-as-a-$50-B&W-TV + PC + HA interface/controller for years.
>
> http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1895,2079393,00.asp
> http://h71036.www7.hp.com/hho/cache/447010-0-0-225-121.html?jumpid=reg_R1002_USEN
> http://h10032.www1.hp.com/ctg/Manual/c00855464.pdf


The one thing I can't stand about touch screens is the fingerprints.  A
customer of mine owns a couple of restaurants with the "Squirrel"
system.  He's solved the problem of fingerprints in a rather unique way.
  He went to Staples (local office supply outfit) and picked up a few
dozen of those gummy erasers and stuck them on the end of some pencils.
  There's two pencils for every monitor (built in redundancy) and
they're both attached to the base with some string so they don't "walk
off".  The pencils aren't sharpened so you can't use them (he tried
straws at first but they didn't last long).  The clean gummy erasers
don't leave a mark on the screen so he's saved a small fortune in screen
cleaner and soft cloths already.  The food's good too.  :-)