I won't quiz you on the price.  Maybe you were on retail therapy.  But,
4GB harddisk?  Why not go with the new NVMe thingy?

On 2025-02-17 13:31, Steve Petrie via talk wrote:
> *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.
>
> * * *
> * * *
>
> 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
>                                  =========
>                                  CAD  $2141.88
>
> No doubt GTALUG members will be *choking on their Cheerios*, at the pricing.
>
> * * *
> * * *
>
> 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.
>
> * * *
> * * *
>
> I will report my experience with the Dell tower in due course.
>
> *Steve Petrie*
>
> apetrie@aspetrie.net <mailto:apetrie@aspetrie.net>
> 416-233-6116
>
>
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