Sweet looking HP MediaPC

Engadget has a first look at HP’s upcoming “crossfire” MediaPC running a version of Vista.

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Basically, as far as I can tell, this is a huge touchscreen computer designed for shared family use in the kitchen and it doubles as a kitchen TV. WAY cool.

This is the direction that I think a lot of computers need to be going. Eventually, people will read the morning news on a portable touchscreen (or have it read to them), and their calendars will be digitally mounted on the wall, with each person’s schedule fully separable by color. This machine is step one.