Dell Latitude 3550, two models, same group

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We have started getting the new Dell Latitude 3550 models. (View here: https://www.dell.com/support/home/en-us/product-support/product/latitude-15-3550-laptop/overview )

We still have the old Dell Latitude 3550 models (end-of-life). (View here: https://www.dell.com/support/home/en-us/product-support/product/latitude-3550-laptop/overview )

Dell has made detection of their model hard as they both are name the same in “Model from Win32_ComputerSystem” of wmi from the Computer model property we have.

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Without changing the Model in WMIs Win32_ComputerSystem, or removing all the old PCs from our use, there’s not much that can be done to distinguish them apart by computer model alone is there?

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You could distinguish them by processor model? Looks like that’s the first column in your screenshot?

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Yes, I thought I was answering my own question. I just didn’t want to do that.

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You could try these in the Fixlet Debugger or an Analysis to see if there is some DMI way to distinguish the machines…

q: (manufacturer of it, product_name of it, version of it, sku_number of it, family of it) of system_informations of dmis

q: oem_strings of dmis

q: additional_informations of dmis

q: (product of it, version of it, feature_flags of it, board_type of it) of base_board_informations of dmis
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