Agreed, Ron!
Put a $100 Samsung 850 256G SSD in those 755's and they wiil boot Windows
7/8 in 3 seconds. Turns an OK PC into a rocket.
73, Gerry W1VE
On Sun, May 10, 2015 at 11:47 AM, Ron Notarius W3WN <wn3vaw@verizon.net>
wrote:
> Tom,
>
> Prices for the Dell Optiplex 755 & 760's on eBay have been dropping. I've
> gotten some for myself, family & for another ham for under $100 per unit
> (including shipping and sales tax) direct from Dell Financial Services,
> Dell's leasing arm, so they come with a factory warranty as well.
>
> Last one I got came with Win 7, 2 GB RAM, and an 80 GB hard drive. And it
> works just fine. (I'm typing this email on it!)
>
> The point is, anyone who needs a new system, look around. You can find a
> lot of really good used systems for not a lot of money these days. (Which
> put an end to my little side business of refurbing & reselling older
> systems, but that's another story!)
>
> 73, ron w3wn
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: CQ-Contest [mailto:cq-contest-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of
> Tom
> Osborne
> Sent: Friday, May 08, 2015 7:36 PM
> To: cq-contest@contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Contest PCs
>
> I have an Optiplex 755 that I got from a guy on eBay for $115. The guys
> user name is 'computerbase'. Not affiliated, just a happy customer.
> It's a dual core, 2.8mhz with 2 gig ram and W7. Use if for CW, SSB, and
> RTTY. Been really happy with it. 73
> Tom W7WHY
>
>
> On 5/8/2015 2:16 PM, aa6dx@arrl.net wrote:
> > HI .. I have two of the `puters like Gerry has, got them on sale @
> > Newegg for less than $80 per... With Windows 7 Pro! Can't hardly get
> > the OS for that price! They work swell, no RFI probs. I did add DVD
> > burners, as they come with readers. $14 each. Video not great, but
> > for what I use them for .. perfect!
> > Worky worky! 73 Mark ..AA6DX
>
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