PC World gave the machine a "very good" rating of 81/100, but noted that the use of mobile components slowed the computer.

The series featured a 22-inch widescreen touchscreen display, an Intel Core 2 Duo processor, a 500GB disk, 256MB NVIDIA GeForce 9300 M HS HD graphics, and 802.11n WiFi, along with an Energy Star qualification.

Other features included a TV tuner with remote, integrated webcam, Bluetooth, HP Pocket Media drive bay and an ambient light to illuminate the keyboard.

It featured a Core 2 Duo T6600, 4GB of RAM, a DVD drive, a 1TB HDD and no dedicated graphics chip as it used the Intel 4 series chipset.

The more expensive IQ816 featured a 2.10 GHz T8100 Core 2 Duo on an 800 MHz bus with a 3MB cache, Blu-ray drive / dual-layer burner, and a GeForce 9600M GS chip.

Released in December 2008, the TouchSmart tx2 was touted as the first consumer notebook and tablet PC with on-screen multi-touch control.

The series features Intel Atom N450 CPU, mobile broadband, HP video playback and 10-hour battery run time.