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For anyone who needs it, here's Dell's technical guide: http://www.sayresd.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/PC-Dell-Desktop-160-Manual.pdf http://www.sayresd.org
by morganvachon 9y ago
For anyone who needs it, here's Dell's technical guide:
http://www.sayresd.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/PC-Dell-Desktop-160-Manual.pdf http://www.sayresd.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/PC-Dell-De...
There are some Amazon sellers who have put together complete systems running Windows 7 or 10 for around US $100:
https://smile.amazon.com/Dell-OptiPlex-FX160-1-6GHz-Windows/dp/B00KXA8MMU https://smile.amazon.com/Dell-OptiPlex-FX160-1-6GHz-Windows/...
If you're buying one to use as a server this won't matter to you, but if you want a tiny Linux or BSD desktop, you may want to look elsewhere. The video hardware is SiS Mirage, which has terrible support in non-Windows OSes.
- decryption 9y agoYeah, using one as a desktop with a GUI is a rubbish experience. Spend a little more and get an i5-2600 SFF box for like AU$150 and it's a vast improvement.
- l8rlump 9y agoHe said he's running Plex on it. I wonder what the underlying OS is.
- akie 9y agoLinux, because he mentions running a LAMP stack.
- yellowapple 9y agoIt also has terrible video with Windows in my experience. Good enough for an RDP or XenApp session, sure, but not much else.
- uzoodoo 9y agoOn page 6 it says: > Novell SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 (SP2) in China only For me, a let-down is that it doesn't have HDMI though.