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7060 Micro. can the BT & Wireless be disabled in the bios.
Looking to purchase these for a classified area but can't seem to find anyone from Dell sales that can answer if the bluetooth and wireless can be disabled in bios.
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Looking to purchase these for a classified area but can't seem to find anyone from Dell sales that can answer if the bluetooth and wireless can be disabled in bios.
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Tesla1856
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September 17th, 2018 09:00
Yes. The manual says it can be.
https://www.dell.com/support/home/us/en/04/product-support/product/optiplex-7060-desktop/manuals
https://topics-cdn.dell.com/pdf/optiplex-7060-desktop_specifications3_en-us.pdf
Wireless options
Table 29. Wireless
Option Description
Wireless Device Enable Allows you to enable or disable the internal wireless devices.
The options are:
• WLAN/WiGig
• Bluetooth
All the options are enabled by default.
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The WirelessLAN card is also removable.
Tesla1856
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September 17th, 2018 11:00
1. Then I suggest you "hands-on evaluate" a OptiPlex 7060 Micro Intel-i5/8gb/PCIe-SSD.
2. Gotcha
3. Switching from macOS to Windows-10 Pro 64bit is for you to decide. Just FYI ... rumor is a new Mac-Mini (Pro ?) might be announced in a month or so.
CapsFanVA
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September 17th, 2018 09:00
Tesla1856,
Thanks so much for the quick response and information. I need to buy 60 of these and would hate to have bought them and not be able to turn them off.
Tesla1856
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You are welcome.
And not to get "in your business" but I suggest you might want to order ONE to review it. If it meets all your requirements, order 59 more. If not, return it in a week (or just use in non-classified area).
I suggest you get it with M.2/PCIe/NVMe-SSD.
If you don't need a crazy amount of processing power, an Intel-i5 will run quieter/cooler. If your work-flow requires the power of an Intel-i7, the SFF model might be a better choice. It's only slightly bigger and can cool better and isolate the noise (it's less of a "laptop with no screen").
We installed some OptiPlex-5050 SFF a while back (as a favor to a client). Config-ed with the Intel-i5/8gb/PCIe-SSD they are real quiet (virtually silent) and crazy fast. They love them.
CapsFanVA
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September 17th, 2018 10:00
Thanks again for the advice. We don't need much processing power as they will be used to ssh and run some web apps. They need to fit in a space of a mac mini since that is what we are replacing. I think the SFF will be too big.
CapsFanVA
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September 17th, 2018 11:00
As much as I would like stay on the macos platform, it's is just to much hassle to try and keep them updated without an internet connection. This solution plus a flavor of linux is both cost effective as well as easier to maintain. This is the challenge of working in a classified area.
Tesla1856
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September 17th, 2018 12:00
Another good-reason why you might want to "hands-on evaluate" just one for now.
Remember, the motherboards in these Micro units are more like laptops than conventional desktops. I'm speaking to Linux "device support" for cutting-edge hardware.