Hands-on review: Dell OptiPlex 24 7000/7440 All-in-One

Hands-on review: Dell OptiPlex 24 7000/7440 All-in-One

By Desire Athow

Hands-on review: Dell OptiPlex 24 7000/7440 All-in-One

No, laptops, tablets and smartphones haven’t killed the market (and demand) for traditional desktops.

Sure, tastes have evolved over the past decade with a gradual shift, thanks partly to Apple and its iMac, to all-in-one (AIO) PCs, but from an overall perspective there is still a case for tethered, fixed computers especially in businesses and enterprises.

That stems, according to Dell, from the need for organisations to maximise space and productivity in a commercial environment.

And that’s exactly why Dell embraced the AIO concept with the latest iteration of its product line being the OptiPlex 24 7440 AIO, which the company calls the world’s most secure AIO desktop.

Dell OptiPlex 24 7000/7440 All-in-One close up

Competitors include HP, with the ProOne and EliteOne range, Lenovo, with the ThinkCentre Edge/M series, the Fujitsu Esprimo X9xx series and obviously, Apple’s celebrated iMac.

“No bulk. No Nonsense.” That’s the 7440’s tagline and it’s easy to see why. This is a compact 24-inch device that keeps to a tried-and-trusted recipe when it comes to enterprise: stick to the essentials when it comes to hardware and get best-of-breed management software.

When it comes to the former, Dell has done a decent job by offering a solid piece …read more

Source:: techradar.com – PC and Mac

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