Hi Chey!

You'll easily be able to play The Sims, The Sims 2, and, I'd guess, The Sims 3 when it comes out (the minimum requirements haven't been released yet, but I'd bet it'll work fine). I could even see the touch screen being a benefit in that game, considering how mouse-intensive it is (though hitting the targets with your finger would probably be a bit challenging, since The Sims' interface isn't optimized for touch).

All PC games should take up the full real estate of your screen, so no worries there. You'll get good image quality as well, as the IQ816 supports up to a 1920x1200 resolution.

As far as web browsing goes, your selected browser can take up the entire screen, but most webpages are not designed for a full HD resolution - they will, by default, probably take up about half that space (horizontally speaking). It will still show the full website, just in smaller amount of space. You can, however, increase the size of the text for easier reading. Alternatively, you could lower the resolution on the monitor - that would fill the website up on the screen; however, the image quality will be less in that case (lower resolution means lower quality). Personally, I like browsing in a smaller space as I can open up more windows and view them in their entirety at the same time - you might find that you like it that way as well.

Hope this answers your questions!

Andrew

--Andrew

I have been looking at the hpIQ816 and I am worried about the fact that they are not the current processors the Core i7. Does it seem to run slow? It seems to start up kinda slow. The touchsmart is just an application, so does if there is a problem with the monitor, would the touch application have anything to do with that? I mean it would be just like any other all-in-one gone bad?