14 DAY TRIAL // A big step forward from HP is staying in line with rules and regulations, and one of those is the ENERGY STAR 4.0 specification. It is set to hit the market on July 20th, 2007, and being something set by the United States' Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), you don't want to mess with these guys. Therefore HP announced the launch of their first PC designed for the business environment which comply with the ENERGY STAR 4.0 specifications.
According to the specifications of this standard, the power supplies have to, basically, supply an energetic efficiency of 80%. That means that a 500-Watt power supply must have a real power outage of 400-Watts. Lab tests performed by HP specialists have demonstrated that the new PCs help reduce power consumption by as much as 52%.
The new models from this line are the HP Compaq dc5700, dc5750 and the dc7700. Amongst the benefits these computers bring HP touts their high degree of reliability, low maintenance costs and reduced air conditioning costs, all of these being possible because of the low heat generation of these systems. The first two models, the HP Compaq dc5700 and dc7700 are already available on the market, and have Intel Core 2 Duo processors installed, run on Microsoft's Windows XP Professional, 80GB hard drives, 1GB of RAM and combo DVD/CD-RW optical units. The ongoing prices for these models are of $899 and $959, respectively.
The dc5750 has an AMD Athlon processor, a 80GB hard drive with Windows XP Professional running on it, 512MB of RAM and combo DVD/CD-RW optical unit for a mere $609 price. The HP Compaq dc5700 Business PC and the dc5750 Business PC both come in a Convertible MiniTower (CMT) & Small Form Factor (SFF) casing, while the HP Compaq dc7700 Business PC comes in both a CMT & SFF and also as an Ultra Slim Desktop (USDT) format.