Anyone here own a Dell Optiplex?

[Lager]

How are they? I am thinking of getting one since these are nicely compacted, slick design and pretty cheap. How are they?

 

[beer]

They're really just Dimensions with more corporate features and some additional configuration options that aren't important if you aren't administering 100 PCs. You'll usually pay a bit more, or sacrifices expandability.

 

[Lager]

Originally posted by: Elemental007
They're really just Dimensions with more corporate features and some additional configuration options that aren't important if you aren't administering 100 PCs. You'll usually pay a bit more, or sacrifices expandability.

Hmmm... I have a Dell 4400 but I think it's time I got a newer Dell. I guess I'll pass up on the Optiplex. How are the Dell 400sc?

 

[beer]

Isn't that a PowerEdge, and not an Optiplex?

 

[Lager]

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[KLin]

Originally posted by: lager

How are they? I am thinking of getting one since these are nicely compacted, slick design and pretty cheap. How are they?

Optiplex's are dell's business desktop's. I just got 17 gx260's here at work w/ windows XP a few months ago. I only have a problem with one of them. If i try to power it on, all it does is flash an amber light on the power button. If i open the case slightly, it powers up, as if a cable is getting pinched or something. Other than that, they're nice machines. Really compact, but most of the hardware inside is proprietary.

 

[spanky]

they are good machines. as someone else already mentioned... not much in terms of expandability. however, this is a common drawback of most smaller form factor pc's.

 

[Freejack2]

<---- Does the GX110, 150, 260 Dance.

 

[beer]

Originally posted by: lager
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You never answered my question. a 400SC is a PowerEdge server, entirely different from an Optiplex. can you not read?

 

[KLin]

Originally posted by: Elemental007

Originally posted by: lager
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You never answered my question. a 400SC is a PowerEdge server, entirely different from an Optiplex. can you not read?

PowerEdge 400sc FAQ

 

[Lager]

Can someone post a pic of Dell Optiplex or Dell 400SC PowerEdge? I just want to know how they look like.

 

[milagro]

Originally posted by: lager
Can someone post a pic of Dell Optiplex or Dell 400SC PowerEdge? I just want to know how they look like.

because at the end of the day, chicks won't do you unless your box is P.I.M.P.:beer:

 

[KLin]

You should be able to find pics here.

 

[THELAIR]

only thing with the optiplex's is that they really are a all in one solution, meaning that adding or upgrading the video for example can be difficult

we have gx260's at work, and i wanted to do dual monitor on my system, it includes one built in vga port, via built in video, but the machine also has a agp slot, however becfause the units are so slim line, you have to get a slim line agp card to fit in there... those can be a pain to find

 

[Vadatajs]

I work with a lot of optiplexes. We had a few problems with floppy drives in our gx110's, but only one major hw wise with the newer gx240s and 260s. We had 1 (single) power supply failure. The gx110s and 240s are lab machines at my uni, the 260s mostly belong to professors, which would account for the high number (5+) of floppy drive failures.

 

I've got a GX260 mid-tower model - it's a great system, stable as heck and quiet too, and the case is great. Adding cards is a 2-minute process, tops, and personally I feel that there's plenty of room in the case. But maybe that's just me.