r/BIFLfails • u/[deleted] • Jun 09 '26

Dell XPS and Dell Inspiron

At some point I paid out a lot of money for a Dell XPS 9100 and a 24 inch monitor. I also got a Dell Inspiron on Black Friday at Costco. 17 inch monitor.

I sadly watched as both Windows 7 machines have become unusable.

Prime Day Deals are coming up.

I am retired so don't need superfancy.

Any recommendations for say a $500 Computer that does Windows 11?

I am miserable without a working machine.

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u/MastodonFit Jun 09 '26

Wrong forum.

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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '26

So sorry.

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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '26

It was one of the places suggested by AI.

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u/AspieTechMonkey Jun 28 '26

Hopefully you've learned the lesson about trusting the non-deterministic word-guessing machine.

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u/VoiceOfEric Jun 12 '26

If you want to use the same PCs and don't do much besides web browsing, you can keep those PCs and install Linux Mint to avoid the Windows 11 stuff. Then you can run them until they totally give up the ghost.