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Old 09-29-2023, 05:32 AM
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Originally Posted by bopat View Post
Depends on where you get it.
I've got a Dell Inspiron machine I got as a scratch and dent return from Best Buy, had it for around 7 years now, never a problem. Upgraded the RAM to 8GB and swapped out the hard drive for an SSD, that's about it. I think it came with Windows 8. I run Debian Linux on it now, great little machine!

Still have the "open box" price sticker on it, paid $189.99, not too bad!
I took my wife's old 2004 Dell and put Linux Mint on it, no regrets!