As an IT Support guy....never buy Windows based All In Ones. Just walk away. Seen so many go to landfill due to one stupid little part that in a normal desktop could be replaced for $50 but not in a All In One. Either impossible or you have to buy a whole new mainboard for $400+ which after 2-3 years just isn't worth it. Plus as they don't sell a lot of them parts are hard to come by anyway. Waste of time
Oh you can replace some parts...usually after an hour breaking into it. But if its a motherboard component yeah you are shit out of luck. Very expesive part and several hour labour taking it all apart and putting it back again. I doubt this machine will be any different. Just not financially viable to the average Joe that bought it because the wife said it looked nice in the shop. It's only an Asus.
The AIO form factor isn't very different from a laptop, tablet, or phone. They each have essentially the same set of problems, but lately (approx the last 5 years), I've seen nothing but laptops getting deployed on desks and most people are okay with disposable consumer electronics like phones and tablets. Just make sure you get a good warranty that covers the anticipated life of the system and you'll be fine.
That was a long time ago. Most AIO these days are sourced from laptop parts. If not, you can always use a laptop based motherboard that can fit in one.
Nothing like making a highly attractive design that will look like crap in the real world because its non-adjustable screen height means that more than half of users will use a stack of books or random heavy duty boxes to raise it to a comfortable viewing height. (Source: My employer preferring to save a few dollars/employee by buying monitors with fixed height stands and looking at how my coworkers and I arrange our desks.)
That's too retro for where I work. Been here 13 months and I'm not sure if IT ever configured my computer to talk to a printer. Certainly I've never used it.
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jabber - Friday, November 3, 2017 - link
As an IT Support guy....never buy Windows based All In Ones. Just walk away. Seen so many go to landfill due to one stupid little part that in a normal desktop could be replaced for $50 but not in a All In One. Either impossible or you have to buy a whole new mainboard for $400+ which after 2-3 years just isn't worth it. Plus as they don't sell a lot of them parts are hard to come by anyway. Waste of timeMaxdeWinter - Friday, November 3, 2017 - link
You know that for a fact? That this model wont enable component replacement?jabber - Friday, November 3, 2017 - link
Oh you can replace some parts...usually after an hour breaking into it. But if its a motherboard component yeah you are shit out of luck. Very expesive part and several hour labour taking it all apart and putting it back again. I doubt this machine will be any different. Just not financially viable to the average Joe that bought it because the wife said it looked nice in the shop. It's only an Asus.But at the end of the day...it's your money.
BrokenCrayons - Friday, November 3, 2017 - link
The AIO form factor isn't very different from a laptop, tablet, or phone. They each have essentially the same set of problems, but lately (approx the last 5 years), I've seen nothing but laptops getting deployed on desks and most people are okay with disposable consumer electronics like phones and tablets. Just make sure you get a good warranty that covers the anticipated life of the system and you'll be fine.zodiacfml - Saturday, November 4, 2017 - link
That was a long time ago. Most AIO these days are sourced from laptop parts. If not, you can always use a laptop based motherboard that can fit in one.jabber - Saturday, November 4, 2017 - link
And replacing a motherboard in a $400 laptop that's 3 years old isn't worth it either.Junk. Pretty looking but junk all the same.
DanNeely - Friday, November 3, 2017 - link
Nothing like making a highly attractive design that will look like crap in the real world because its non-adjustable screen height means that more than half of users will use a stack of books or random heavy duty boxes to raise it to a comfortable viewing height. (Source: My employer preferring to save a few dollars/employee by buying monitors with fixed height stands and looking at how my coworkers and I arrange our desks.)jabber - Friday, November 3, 2017 - link
If I remember the usual tool for adjusting screen height was a ream or two of A4 printer paper.DanNeely - Friday, November 3, 2017 - link
That's too retro for where I work. Been here 13 months and I'm not sure if IT ever configured my computer to talk to a printer. Certainly I've never used it.jabber - Friday, November 3, 2017 - link
Why do you think we had all that spare paper? ;-)DanNeely - Friday, November 3, 2017 - link
Our procurement people are smart enough not to buy paper like it's 1999.sonicmerlin - Friday, November 3, 2017 - link
It looks like an imac