I'm the other way. Been Windows all my life and a few years ago I bought a MacBook Air. I gave OSX 3 years and just couldn't bond with it. Now running Windows 10 on the MBA...I have a hard time understanding Windows machines.
I'm the other way. Been Windows all my life and a few years ago I bought a MacBook Air. I gave OSX 3 years and just couldn't bond with it. Now running Windows 10 on the MBA...I have a hard time understanding Windows machines.
I've had many windows machines, over the years and I've never had one that you couldn't set it to boot backup after a power failure.On thing to keep in mind if you're putting the PC remotely is to enable auto-restart in the bios if there's a power failure (and make sure the PC has that option available). I'd put a good UPS in there and configure the PC to do a graceful shutdown in the event of a power failure and reboot once the power is back up. It's not something I've done so you'll need to research it.
Also make sure you don't buy a machine that's Small Form Factor (SFF) or Ultra-SFF as they can't usually take an SSD for the operating system and then a 3.5" drive for the recordings.
Finally, what versions of Windows 10 can you prevent automatic updates? It might only be Enterprise. But if the machine is remote I'd prefer not have windows update and reboot itself.
Love it! It is perfect, I searched for all those specs and came up empty handed. Not sure why my vague searches didn't come back with something similar as to that.@CaliGirl this will work, and comes with an SSD drive.
Yes it will fit both an SSD drive and a 3.5" purple drive.
Yes, it can be set to reboot after power is restored.
HDMI port.
Me or I'm sure someone else here would help you get it setup via remoting in with Teamviewer or such. You would be able to watch whatever is being done.
Dell Optiplex 3040 SFF - i7-6700 Quad - 8GB RAM - 128GB SSD- Win 10 PRO | eBay
This is really a BIOS item rather than a Windows thing. My Asus BIOS has options on power restore to 1) Same as prior to power loss, 2) ON, or 3) OFF.I've had many windows machines, over the years and I've never had one that you couldn't set it to boot backup after a power failure.
Very aware of that Frank.This is really a BIOS item rather than a Windows thing. My Asus BIOS has options on power restore to 1) Same as prior to power loss, 2) ON, or 3) OFF.
@CaliGirl I know nothing about Apple Juice powered products.Just curious, I have a left over MacBookPro 15" i7 2.2 GHZ, 16RAM, Intel Iris Pro Graphics card 1536mb
How does something like the Dell i7 6700 compare to this i7Mac? Much much better?
Trying to install windows 10 on the Mac but it has been quite an arduous task, even following youtube videos.
No contest. I think the i7 in the above MBP is a second generation processor whereas you've just bought a sixth generation CPU. For nothing else it has the hardware decoding.Just curious, I have a left over MacBookPro 15" i7 2.2 GHZ, 16RAM, Intel Iris Pro Graphics card 1536mb
How does something like the Dell i7 6700 compare to this i7Mac? Much much better?
Trying to install windows 10 on the Mac but it has been quite an arduous task, even following youtube videos.
OK yeah fair enough. I guess what I was getting at was to have the PC gracefully shutdown 15 minutes after the UPS detected a power failure and then boot back up once the UPC detected the power was back on.I've had many windows machines, over the years and I've never had one that you couldn't set it to boot backup after a power failure.
3040 does not have a m.2 slot.. making adding an SSD difficult...look at 5040 7040Is this a pretty good deal? Would take out the graphics card Dell OptiPlex 3040 SFF i5-6500 6th Gen 8GB 500GB W10PRO DVD RW ** WARRANTY** | eBay
Otherwise Dell OptiPlex 3040 SFF i5-6500 6th Gen 4GB 500GB W10PRO DVD RW **3YEAR WARRTY** | eBay
Thanks
I have a spare 2.5 mSATA SSD I was planning on using. Can't I remove the DVD drive and use the 2.5 in its place? Then use the 3.5 purple I have?3040 does not have a m.2 slot.. making adding an SSD difficult...look at 5040 7040
you could but unless the have a caddie that fits, it will look silly...there is a thread somewhere showing how to use double sided velcro to mount it to the case, its tight...I have a spare 2.5 mSATA SSD I was planning on using. Can't I remove the DVD drive and use the 2.5 in its place? Then use the 3.5 purple I have?
Looks like these 3040 SFF have to have DDR3L (Low voltage) had about 20 other dimms in it with no luck, fussy machineanyone with the 3040 is it true about the ram and some 8gb sticks not working >?
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