HP Compaq Business Desktop dc7700

Advantages size, weight reduction, great performance
Disadvantages smaller expansion cards needed.

.... Rear connections that are already built into the PC are: integrated graphics adapter Gigabit connectivity Lan socket to access your network 6 USB sockets for connecting a variety of Mice, keyboards, printers scanner or cameras. A Parallel port for older style printer connections. This is located on a small form factor PCI card as opposed to the motherboard. It also has the PS/2 keyboard and mouse connections should your existing Keyboard and mouse by the older style connection. You should not need your old keyboard and mouse though as included in the box is a HP keyboard and optical mouse that connect via USB. There are 4 unused small form factor expansion slots at the rear right of the case for PCI and AGP style cards. Again like the tower design DC7700, the sound is somehow delivered from the PC with no visible speakers... Read review

Advantages Plenty of USBs, runs basic applications.
Disadvantages Lacks the power for today's games.

...In relation to the price of this PC, this is a good product to purchase if you want reasonable performance, at a minimal cost. Not the fastest PC in the world, but functional, and will meet office-based needs. A major plus is the large amount of USB slots. The 2.1 processor, along with the 1GB RAM gives this PC enough power for your word-processing, spreadsheeting, and the like, but may struggle if gaming is your main concern, as the 256MB integrated Intel chip is meant to only meet standard graphical applications. If you're more into your solitare than your Call of Duty, though, then you shouldn't have many problems. In cases of file storage, your modestly-sized 160GB S-ATA hard disk has plenty of room for music and files. When looking at HP customer service, compared to other manufacturers, they are quite reliable. Most drivers... Read review

Advantages Great price, features, performance, looks, styling
Disadvantages Im yet to find one!

...Shiny and full of beans is my affectionate way to refer to our latest desktop recruits here in the office. No, not the staff but the PCs they work on. And they don't come much fuller than the DC7700 by HP Compaq. As previously mentioned we are switching to becoming a HP Hardware user fast and their desktops have been a pleasant suprise during hardware replacement. Let have a look at the product. The Case has a shiny silver front giving it a cutting edge look while is Black case with removable side panels make maintenance, upgrades and repairs easy with full access to the internals of the machine. Accessed from the front is the essential CD/DVD recorder, 2 USB sockets for attaching various devices such as cameras, keyboards and mice as well as a microphone and headphone socket. Whoever invented front accessible sockets like... Read review