Dell Refurbished has
Dell OptiPlex 7080 MFF Desktop (Refurbished) on sale when you apply promo code
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Specs:
- Intel Core i5-10600T (6-Core, 2.40 GHz) Processor
- 32GB RAM
- 256GB Solid State Drive
- Micro Form Factor
- Windows 10 Pro 64-Bit
- Wireless 802.11 ax + Bluetooth
- Cosmetic Grade B
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They work well for us but we don't do anything crazy on them.
I've had good luck with making this a bit slicker when I have purchased in the past. YMMV and you have to be ok with Capital One Shopping "trolling" you though. When I was getting ready to buy one I would browse the site and put it in my cart and just leave it there. Then within a day or two I would get an email from Capital One shopping rewards saying "Well Deserved-You have this offer from Dell refurbished". Usually I'm not a huge fan of this trolling but the rewards were 27%.... so I was happy with that. (see attached for example email)
I understand there might be concern that the coupon will expire. That is possible, but as others have said, this is a good deal but these do come up all the time and there are always coupons available. This post is about getting the extra ~25% not the merits of the specific machine.
I wouldn't type all this if I didn't think these are decent machines. The form factor is great and you can get a mount that will attach it right to the back of the monitor. Scored major points with my better half when the computer and monitor appeared in one nice neat setup.
Used by most medium to large businesses and universities.
Precision is Dell's "workstation" class machine. Designed to be even higher quality than the Optiplex line. Often used by engineers or CAD/CAM design, or content creation.
Vostro is Dell's entry level Business computer. It's lower end than Optiplex and aimed more at small businesses who can't afford the Optiplex/Precision machines.
Inspiron is Dell's consumer machine, can be found at Costco, Bestbuy etc. Aimed at the typical home user. Typically the lowest cost.
XPS is Dell's gaming machine. Usually slightly better than Inspiron and usually has discrete graphics cards.
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Used by most medium to large businesses and universities.
Precision is Dell's "workstation" class machine. Designed to be even higher quality than the Optiplex line. Often used by engineers or CAD/CAM design, or content creation.
Vostro is Dell's entry level Business computer. It's lower end than Optiplex and aimed more at small businesses who can't afford the Optiplex/Precision machines.
Inspiron is Dell's consumer machine, can be found at Costco, Bestbuy etc. Aimed at the typical home user. Typically the lowest cost.
XPS is Dell's gaming machine. Usually slightly better than Inspiron and usually has discrete graphics cards.
So...if you're updating to Win11 because Win10 is no longer being "supported"....you'd be going to a potentially unsupported Win11? That's a difference without a distinction.
The difference is windows 10 will no longer receive security updates as of fall of 2025. While Windows 11 will continue to receive security patches for the foreseeable future. Even on those "hacked" windows 11 installs that bypass the minimum hardware requirements, you'll still be able to get security patches. You may not be able to do in place upgrade to future major releases of windows 11, (such as 24h2 coming out later this year), but you'll keep getting security patches for the version you're on.
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No gaming or anything else.
No gaming or anything else.
I'm not saying it's unsable, it's just going to be either insecure(win 10) or slow/stuttery(win 11). If you are fine with using a slow computer that takes seconds instead of split seconds to open something, sure, a lot of people don't care, I do, but this does not change the fact that it WILL be bogged down by future Windows versions.
Used by most medium to large businesses and universities.
Precision is Dell's "workstation" class machine. Designed to be even higher quality than the Optiplex line. Often used by engineers or CAD/CAM design, or content creation.
Vostro is Dell's entry level Business computer. It's lower end than Optiplex and aimed more at small businesses who can't afford the Optiplex/Precision machines.
Inspiron is Dell's consumer machine, can be found at Costco, Bestbuy etc. Aimed at the typical home user. Typically the lowest cost.
XPS is Dell's gaming machine. Usually slightly better than Inspiron and usually has discrete graphics cards.
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I'm not saying it's unsable, it's just going to be either insecure(win 10) or slow/stuttery(win 11). If you are fine with using a slow computer that takes seconds instead of split seconds to open something, sure, a lot of people don't care, I do, but this does not change the fact that it WILL be bogged down by future Windows versions.
Its weird how much you appear to know about this, but then you actually dont.
There's no reason this PC would be bogged down and "stuttery" with future windows versions.
99.9% of the time that happens is because people have software/malware problems. To be extra clear cause 2024, it's not a problem with windows or the hardware at all. It's from accidentally installing malware.
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