The result is surprisingly satisfactory sound at a variety of volume levels. The volume-control buttons are mounted within easy reach on the front panel. The system has two externally accessible drive bays, which are filled by the floppy and CD-ROM drives. There's one additional bay on the inside that holds the hard drive. If you need more storage capacity, you'll have to replace the current hard drive rather than add a second one.
Access is limited on the interior of the case, making expansion somewhat cumbersome.
There's one memory socket tucked away under cardboard shielding. You will also find two ISA expansion slots. Compaq arranged the modem so that it's installed in the shared slot, and can be moved to provide both a PCI and ISA slot for expansion. Should you come across any problems, you'll find easy assistance. The catch is that under the basic warranty plan, you do the repair work yourself after the first 90 days.