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I often thought about going with a NUC in the past but either the price tag was not convincing or the only performant option was housed in a skull case.
by m6w6 9y ago
I often thought about going with a NUC in the past but either the price tag was not convincing or the only performant option was housed in a skull case.
- kozak 9y agoThe skull was an option that could be replaced with a neutral plate that came in the same package.
- odux 9y agoThe skull case NUC also comes with a non skull case in the package, for those that don't want a skull PC.
- coldtea 9y ago>or the only performant option was housed in a skull case. So?
- m6w6 9y agoI didn't know it came with a non-skull plate, but to answer your, erm, question, I think a skull on the desk is not really an option for an office which clients would visit.
- astrodust 9y agoIf only vendors in this industry would step up and provide stickers you could put on computers you own so you could make them look like whatever you wanted.
- m6w6 9y agoI'm not sure an Octocat would give a better impression to those non-techie clients with very little humor.
- topspin 9y ago"I think a skull on the desk is not really an option" How is that not self evident? Are hospitals supposed to just populate their facilities with skull enclosures? How about a funeral home? The receptionist is supposed to put a skull on the desk and think nothing of it? If you're having trouble understanding why someone may take issue with skull cased computers you should look at your own development; it's not progressing properly. (Yes I know Intel supplied a non-skull cover; you're missing the point as well.)
- coldtea 9y ago>Are hospitals supposed to just populate their facilities with skull enclosures? How about a funeral home? Is the parent working on a hospital or a funeral home or some such place? Did they mention they are interested in using it in a professional setting? And even in such a setting, does it say anywhere that the computer has to be in prominent display? And is the presence of a skull decoration such big of a deal, when tons of stuff people buy, wear and sport have prominent skulls and similar motifs? (Not to mention that hospitals feature skulls all around their premises, from signs outside the x-ray department -"danger radiation"-, to labels on chemical bottles, bins where they throw hazardous material in, etc. Heck, anatomical skeletons are quite common in hospitals / doctor offices as well. >If you're having trouble understanding why someone may take issue with skull cased computers you should look at your own development; it's not progressing properly. If you're having trouble not insulting people you don't know about their "development (...) not progressing properly" (sic) because of a question for something which many people/cultures in the world would find totally inconsequential if they saw it in an office ("it's a PC with some decoration, nothing to see here"), maybe you should check your manners?
- Theodores 9y agoI have the skull case one at work. I decided to go with the skull instead of the plain cover even though I hate those sorts of things normally. But I don't see the skull as the NUC slots onto the VESA bracket on the back of my monitor. So I don't see it. I run Linux on it and had no problems apart from disk space so far. Obviously you can go for more than the 256gb SSD I went for.