The commercial makes the product sound totally legit and urged me to buy it ASAP, here is my experiment with 26 days with Sprout ( Opinion based ):
Pros:
_Look fantastic, futuristic design, look very high end especially when it's not widely advertised.
_Great audio system ( Pretty surprising ).
_Aswesome desklamp ( Pretty hidden and this is one of the best features of the product )
_Projector creates great quality.
_Sturdy design.
_The price is high but worth for the features ( Touch mat, projector, pen, touch screen, and illuminate light )
Cons:
_EXTREMELY space intruding ( Seriously the computer already thick plus the mat it's impossible to fit it to a normal desk, especially there is barely any desk with a keyboard slider that can fit the PC. The package is so heavy and big as a bathtub )
_The 2D scan quality is not as good, 3d scan is impossible even with a 3D capture stage.
_Obsolete graphic card ( Modified model from 2013 ).
_So many bugs and glitches.
_Touch mat at the beginning can be inconsistent sometimes.
_Software that modified exclusively for projector and touch mat is in very early phase.
_Very confusing projector setting.
_Take 1-hour minimum to setup and 2 days at least to get all the software and master all the settings and know what I'm doing.
_Can't upgrade graphic card.
Everyone who saw the commercial will immediately think that there'd be a ton of possibilities with the projector. But after purchasing the product, I can't think of anything to do with the projector. The exclusive apps are pretty much kid oriented ( Coloring, drawing,play piano ). They get boring pretty soon after and there are like less than 20 apps on the market. The only thing I can think of is multitasking like watch video and edit things at the mean time but you must have a keyboard slider so it won't be in the projector display ( However I can't find any desk with a keyboard slider that can fit the gigantic size of the PC + touch mat) so the only viable function is not possible here.
So I tried to edit images and video on the touch mat. The first problem, the image projected is slightly faded, result in incorrect color ( Can't be used for media editing ). And the second problem is using touch on the mat is so inconvenient, imprecise ( Mistouch )and tire your arms after a short time of usage, and keyboard will do the job much faster with ease.
Trust me, as much as I love the PC but I had to return it to the store ( The staffs at my store were pretty rude and uncomfortable despite I'm Elite Plus, except for 1 named Tyler, he's cool) because there is no use for the secondary display. The return process included repackaging and check-in and out was impractical and slow. I exchanged Sprout to a laptop with the same price instead.
If you want to buy the PC, make sure that:
_You have a big enough desk, please measure carefully since the model isn't displayed at the store and you have to order it, a keyboard slider is HIGHLY recommended.
_Make sure that you'll be using the secondary display.
Who'll be buying the PC:
_School or education organization, the second display with the projector is fantastic for educating, very easy and fun to interact. The anatomy and origami apps are fantastic for teaching.
_Company for info display and reception services.
_Parents with kids.
_People with disposable income.
Thank for the innovation from HP, I hope the product will be improved and become mainstream and make me come back for the next model. This will be how the future PC'd look like I believe.