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The Compaq Deskpro EN 6500 is ideal for most office LANs-it offers excellent performance and management featuresin an easy-to-service chassis. The unit performed well in most of our tests. Powered by an ATI Rage Pro Turbo AGP 2x graphics card, the Deskpro exhibits impressive graphics performance. The model's 2D performance trails only that of Hewlett-Packard Co.'s Vectra, and its 3D performance was well above the competition.
The machine ships with Compaq Computer Corp.'s Intelligent Manageability, an umbrella technology encompassing a range of management software and hardware that provides the ability to deploy, configure, secure and troubleshoot Deskpro PCs from a single point. Insight Manager is the primary remote-management software. It enables functions such as hardware inventory, chassis intrusion detection, temperature monitoring and early problem detection of disk and memory subsystems. And it can flash a system's BIOS remotely, lock components and lock down its chassis.
Upgrading and repairing the Deskpro are extremely simple. The tool-free chassis slides off easily after depressingtwo release buttons. Internally, the clutter-free design enables easy access to all subsystems. A tiltable drive cage that lifts easily enables quick access for adding or replacing disk drives. One nice touch is...