Samsung Series 7 DP700A3D-A01US 23-Inch All-in-One Touchscreen Desktop

CUSTOMER REVIEW



There's a few of these touchscreen enabled Windows 8 all-in-ones that have hit the market recently - I've played with the Samsung 23 inch and 27 inch models. I also considered the Acer and Dell models but the Acer was under-powered, and the Dell seemed over-priced. I'll focus on the computer and not on Windows 8 (there's enough on that all over the net). First the pros:



1. Fast and smooth computer - boots up fast, the OS and programs are generally spiffy.

2. Graphics processing is good. Can play games without issues.

3. Display is bright and clean - could be higher res (Dell, Apple Thunderbolt) but I can't tell the difference. You will want to turn down the default brightness though.

4. Nice looking computer.

5. Good connectivity - connecting to the wifi network, bluetooth devices, etc. was fast and painless.

6. Touch screen is responsive and cool (though not very useful - see below).



Now the irritants that take away two stars for this:



1. Wireless keyboard and mouse are terrible - Samsung packaged what looks like a $5 pair of accessories with their high end Win 8 computer. Figure on spending some more on a decent Logitech keyboard, mouse.

2. This was in the specs, so its as much my fault for buying the computer anyway - the hard drive is 5400rpm. This should have come with a 7200rpm HDD at the very least, if not an HDD/SSD combo.

3. Gesture control is either a sham, or I'm doing something very wrong. I haven't managed to get a single gesture to work yet.

4. The stand doesn't allow the computer to tilt (see comparable Acer computer).

5. This is not really a con about the computer itself - do yourself a favor and buy the non-touchscreen version of the computer. If you are using it on a desk, it is much more convenient to use the mouse than it is to reach over and touch the screen. So after the first couple of days when you show off your cool new touchscreen computer, you will hardly ever touch the screen again.



Overall, a decent buy - but Samsung could have made it so much better if they had just not cut some corners.