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What we keep, by model and form-factor

Dell modelLarge form-factorSmall form-factorDate of decisionNotes and "why keep" info
755KEEP (~3 now)removeSept 2016Research instruments: WinXP, takes full-height cards.
760removeremoveSept 2016 
780/980KEEP (2 780's; >=5 980's)removeSept 2016Research instruments: WinXP, takes full-height cards.
790/990KEEP (1)KEEP (~10, mostly from staff; 3 790's; 7 990's,Sept 2016Research instruments: WinXP, takes full-height cards.

Technical details

Summer 2016, we discovered that any new Dells would not be able to run Windows XP. 3 contributing factors:

  • Intel's 6th Gen processors (Skylake).
  • Motherboard drivers on 2016 (and presumably newer) motherboards.
  • Any SSD drive, instead of spinning disk (HDD).

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Keywords: Optiplex, Windows XP, WinXP, WindowsXP