I had an Optiplex before and it was fine. Really, I don't find much variation from brand to brand in computer desktops in terms of performance with Jaws any more, ceteris paribus as far as specs. Some models do have narrower slots that don't accept the standard PCI card, but the Optiplex I think accepts standard cards. I don't know how many slots they have, I think that varies on the model.
Steve ----- Original Message ----- From: Cristóbal To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com Sent: Friday, May 08, 2015 10:51 AM Subject: [JAWS-Users] Dell OptiPlex desktop Hello list, I want to grab a desktop for another work terminal. It doesn't need to be anything special or high end. So I was checking out some Win7 machines and the Dell Optiplex line keeps on popping up. Specs around 4 gb ram and 1TGB of storage with a pentium processor give or take. Looks like they're around $150.00 to $199.00 on Amazon depending again, on specs. I haven't really used the OptiPlex line and while descriptions often mention that these computers have higher end parts and are a favorite of corperations, etc. I was curious if anyone's had experience with this line of desktops and what they thought of their general performance. Again, it would really just be for work type of stuff. Jaws, email, Skype, word processing, spreadsheets, and so on. I'll most likely load one of my Office Small Business 365 licenses on it. I don't' need a super fast or processor intensive type of machine. Just something that's not going to be sluggish in general or with Jaws. I know I can probably wait and see what Win10 will provide and see how pricing shakes out then, but for $150.00 or so for reasonable specs and the familiarity of Win7, I wouldn't mind just grabbing a tower now. Thanks, For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/
