expirediconian | Staff posted Nov 22, 2022 04:33 PM
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expirediconian | Staff posted Nov 22, 2022 04:33 PM
Dell Refurbished: Dell OptiPlex 7050 Desktops: i5-6500, 16GB RAM, 320GB HDD
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yes, ignore the fact you nolonger get those pesky security updates and rock that high-risk OS. I'll avoid recommending that to most of my clients...
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Now, during Black Friday, it's 40% off?
At 50-60% off, Dell Refurbished prices for select items can be good.
At 40%, there are equivalent, or better, prices at many places.
Also, most of their systems are quite old now. These are off-lease? How long were those corporate and government leases anyway? Those systems were likely being cleared out by Dell as new at the start of those leases. So they are USED and they are OLD TECH. Yes, they have life left, but their "regular" prices are grossly exaggerated at the current time. Old i3s and i5s are nowhere near their modern day i3 and i5 performance benchmarks. They can't be the same, 5-7 years later, or no one would ever upgrade.
All the old tech is better re-purposed and shipped to support organizations in 3rd world countries, rather than cleaning them up, testing them, marketing them, and reselling them here. I have relatives with lots of older systems and no other family member will take them for free. Blame ever-expanding operating systems, apps, software drivers, networking, media downloading, and so on.
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DO NOT BUY 7th gen processors or prior right now! Windows 10 is good until the end of 2025, then all PCs will be forced into Windows 11 which requires 8th gen or higher. Buying a new PC right now that isn't 8th gen means you get less than 3 years with it.
Example: i5-6500T would be 6th gen. i5-10700 would be 10th gen.
you must be a terible "it guy" lol. there is no forcing upgrades for windows. theres still tons of stuff out there using windows 7
yes, ignore the fact you nolonger get those pesky security updates and rock that high-risk OS. I'll avoid recommending that to most of my clients...
Lengthy leases for computer systems aren't appropriate in terms of preserving value. Software can sometimes be written off completely as an expense in one year. I'm not sure what the full depreciation is on computers. 3-5 years? These old systems have long been written off to zero value. They may have even had more than one previous owner. They're in the charitable donation category now. They came with current and future headaches, wasted time and lost productivity, in trying to keep them functioning and updated. However, many consumers see their time as $0 and don't mind all these future frustrations and wasted time.
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If you do want to ensure that you're getting the most CPU horsepower for your dollar, consider the SFF (Small Form Factor) systems over the MFF (Micro Form Factor) options. The T series CPUs are still solid choices (if not arguably more efficient), and if you need the space they're not a bad option. But you're going to get more raw performance out of the SFF machines thanks to their higher total CPU wattage (about double that of the T-series).
Good luck!
Jon
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