The Asus ET2700 all-in-one joins growing roster of 27-inch all-in-ones

Now I'm starting to wonder what it

means for the vendors who have not

announced a 27-inch all-in-one.

Asus joins

HP, Vizio, and Lenovo in introducing a

Windows all-in-one with a new large

screen display at CES. The ET2700 will

appear this month at Best Buy with a

27-inch, 1,920x 1080 display built-in.

Like HP's Omni 27, also available now,

the Asus model is not a touch screen.

Asus told me at its booth that it will

add touch in a mid-year update. I've

asked for pricing information, and will

update when I have it.

The screen size is really the only

significant news for this system. The

Core i5 CPU and GeForce 540M

graphics chip should come as no

surprise, and the array of ports--USB

3.0, HDMI in, eSATA--is in keeping with

its competition.

I'd only note that the design of the

ET2700, with its edge-to-edge glass and

pedal-style support foot, joins Lenovo

in borrowing liberally from Apple's

iMac design language. A vendor copying

Apple is also not especially newsworthy,

but at least the trend remains healthy

Rudz