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19th May 2009, 12:54
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| Well I just went and got a Dell from a college near me, they update the systems every 3 years and they sell the others off dirt cheap. Haven't got the specs down yet but it does come with the monitor, computer probably a bunch of cables too. Just wondering what the average Optiplex system had in 2006? (Just assuming it's an optiplex, from a college so I'm guessing) Just in case you're wondering why, I got the system on order to come at the end of the term, for the damned reasonable price of £10. Yeah, £10. Full system, £10. Happy chappy, can break it for spares and get more than that on eBay lol. |
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19th May 2009, 15:22
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| i want one 
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19th May 2009, 17:07
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| when i saw the title of the thread i thought, oh god why! not a dell!!! nnnnnoooooo!! but then i read the thread and lol'd.
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20th May 2009, 04:37
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| hmmm, optiplex... the commercial ones with the desktop form factor right? if the college you bought the thing off is as cheapo as the school i go to, probably have a P4 or celeron 2.0-2.6 ghz CPU, 512mb RAM, 40GB hard drive, crap inbuilt graphics and I'm guessing the moniter will be a 15-17'' CRT. |
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20th May 2009, 08:55
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| Never mind .... they make good doorstops
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20th May 2009, 09:23
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| You should get either a 3.8 Pent IV or an early duo-core. My wife works for a University and they do almost the same thing. They used to charge $25 (US) for them, but the last few years just let the employees take them home for free. They also use Dell Optiplex's (Optipli? lol), and the one my daughter has is a 3.8 Pentium, but it's a 04 or '05 model. You should be able to upgrade the RAM to 2 GB's and by adding a new PSU get a decent GPU for it. Two things to note, around that time, the CD/DVD player they were putting in those things had a major firmware flaw, and you will probably need to find the firmware update, I had it, but deleted it a few weeks ago when I got her a new DVD. The other is: they probably added some programs that "control" the windows. Emory did. I had to wipe the hard drive to get rid of it and re-install the OS, which is why you will need the firmware update. |
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20th May 2009, 09:55
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CRT? Doubt it. 15" - 17" sounds right but I thought these were usually TFT's mounted on a bracket that also holds the main box. Or is that just the newer ones... (they're still just a crap! )
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20th May 2009, 10:17
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| Haha, they're all crap. I do hope it's a TFT, be perfect for a second monitor! |
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20th May 2009, 10:19
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| You know for a tenner I'd have bought a whole lot more of them.. You could sell parts for so much more than that
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20th May 2009, 10:22
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| Limit of one each :-( |
