In Praise of the Optiplex

Last week I've been using the Optiplex a lot.
Maybe its the combination with my ancient Apple Cinema Display and its resolution and size (1680x1050), along with my aching eyes, and Linux Mint latest theme, but the thing is a joy to use...

Yes, its slow, and sometimes, not too many, but sometimes it hiccups a bit during a heavy load (most of the time, Firefox related, the web nowadays is a needy bitch...) but those usually clear after a minute tops.
One thing I've noticed tho, if the load spikes, Cinnamon's wallpaper switches itself to the default one...
Go figure...