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WinXP and other non-current OSes do not run on the newest hardware. We thus want to remind ourselves of which Dell models to keep, and which ones we feel safe to let go. |
See also
What we keep, by model and form-factor
| Dell model | Large form-factor | Small form-factor | Date of decision |
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and notes | Notes and "why keep" info |
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| 755 | KEEP (~3, around ~2017?) | remove | Sept 2016 | Research instruments: WinXP, takes full-height cards. |
| 760 | remove | remove | Sept 2016 |
| 755 | | | |
760 | | | | | | 980 | | | |
| 790/990 | | | |
| | | | /980 | KEEP (2 780's around ~2017?; >=5 980'saround ~2017?) | remove | Sept 2016 | Research instruments: WinXP, takes full-height cards. |
| 790/990 | KEEP (1) | KEEP (~10, mostly from staff; 3 790's; 7 990's, | Sept 2016 | Research 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
