Hello GTALUG,

Thanks to GTALUG members: William Park, D. Hugh Redelmeier, Ron / BCLUG and Howard Gibson for your responses to my message subject "Seeking Recommendations For New Desktop PC -- To Run Debian Linux;". My apologies if I missed any names.

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I have settled on a Dell Optiplex Tower Model 7020 Plus and a Dell Monitor:

Dell Tower:
-- 32 GB RAM
-- 4 TB SATA Hard Drive
-- No Windows 11

Dell Monitor:
-- 21.4 inch
-- HDMI

Prices before taxes:

Dell Optiplex Tower: CAD $2,021.89
Dell Monitor:            CAD    $119.99
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                                CAD  $2141.88

No doubt GTALUG members will be choking on their Cheerios, at the pricing.

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The Asrock motherboard on my present self-built (7 years ago) tower is dying. And I am never going to build another PC. So, I have decided to pillage my bank account, buying a new PC with twice the RAM and twice the disk capacity on my dying tower.

Only downside is Dell's predicted delivery date for the tower: Tuesday, March 18, 2025. But could be sooner.

So, I just have to hope that my current dying tower survives for another month. The motherboard problems show up at boot time. I'm keeping he Debian 11 running 24/7 and only powering down if / when Debian crashes. Which it occasionally does for some mysterious reason.

I already have a USB flash drive with Debian 12 live ready to boot on the Dell.

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I will report my experience with the Dell tower in due course.

Steve Petrie

apetrie@aspetrie.net
416-233-6116