High Tech Household

As the world gets more wired, and the practical uses of computers continues to evolve, the concept of having a computer in your kitchen is becoming more and more common (HGTV even has an article on their website about it and how to best place a kitchen PC from a design standpoint).  A kitchen PC can have many practical uses beyond being just another gadget toy, such as:

• Keeping Shopping Lists
• Searching the vast array of food blogs (shameless plug:  My wife has a food blog called Domestic Pursuits) for finding recipes
• Storing and easily retrieving recipes, both thoes found on food blogs and those originally on paper
• Monitoring Children’s Internet Usage
• Checking on important emails while waiting for food to cook
• Using Skype or Google Voice as a primary audio/video phone

Now, MSI has created a new, counter-top touch-screen PC specifically for the kitchen called the Wind Top PC.  It is reminiscent of Apple’s iMac, but with a PC AMD processor, and provide a home PC for the kitchen that makes sense.  It comes equipped with a WebCam and microphone (for those who care to use Skype on a regular basis), and is a fairly beefy computer for the size.  It’s shape and size make it ideal for a non-desktop environment for use in the kitchen.

As we become more technologically sophisticated as a people, the need for computers in various capacities continues to rise.  Gone are the days where most families had a single desktop or notebook computer to share.  Now, with desktops, notebooks, mobile, and more specialized computers such as MSI’s Wind Top, computing is becoming a facet of everyday life.  As technology continues to improve (especially with touch-screen technology), we will see more and more specialized computers and devices pop up for other uses.  MSI has capitalized on this trend, and the introduction of the Wind Top PC directly addresses the growing trend of kitchen PC’s.