School/Corporate use PCs?

[KickAHobo]

What does the LTT community think of the computers that schools and offices use for general computing. I'm thinking of the Dell Optiplex but anything like a mass produced cheap pc is what I mean. Are they total crap? I saw one for around $150. When I priced out parts for a super cheap but still ok internet machine build it came out to $250. 

[79wjd]

It depends entirely what it's being used for. A C2D based system from 10 years ago can still handle basic web browsing/office work without any issues whatsoever, but $150 for it would still be too much. 

[Over9000Dude]

go get a laptop.

[ARikozuM]

I like the cases of the old Optiplex line and have actually bought some for upgrades and painting. I don't use the motherboards, but everything else has a good bit of value.

[Himommies]

Our school has pcs with core 2 duals and they still run perfectly

[AlphaGamer46]

15 minutes ago, Himommies said:

Our school has pcs with core 2 duals and they still run perfectly

Same with mine, but ours are so slow. My school uses a networked VM to perform some of the higher end tasks, much like with Linus's unRAID machines.

[Himommies]

1 minute ago, AlphaGamer46 said:

Same with mine, but ours are so slow. My school uses a networked VM to perform some of the higher end tasks, much like with Linus's unRAID machines.

somebody comes in like evrey 2 days to fix something and pretty much 50%of our budget is keeping these afloat

[GalacticRuler]

My school's computers are running Pentium 4s and sound like a jet engine. If you hold the control key it sounds like the computer is going to lift off.

[Guest lilbman]

lel everyone at my school has Chromebooks and the teachers have 12 year old Dell workstations.  Take a full 10 minutes to boot up, no joke

 

So I bring my Alienware and everyone is so envyous and its gr8