Have 20 and they appear to be junk. Can't use proxy host to connect. Likely a bad or incompatable video driver. Kills everything. Hard shutdown required to restore function. Bloatware all over this thing and it is useless for the enterprise environment. If your aim for enterprise is to waste IT time, provide OT hours for tech staff , and have useless demo software to stare at then this is your cup of tea. The junk on this machine wastes time and is the main reason image software will be around forever.
Steer clear its not worth the time or effort.
Personally I am ready to go to local system builders and start buying systems or go back to Dell.
It is not a single system. I have two side by side and both fail. I have one week to install a system. It is Thursday and I'm not even close. On the previous Dell systems we had I would have installed 5 systems in this same amount of time. And that was milking it for all its worth. I mean I matched fonts in apps and even copied old desktop wallpapers from previous revs. That is a complete format, manual OS install, manual install of drivers, install all service packs, rebooting, add to LAN, Install Office and updates, load profile info, add other apps, printers, and if I don't format it is a few uninstalls and about 2 hours work.
Connecting to a 4 year old Optiplex 520 (3GHz w/2 GB) a minute ago I had no issues and it was more responsive. Says something about this device in my opinion.
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