I have the advantage of having the previous generation of HP's desktop touchscreen computer the "HP TouchSmart PC" and there have indeed been many improvements in this second generation the "HP ENVY 20 TouchSmart PC". First an improved responsiveness and with Windows 8, many additional functions available from the touchscreen. The physical design is also much improved: 1. The screen is completely flat when viewed head on instead of a front bezel that protruded from thee touchscreen in the earlier model, 2. The PC stands on a sturdier and flatter base instead of the easel/calendar sort of rear leg that characterized the earlier model. 3. The keyboard is appropriately sloped without raising it on the (still flimsy) thin plastic bottom legs which fractured on my previous model.
