Don't look back, IBM: Somebody might be gaining on you. Dell continues to improve its corporate line of OptiPlex PCs, and Dell offers a more impressive array of management tools than ever before. Most ...

Given the intermittancy of the problem, it's worth noting that the GX270 series was one that was affected by the bad (Nichicon?) capacitors that a lot of vendors ended up saddled with a few years ago.

I had an old Optiplex GX270 tower lying around and told a close friend I'd give it to him to use as a basic gaming system but he would need to upgrade the videocard. I recommended a 6600GT and he ...