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while it's a perfectly fine all-in-one and it's certainly less expensive than many others I'm oddly underwhelmed by HP's really well designed but otherwise just above-average 2017 model of the env 27 it's certainly one of the classiest looking all in ones I've ever seen all the guts are in the base with an SD card slot USB C charging port and headphone jack easily accessible on the side plus four USB HDMI in and out and Ethernet connections on the back one of the niftier design choices is the retractable webcam it not only preserves the thin bezel aesthetic of the monitor the guarantee is no one's watching you the trade-off for the slim Beauty it's got a beast of a power brick there's also a cool touch volume dial in the base though I'm not sure how practical it is hidden behind the front mesh for Bang & Olufsen speakers they definitely sound better than your average built-in speaker system and they're certainly louder but there's not a lot of bass most people who want a better-than-average all-in-one for a decent price will be happy with the 27-inch touch display it covers the basis you need for streaming HD video and surfing the web if you aspire to 4k video photo editing or other color critical work doesn't really measure up though despite the Technicolor certification and I'm not really a big fan of the bundled HP Envy wireless mouse and keyboard the mouse feels a bit awkwardly weighted and the buttons are too hard to press plus the keyboard keys have very little travel