[OPLINTECH] Purchasing new PCs

[Chad Neeper]

I've also seen very good performance and longevity with the Dell 
Optiplex series. I have a primary school client that just this past 
summer replaced all of their Dell Optiplex computers (100 or so). After 
SEVEN years of heavy-duty service. If memory serves, they were also 
AMD-based. The only complaints I had with them were the higher than 
satisfactory (to me) hard drive failure rates (which Dell replaces 
without any hassles). The rest of the hardware...well, I can't think of 
a single failure. Very solid computers. Dell makes good business-class 
machines at competitive prices.

Chad

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Mann, James H. wrote:
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> I’m buying Dell Optiplex 740 for public workstations. AMD 64 with 
> DVD/RW, floppy and an XP downgrade. We have more than 100 of them in 
> service and have had no problems from a hardware standpoint.
>
> Paying $740 with a 20” LCD based on a recent quote in prep of staff 
> computer upgrades.
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> Honestly I’m not really sure a patron computer even needs an optical 
> drive. Our patrons all seem to have adapted to bringing in their own 
> USB drives.
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> No offense to anyone, and as much as I love to build them on weekends, 
> I would recommend sticking with a name-brand computer for staff and 
> public use.
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> IMHO
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> Jim Mann
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> Technology Coordinator
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> Greene County Public Library
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> 76 E. Market St.
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> Xenia Ohio 45385
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> (937)352-4000 x1210
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> mailto: jmann at gcpl.lib.oh.us <mailto:jmann at gcpl.lib.oh.us>
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> "If everything seems under control, you're just not going fast 
> enough." - Mario Andretti.
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> *From:* oplintech-bounces at oplin.org 
> [mailto:oplintech-bounces at oplin.org] *On Behalf Of *Jim Lack
> *Sent:* Wednesday, February 03, 2010 3:37 PM
> *To:* oplintech at oplin.org
> *Subject:* [OPLINTECH] Purchasing new PCs
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> Quick and dirty…..
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> Processors for new computers…..Intel or AMD?   positives and negatives
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> For public computers….DVD writers or plain, old DVD ROMs?  With the 
> cost of jump drives these days, wouldn’t it be easier for the Public 
> to save their work on jump drives instead of burning to DVDs?
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> Your thoughts!
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