“It is pronounced Sprout, with English. “Come on, I promise, passed the regulatory pun in the title, we avoid adding too much on the strange name which scooped the latest in HP. “We could not change it, the product is already launched in the US and UK” explains Philippe ZDNet.fr Chaventré, director of HP France category Computing “So good. We were treated to the full range of word games, but we let it happen, people will get used and it is thought that it will pass quickly. ”
Sprout arrives in France today after being launched for several weeks in Britain and the United States. Sprout wants to offer a different approach to traditional PC while reaching an audience of creative makers and other hackers. Sprout completely eliminates the need of traditional duo keyboard / mouse and provides an interface based on a touch pad, screen, also touch and a projector, the Illuminator that doubles as 3D scanning function.
Farewell mice, keyboards, and other 3D scanners
The combination of these elements gives Sprout quite unconventional look, but HP promises that his new machine offers an experience all in one dedicated to those who wish to play in front of their creative display. And according to HP, the term “Creative” is to be taken here in the broad sense, the manufacturer that started its launch conference with a demonstration of a sociologist came to show us that the France of the 2000s inevitably led to a far more tour company to individual creativity. OK.
Sprout also has a stylus to work more precisely on the workspace.
Innovation will be remembered is probably the most visible: the projector Illuminator, which sits above the screen integrated desk lamp so. This can also serve as a lamp, but it would be a shame to stop there. Illuminator is on one hand the projector for projecting images of objects manipulated on the touch work plan has replaced the keyboard, but also a complete 3D scanner, incorporating an infrared camera, and an RGB 3D Intel RealSense camera.
This allows a few interesting fantasies: grab an object on your desk, scan through the projector and integrate the image captured in a composition 2d becomes much simpler. Of course, it is always possible to connect a keyboard and a mouse, but the projector can also display a virtual keyboard on the workspace.
A bit expensive for the general public, a bit light for pros
Sprout is available in Windows 8.1, and embarks with him a range of dedicated applications to easily make the image editing and operate its various devices. Devices that will also not sold separately, HP designs the experience as an all-in-one and have worked hard to ensure the integration and interaction between the different parts of the machine. One can thus easily scan an object through the scan, and then simply slide the touchscreen to the workspace and then modify it.
At the rear, the machine loads the usual connectivity and will also be delivered with a keyboard and wireless mouse.
It remains a significant unknown: who Sprout will he address? On the subject, HP seems to have lots of ideas, but not necessarily clearly defined target. On one hand, its high price (count 2499 euros at fine retailers) is enough to discourage individuals. On the other, its performance does not make a working tool for the pro world: by the admission illustrators invited by HP, the Sprout has no ability to replace entirely the traditional environment of graphic and does not allow the degree of precision professional tools.
“In fact, it is understandable as many uses as clients. “Summarizes Philippe Chaventré” One can quite imagine its place in schools, or be adapted to very specific audiences, or take the place of the family computer. ”
HP takes risks
Sprout has yet to find its place and this for now as a more than viable alternative experience. But HP seems determined to transform the test: it evokes, without naming names, partnerships preparations with the big names in the digital creative sector before the end of the year, but also to variations of the professional world ” What is certain is that new models are already in preparation and that made contact with companies interested in the idea. This is the first in a line, which will be brought to grow and diversify, “says Philippe Chaventré.
For 2499 Euros, thus embarks Sprout, besides peripherals, an Intel Core i-7 47905, a NVIDIA GeForce GT 745A, 8GB of DDR3 RAM and a storage space of 1TB.
The machine proposed in the Fnac, Darty, Boulanger and HP seems destined for the moment relatively easy to reach a large audience. Not necessarily a must have, therefore, but the experience is interesting and the approach has the merit to be quite innovative and easy to access. And it was brave of HP: in a world where the main innovations often boil down to remove cables and offer increasingly purposes computers, Sprout made figure of curiosity. But he will go beyond?
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