Touch-screens are at a bit of a cross-roads. Gadgets are a logical place for the functionality given their user-friendly approach but in the PC realm there aren’t exactly many shining examples of the technology being implemented.

The MSI Wind-Top AE2220-25SUS hopes to change all of that with its All-in-One design sporting a peppy Intel Core 2 Duo CPU and that touch-screen you’ve been pining for. Benchmark Reviews has the full story:

The small footprint doesn’t just shelter a 1080p HDTV LCD display, it also incorporates touch-screen functionality along with an integrated HD web cam and high-fidelity 5.1-channel SRS Premium Sound. Blu-ray Discs can be played back from the MSI Wind Top AE2220, and a digital tuner is also built-in for receiving over-the-air HD broadcasts allowing the DVR functionality within Microsoft Windows 7. Ideal for every workspace conceivable, the dual-core 2.2GHz Intel Core 2 Duo T6600 processor handles compute tasks and 4GB of DDR2 system memory ensure there’s no delay in program responsiveness, while a 500GB hard drive offers high-capacity storage space for saved data and recorded audio or video multimedia.

Quite nifty specs wise with the distinctive feel of a PC for the study/office.

Shuttle has had a long string of successful mini-PC designs and could be counted on creating something powerful, and quite toasty, in an insanely small form factor. This time around they’ve taken a different approach.

The Shuttle X50 All-In-One PC crams Intel’s Atom 330 dual-core CPU into a rather svelte machine that would fit into most any location. Think Computers has a look:

This is for sure an All-in-One computer! The entire thing basically looks like an overly-large monitor or TV. Let’s start with the screen on the X50 it is a 15.6-inch widescreen panel giving you a maximum resolution of 1366 x 768. One thing that set’s the X50 apart from other nettop’s is that this screen is actually a touch screen, although it is single touch, unlike the HP TouchSmart PC.

Perfect for the kitchen or…well anywhere you need a bit of computing action.