The all-in-one Lenovo A720 Specs, Pros and Cons

This post is about all-in-one touchscreen that will bend backwards for you and that is Lenovo A720. Sounds cool, ain't it? But its worth a hell lot of bucks. It costs nearly 1,19,990.

Pros and Cons
The Lenovo A720 all-in-one touchscreen PC is a machine that looks extremely beautiful, complete with its brushed metal frame and a gorgeous 27-inch touchscreen, all of which gives it that premium and expensive look. And then there's its screen mechanism that allows you to use it as a regular desktop monitor or to tilt it backwards 90 degrees till it lies flat like a table.

But there's one question, Why would you want your PC screen flat like a table? The answer is this A720 is designed in such a way that if two people sit on either side of a long edge they can start the Piano app and begin jamming. If they sit on either side of the short edge they can play games like air hockey or ping-pong. It's just like having a super-sized tablet.

 But the A720 doesn't seem practical. To play games or duet pianos, one need to have it lying flat with enough room on both sides. Most computer desks are placed against wall usually in a corner. Keeping it flat in the living room for the intended family experience means using PC without any privacy. By the way its too heavy to keep moving it around. In addition to this, its tacky to have all that clutter in your living room with the wires all over the room to the nearest plug-point. I think you can imagine the mess there.

But the A720 shines as a modern PC. It does everything you want. High-end games played splendidly, as did full HD videos, and the sound is so good that one doesn't need any external speakers or headphones. It can handle all other tasks , like word processing, photo editing, web browsing with dozens of tabs open etc., without any difficulty. In addition to this, since its a touch screen, it gives a fun experience. Playing touch based games like Fruit Ninja, Angry Birds etc. on this is quite an unexplainable experience. Here the good thing is that Lenovo has included some touch-based apps like Angry birds, ArcSoft PhotoStudio Paint and Baby 3 6 5, and they are as much fun here as on any tablet.

For about 75% of the time, one will use LEnovo A720 like a regular PC and the rest of the time for touch but that's also partly because it currently runs on Windows 7. And that ratio might change once Windows 8, which is made for a touch experience, comes out in October. According to me it will be wiser to wait till then to purchase this beauty.

Now coming to the price of A720, is this worth it? As a personal touch-screen computer, this one is absolutely superb. The hardware is magnificent. But this is not gonna change the way you use your computer and make it into a family affair.

Specs

- 27 inch Full HD touch-screen
- 3.3 GHz Intel Core i7 quadcore CPU
- 6GB DDR3 RAM
- 750 GB HDD
- 2GB Nvidia GeForce GT 630M graphics
- Blu-ray slot drive
- Wi-Fi, Bluetooth
- 720p HD Webcam, built-in microphone, built-in Dolby Speakers
- 2x USB 3.0, 2x USB 2.0, HDMI-in, HDMI-out, Ethernet, Cardreader, TV Tuner
- Windows 7 Home Premium

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