Many computer makers and experts believe that the future of computing will be touch screen devices. Some even feel that the mouse is the bottleneck for input to our current PCs. Several PC makers, including HP and other major PC firms, are already offering touch screen computers.

Tangent announced its new all-in-one touch screen computer called the Evergreen 17. The system uses a 17-inch touch screen with a resolution of 1280 x 1024. The computer uses a VIA Eden 1GHz fan-less processor, but can be optioned with a VIA C7 at 1.5GHz using a low-noise fan. Storage can be up to 160GB with a traditional HDD.

A range of SSD storage options is available with capacities from 1GB to 64GB. The computer is available with Windows XP Pro, XP Embedded, and Linux. Wireless networking is built-in with 802.11a/b/g and an Ethernet port is included. Pricing for the Evergreen 17 starts at $1195.

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