gdgt

Personally I'd wait for WebOS to be integrated into HP PCs. Its a better UI then the current software.

The TouchSmart 610 was just announced and I doubt there are any reviews for it, so you might want to wait for a verdict. But going off what we already know, I'd say the HP is probably the better of the two because you can tilt the screen so that it's more ergonomic when using the touchscreen. Just going to give you a heads up, the touch experience with Windows 7 probably won't blow you away.

As far as the CPU, I think AMD makes chips that perform just fine, so if you want to save some money, I don't think it'll be a bad choice. If you knew the specific CPU models, it might be easier to see if the performance will meet your needs.

i bought this and i like it a lot. the extra porcessor speed with the i5 is definitely worth it.. especially you can watch blu ray movies on it (which to me was a big plus). Looking forward to getting webOS on this thing. the touchscreen is multitouch capable so iimagine webOS should work well with it.

I personally like the touchsmart software/app that this comes along with, compared to the Sony Vaio one. the Vaio one is still too PS3 inspired.

Although you may have already made your purchase I wanted to offer you some suggestions. I'm currently using a six-year old top of the line Sony Vaio all-in-one. I just purchased an HP Touchsmart that I am still waiting to receive. After four years one of the hard drives malfunctioned although my Vaio still works. My logic behind choosing an HP this time around was based upon multiple factors. First the HP (I picked the top of the line fully loaded) came with a better processor. Although the Vaio would have 3TB vs. HP's 2TB hard drive, in terms of storage I think 2TB is enough. My current Sony only has 1G of RAM. The new Sony permit you to go up to 8GB of memory. I decided to go with HP because I was able to select 16G of RAM. My current Vaio does not allow for additional memory. Sony's current crop of computers is limited to 8GB of RAM. I know your probably thinking that all I need is 4GB of RAM to run most of the elite games etc.. out there today. However, six years ago 1GB of RAM seemed like plenty of memory. That was before XP, Vista and Windows 7 and even more advanced games. I would select the HP simply because if you select the greatest storage/memory options its far more likely to hold up and be able run the future 128-bit, or next generation of operating systems and or software.

Well here is my opinion on this: I own and am currently typing this on an HP Touchsmart. And overall I think that its not a bad computer at all. Sure I do think however that the whole touchscreen thing is cool and all but I find myself to rarely use it. Maybe only on slideshows but thats about it. It comes with HP's Touchsmart software which is a software that HP design to utilize the the touchscreen in a touch-friendly environment. It includes a web-browser that is touch-friendly and also some other stuff. As for the Intel vs AMD chipset, I would prefer Intel simply because that is the chipset that has been in all my computers. Someone else I would hope could answer the chipset part.