As the title says, what is the general opinion on all-in-one computers?
They were going to stick me with one at work but I dug in my heels and said get me a tower. Don't want an all-in-one, don't want a laptop
The average corporate "all-in-one" is going to be an underpowered HP with not enough RAM to run Windows 11, most likely, so you made the right choice.
World's foremost 486 enjoyer.
Depends on what you use it for.
Most "default" configurations are going to suck but they can be fine depending on the model and what you need to use it for.
Well... I think an all-in-one is not that bad unless you're going to throw heavy 3D stuff at it. For example, an HP ProOne 440 G9 with an i5 14500T, 16GB and 512GB SSD can handle most tasks. They're upgradeable. I ordered this exact model for use in a store. The old model was a 400 G1 and was getting slow, no wonder cause it had old fashioned platter(s) for storage. No Windows 11 support so we had to replace it anyway.
Downside is, for everyday work you might want a second monitor. Same frame size and all, how does that work with an AIO...
i386 16 ⇒ i486 DX4 100 ⇒ Pentium MMX 200 ⇒ Athlon Orion 700 | TB 1000 ⇒ AthlonXP 1700+ ⇒ Opteron 165 ⇒ Dual Opteron 856
Underwhelming and overpriced. Proprietary huge laptops that cannot be realistically serviced and upgraded.
