Here is another article I wrote whose popularity is off the charts — over 17,000 views as of early 2014, which is several times the norm for my ECN documentation. My assumption is that it fits a particular need not met elsewhere and has likely been made popular via search engines. The article began as a simple reference table showing the age of various Dell computer models, details which are useful when faculty and staff consider buying replacement PCs. The article became more important to ECN when I added the “green line,” a visual feature which makes clear which Dell models were worth continued use as we upgraded legacy Windows XP operating systems to the newer Windows 7.
First published: September 14, 2010
URL to live article: https://engineering.purdue.edu/ECN/Support/KB/Docs/DellModelYears