We all walk up to a computer screen from date to date and touch it to achieve some task. Think ATM or airport kiosk. But that’s pretty rare at home. We’re commonly seated with a keyboard and mouse.

Hewlett-Packard hopes to get you out of your chair with the TouchSmart IQ506 I’ve been analyzing. You can still use a mouse or keyboard with that good-looking all-in-one desktop PC. But you’re plus supposed to get your paw prints all by it

— often while standing up. The view is to use your fingers to rummage through your music collection, pore through pictures, watch videos or peek at your calendar.

HP is pushing TouchSmart as a family-central, living room or bedroom PC. You can record audio memos or use your finger to scribble an on-screen note: “Remember to buy milk.”

The IQ506 is the more aesthetically pleasing new version of hardware HP launched […]

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