HP Touchsmart 300 / 300Z Tests (PC Systeme)

Best-in-class touch software

Small screen and underwhelming PC components for the price; slow performance

On first inspection the HP TouchSmart 300-1120 seems like a capable enough all-in-one, but it loses a lot of appeal once you compare it with others on the market. If you want an all-in-one PC for the kitchen counter, this system may work for you. For...

Editors' note: This review is part of our 2009 Retail Laptop and Desktop Holiday Roundup, which covers specific fixed configurations of popular systems found in retail stores.

Strong touch-based recipe software, attractive and capable enough as a small-scale home entertainment device

Other all-in-one PCs in its price range have larger screens; missing a few features we liked about the higher-end TouchSmart 600; outperformed by cheaper midtower desktops

With a small screen for its price, we can't justify the TouchSmart 300 as a home entertainment all-in-one PC. It's also slower than more affordable midtowers, so you can spend less for more productivity. This leaves HP's touch-based software as the...

I am having to call repair more than once a month. For ra new computer there seem to be a lot of problems I cannot fix as a user/owner

Keyboard, screen easy to use

working together in comcert. Geek Squad has been here 5 times in the last month

As a lifelong Mac user, I wanted something a little different for the kitchen, in which we had an aging iMac. When I saw this machine, I thought it was worth a shot as a replacement for that computer. We're very happy with it, so far. In particular,...

This computer functions well as a kitchen computer so far. The touchscreen is responsive, and makes me think that a Windows 7 tablet might not be a terrible device (no small accomplishment). The HP TouchSmart app is very cool

So far, the speed of the machine is the only real downside, but it is plenty fast for what we need it for

If you're looking for a decent touchscreen ga... 

Touchscreen & features. Wireless mouse/keyboard. Fast start up

Vertical line of unresponsive pixels. Shows blue over low contrast colors Also screen does not always display volume bar when pressing higher or lower volume. No tv feed. No firewire jack. Errors in Photoshop