Hey All, My name is Sebastian Coles and I work for HP as a Password & Provisoning Analyst. I've been...
Hey All, My name is Sebastian Coles and I work for HP as a Password & Provisoning Analyst. I've been playing games and programming in my spare time for a number of years now and would welcome the chance to express some opinions!
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Hp Compaq dc7600
Introduction
I do not like these machines. My work has decided to purchase them and everyday between the hours of 10.30 and 7.00 I am surrounded by the menacing humming of tiny hamster churning the cogs within these towers. Now maybe my dislike could quite possible be unjust, maybe the fact that I’ve associated it with work could lead to prejudice, I can accept that. There are good points and there are bad points to these machines. The thing you have to realise though is that they are made for businesses, I shall explain this further into my review.
Specs
Depending on the machine you buy your specs can range from nothing to anything. I’m going to base this review of the version I have, all the options are store defaults supplied directly from HP.
Ok this machine has fairly good specs; it is a good all rounder. As a gamer myself, a 128Mb graphics card is good enough to run most games I would play. It’s certainly not enough to run the latest though. Also because it is integrated, I’m stuck with it. If I ever wanted to upgrade the graphics it would be a case of updating the whole motherboard, your better of buying a new machine. As a family PC, who probably only use it for work, school, the odd DVD and the internet, then yes it covers all those bases. As a designer or artist, no this is not something that would satisfy. The memory if far to low, the speed to slow and the ram not enough, but as this is a rather small percentage of the population they would know this for themselves anyway.
Looking as Business Owner
This is actually a great product for business. The main plus is that there small and compact. It covers every aspect that a call centre worker would need. Storage space is not an issue as there’s usually a server, speed is not essential as its only applications that require the same dedication as MS word that are being run. There small enough that they fit on the desks no problem and are easy to shift about. They were built for business, there is even a clip on the back to add a padlock so the case cannot be opened.
Personal Experience
I find these machines pretty sluggish on a day to day basis. Of course compared to my Linux run laptop, there’s no comparison with speed. I do like the fact there small enough to be carted around easily as I might have to work elsewhere on a certain day, this defiantly helps. Sounds a bit strange having a portable desktop to be honest, why didn’t they just buy laptops then I hear you ask? Who knows but that’s business. I’ve defiantly had worse experiences with computers, this machine, although running slowly, has never died on me.
Closing Comments
As a business owner I would defiantly recommend these machines, there small, sleek professional and basic. As a home machine I would probably look elsewhere, unless it is being used in the most primitive of ways such as described above. If you need to do anything that requires a bit more power then I would look at another machine. These computers become cheap in bulk but there are better ones out there for the retail price.
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