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populariconian | Staff posted Yesterday 04:27 PM
(refurbished) Dell Precision 3551 Laptops (Various Specs w/ 32GB RAM) from $238 + Free Shippin
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Many SD'ers have had mixes results from Dell Refurbished (it's run by Fedex, not Dell), but IME they're pretty good at taking back hardware that's not as described (and they'll pay return shipping in that case), even though other people have had issues. But this isn't Amazon - don't buy it if you don't plan to keep it.
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This isn't a bad machine for those on a budget.
For my basic needs should I just get something newer with lesser specs like 16 gb of ram graphic card that comes with it or get something like this. I'm sure around $350 I can find something new that will be fine for me I worry about battery or something soming wrong on these but I'm good with replacing parts.
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Hilariously, the intent of the update was a communication to Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) and Original Design Manufacturers (ODMs) to stop deploying NEW computers running Windows 11 with those older, previously mentioned 8th, 9th and 10th generation CPUs. This "news flash" occurred earlier this year, and you can see the clarifications Microsoft attempted in the Editor's Note linked here:
https://learn.microsoft
(This should have you asking questions like "where would companies like HP even find such an old CPU" but the answer is clearly don't put it past them... Microsoft surely didn't!)
However, nothing has changed for consumers as it relates to automatic upgrade eligibility from Windows 10 to Windows 11. That list still includes Intel 8th generation CPUs and newer (and even a few 7th generation CPUs!).
https://learn.microsoft
About the only noteworthy change that has ever occurred to this eligibility list for automatic upgrades to Windows 11 was a one-time removal of some obscure Xeon models (that were probably even less popular than those premium 7th generation models still included on the list):
https://www.pcmag.com/news/micros...pport-list
So if you're a consumer getting confused about what all this really means, you should know that all this confusion does suggest a long-term warning. So if you're shopping for a laptop you just need to run Windows 11 for the next year or two... all this noise is handily ignored.
https://www.windowslate
However, if you're the kind of buyer that runs your laptop until Microsoft stops offering security updates, or (as I do) don't feel comfortable leaving a device with a dear relative that is no longer receiving security updates, do consider that this recent CPU support change could suggest a potential change to the long-term support model for those older CPUs.
I'm reminded of support around a very specific Intel Atom CPU whose integrated GPU held the affected systems back from receiving a major Windows 10 update.
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2...date-ever/
Personally owning an affected tablet, I can assure you that this functionally meant little overall. The device was still running Windows 10 and still receiving security updates despite never progressing to the Creator's update. However, security updates for this device did eventually end sooner than fully supported Windows 10 devices by nearly two years.
https://support.microso
This encouraged me to migrate off that little tablet a little sooner than my other Windows 10 devices, some of which I'm still planning to run right up to the October 2025 drop-dead date.
So could these older CPUs see a shorter supported lifetime on Windows 11 than newer CPUs... consider all of this a hard maybe. However, have no doubt that the laptop in this deal will indeed offer you an automatic upgrade path to (a version) of Windows 11.
Good luck!
Jon
Many SD'ers have had mixes results from Dell Refurbished (it's run by Fedex, not Dell), but IME they're pretty good at taking back hardware that's not as described (and they'll pay return shipping in that case), even though other people have had issues. But this isn't Amazon - don't buy it if you don't plan to keep it.
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