Dell studio one 1909 touch screen all in one keyboard

#Dell studio one 1909 touch screen all in one keyboard windows#

We recommend, however, that you steer clear of any version of the One 19 with a Blu-ray combo drive.

The fact that you can't add new applications or modify old ones, however, means its long-term usefulness is limited. Dell also provides the 'Touch Zone' software, an Apple Cover Flow-style application that launches commonly used applications. This makes pointing and selecting far easier than on most touch-based machines. Use a pinching or stretching gesture, for example, and it's possible to zoom in and out of the desktop, making icons appear almost as large as you wish. The One 19's 18.5-inch display is, for a start, multi-touch-compatible, meaning the machine is receptive to a wider variety of finger commands than your average prod-along PC.

#Dell studio one 1909 touch screen all in one keyboard windows#

But it's obvious Dell has done its utmost to circumvent the fact Windows Vista wasn't really designed for touch input. We almost dismissed the One 19 as a gimmick out of hand, since most touch-sensitive PCs don't work very well. A further set of shortcut buttons allows the user to launch Windows Media Player, and skip forwards or backwards through audio tracks, while a dedicated wheel control lets you adjust the system's volume. It boasts dedicated shortcut buttons that allow the user to launch common applications such as a Web browser, calculator, the 'my computer' window and an email client. To the left, just behind the gaudy cloth bezel, are a memory-card reader, two USB ports, headphone and mic jacks, and the power button It's fairly easy to put back together, but we spent more time on our knees picking up the pieces than we ought to have done. Knock it off the desk (yeah, we're pretty clumsy) and it'll smash into several pieces - the top, bottom and batteries flying everywhere. The top layer of the mouse is secured to the bottom section via a pair of very weak magnets, and can become disconnected relatively easily. The former is a contender for the worst mouse ever seen in the UK, including the real-life rodents that brought us the Black Death. The One 19 package is rounded off with a wireless mouse and keyboard. Round the back, it sports four USB ports, an Ethernet socket and a line-out audio jack, while, at the side, the One 19 rocks a memory card reader, two additional USB ports, mic and headphone jacks and a power button. Its curved, ivory-white casing has an Apple-esque vibe, but only makes it more obvious how unattractive the rest of the machine is. Oddly, the rear of the One 19 is quite pleasing to look at, proving Dell's got its priorities wrong. The rotating pad on the keyboard lets you adjust the system's volume