When HP announced its new TouchSmart 610, which has a special rigid hinge to allow users to slide down the 1080p display panel at nearly 60-degree angle, the thing is powered by the ‘much slower’ Intel Core processors.

But now HP has updated its TouchSmart 610 to be powered by Intel’s brand new Sandy Bridge processors, making them even more powerful. This means that almost all of HP’s Intel-based products are now powered by this new processor. The unique thing about the TouchSmart 610 is that it provides a more ergonomic position for poking ’round the TouchSmart software while standing.

Like pretty much every other HP computer on the market, it comes standard with Beats Audio and, depending on how much money you’re willing to shell out, you can trick it out with up to 16GB of RAM, 2TB of storage, and your choice of NVIDIA or ATI graphics with up to 2GB of video memory.

Those Sandy Bridge models are available now starting at $1,100, though as always, you can get an entry-level configuration with quad-core AMD innards for $900 and up, though I don’t see that to be a very good choice since the Intel package seemed to be much superior then the AMD package.

SOURCE via HP