October 29, 2009 5:00 AM updated: October 29, 2009 5:07 AM

It does not get a hardware upgrade and in generally gets not too good hardware because:

1. These machines are not made to be gaming consoles, these are media PCs and what they have inside is enough for playing media.
2. The screens themselves are expensive enough and if they wanted to get really good CPUs etc. they would end up with a price no one would be willing to pay. Exactly the same as it happened with Sony RT series of all-in-ones being sold for well over $3000, or rather not bring sold.

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October 29, 2009 11:37 AM

siggyfreud said:

But why not offer a spendy model that someone can upgrade and have built to order? It's not like the labor of installing a quad core is more intensive or more expensive than a dual core.

They just came out with a model featuring a decent 1gig graphics card, yet they keep putting in there dual cores. Even Hp's laptops are starting to shy away from those.

Like I said, it may be a more expensive option, but they are missing out on a niche in the market of those who want a Touchsmart computer, but with more oomph than is currently offered.

I believe that they are too afraid to take the risk of bringing even more niche model as it will not have too many buyers but still requires some work.

Remember that CPUs are not on their own, they need the right motherboard to work. changing the motherboard from one model to a different one is not easy or free.

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October 29, 2009 12:40 PM

If you have the Maureen motherboard you can upgrade the CPU yourself. Any Pxxx or Txxx CPU will go in and I bet there is no need for a quadcore.

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October 29, 2009 3:45 PM

siggyfreud said:

Szadzik said: If you have the Maureen motherboard you can upgrade the CPU yourself. Any Pxxx or Txxx CPU will go in and I bet there is no need for a quadcore.

Why do you see no need for a quad core? I guess I'd rather spend a few grand and buy a computer for tomorrow rather than get technology that is evening being phased out today. Why have such an innovative feature go mainstream ( the touch tech) and not combine it with other hardware to suite. Thats like throwing an early 2000 car engine into a 2009 BMW or something.

It has already been stated on this forum a lot of times:

TouchSmarts are not made for gaming, you have bought the wrong machine if you wanted it for that!

This is a Multimedia computer not a gaming computer.

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October 29, 2009 6:20 PM

So when most other computers are going to quad core or better processors, its okay for Touchsmart to remain with the hardware they have?

What other computers? 17"? Laptops that cost more than the 25.5 touchsmart? Definitely not those laptops sold for under $1000. And we need to take laptops into consideration because TSs are based on laptop hardware.

FYI, multimedia involves a HUGE range of varying programs, some of which have far greater resource demands than a computer game.

Haha, on the p7450 I watch bluray movies with no problems, are you talking about winamp or what other application that needs that much power? For media we have photos, music and movies, which of them require so much processing power?

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October 29, 2009 7:14 PM

It would be great to get better specs, but I believe the better specs would only make TSs too expensive and I myself would not buys a computer for $3000 or more and that would be the cost if you wanted a quad core cpu and all.

Remember that HP is making these to sell them and they realize that if they make them too expensive no one will buy them.

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