HP TouchSmart IQ800 Series yet they Cut 24,600 Jobs

By: Mark Chubb | Posted: September 16, 2008 | No Comments
Filed under: Computers, Desktops

Kind of ironic that HP is cutting 24,600 Jobs but they still produce new products, we know that HP has to pull something out of the bag to produce more revenue to save the company, the question is “Will the HP TouchSmart IQ800 Series be a part of this?

Anyway enough about the bad news of people losing their jobs let’s talk about the new HP TouchSmart IQ800 Series shall we, we all know that in July they released the TouchSmart IQ500s and now they have the TouchSmart IQ804 and IQ816.

They feature 25.5-inch 1920 x 1200 touchscreens plus various TouchSmart-specific apps, HP Pocket Media drive bay, Bluetooth, TV tuner with remote, ambient lighted keyboard. The IQ804 runs at 2.16GHz with the T5850 Core 2 Duo on a 667MHz bus with 2MB of cache and the IQ816 runs at 2.10GHz with the T8100 Core 2 Duo on an 800MHz bus with a 3MB cache. The IQ816 is bundled with Blu-ray drive – dual-layer burner and upgrades and the IQ804’s GeForce 9300M GS graphics to a GeForce 9600M GS chip. The IQ816 will cost over $2,099 and releases October 12 whereas the IQ804 will be $1,899 and comes September 21.

Check out the image gallery over on Engadget.

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